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Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Ancient Mayans

The Ancient Maya Yucatan around 2600 B.C., the Maya developed astronomy,they also made up there own calendars.
 Today the Mayas are known for there decorated ceremonial architecture, including temple-pyramids, palaces and observatories, all built without metal tools!
 Around 300 B.C., the Maya adopted a new system of government with rule by nobles and kings.
The Maya city of Cerros is built, with a complex of temples and ball courts.The decline of the Olmecs. It is abandoned (for reasons unknown) a hundred years later and its people return to fishing and farming.Construction ceases in Tikal, marking the beginning of the city's decline
 An unknown event destroys the civilization at Teotihuacan, along with the empire it supported.                              more about pic

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