Short Mayan History,
Mayan is the ancient people who lived in the between 1800 B.C. to A.D. 250. The Mayans are the Early American people.The Mayan are lived in the Meso-America comprised of present day , Southern mexico, Guatemala, Belize, part of Honduras and El Salvador. The capital of the Mayan Civilization is Tikal. The Mayans worshiped nature gods especially god of sun,rain and corn. With their knowledge, Mayans do lot of things greatly and accurately. The Mayas has a lot of achievement and inventions, we followed it. By 600 A.D.,The Mayans developed their surrounding areas and Make it as Cities. The Mayan established cities in the highland region and lowland region. They also established school, Library, Hospital, Sports armies,etc. By 1000 A.D. The Mayans Abandoned most of there cites when the Spanish arrived. The Spanish capture lot of cities and Mayan Civilization is down. The Remaining Mayans lived in small scattered villages.
The Mayans had well in Science, Mathematics, Agriculture, Design, Writing, Architecture and Infrastructure.
Unknown Facts About Maya
#1 Mathematics
The Mayans invented Zero. They have a well skill in Mathematics concept. The Zero means "Nothing" or "Null Value". They integrated into the Calendar. The Mayan has an accurate numerical system.
It has only three symbols:
- 0 - Shell Shape
- 1 - Dab
- 5 - Bar
With these symbols they shows a numbers from 0 to 19. After 19 , 20 is placing vertically shell and a dab(0 and 1 symbol). The Mayans has used the shorthand to express the array of the numbers like 1.2.3.4.5.6 where the numbers is 1,2,3,4,5,6. Their mathematical knowledge is so shocking because it seems to accurate.
#2 Mayans Calendar
The Mayans Calendar is mystery one. The prediction is accurate and complex. The famous Mayan calendar was based on a date system using in the Mayan societies. The Mayan Calendar has the three types.
- Tzolkin was the divine timetable which has the 13 days per month ,total 20 months which has 260 distinct days.
- Haab was the common calendar. It is the Sun based calendar with the 365 days. It has the 20 days in the each month. So the total 18 months, which has the 360 days. In the additional 5 days, represent a dangerous time known as Wayeb.
- Long Count was a non-repeating calendar starting from the beinging of the Mayan Period.It has the 20 days with the 18 months per year. so the total 360 days of the year.
#3 Writing System
The Maya invented the most advanced form of writing known as Glyphs. The Glyphs is an elemental of the symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purpose of writing. The symbols like word, sound, pictures. The mayan discovered 700 different glyphs. But the astonishingly 80% of the language is still understood today. The Maya already get the aware of their history and achievements. So they wrote on the pillars, walls, and big stone slabs. They wrote the thousands of the books. But Unfortunately, many of the books were destroyed by the Spanish to depict the devil and demons. Recent research, Few peoples and books are there.
#4 Maya Ball Game
The Mayan's play the Games by the Rubber balls called pitz. The Ball is made from the rubber tree. The latex are taken from the rubber tree and it mixed with some plant substances, this make the Rubber and Elastic. They Play the game like Basketball. The Game have one Goal set point, which is height from the floor. The Rubber Ball has taken which has the 35 cm of the rubber ball. In this game, they have a two teams. The players were working as a team to beat another team of players. The goal was to get the ball through the loop and another goal is Not to touch the ball with one's hands,which is like soccer is today. This game is attracted the people to watch. The Winners of the game were treated as heroes and given a great feast. But the Losing player of the game has the penalty which is like death. The leader of the team who lost the games was sometimes killed. This denoted the Human sacrifice was necessary for the success of the people's agriculture,trade, and overall health.
#5 Great Astronomers
The Mayans are the Astronomers. In the Mayans period, the Maya has traced the Cycle of Sun, Moon, Planets and Stars. Despite the fact that there were just 365 days in the Haab year. They knew that a year is not correctly 365 days it would be longer than 365 days. They Calculating it to be 365.2420 days, Which is similar to the Gregorian Calendar which is we followed it. The Mayans did many research about the Astronomy. The Maya Studied about the Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury. Maya Astronomers were very extremely accurate and way ahead of their European Counterparts.
#6 Architecture
The Architecture of the Mayan Civilization is more powerful Structure. They build more than hundred cites with the massive architecture. The main cities is Chicken Itza, Tikal, Uxmal. The Mayans Architecture is more easily recognizable as the Mayans Construction, because most of the Architecture has Stepped Pyramid from the Pre-Classic period. They build many places. Such as, Ceremonials platforms, Palaces, Pyramids and Temples, Meso American Ball Court, Observatories for astronomy .They Sculpture is so attractive. They sculpted the drawings in the stones.
#7 Maya Medicine
In the Mayan civilization, the medicine concerns the health among the Mayan's people. The herbal medicines is used for the illness to cure from the diseases. Treatment was based on the herbal remedies which could be swallowed, smoked, snorted,rubbed on the skin and even injected into the rectum. By the research, they did surgery had been done like Head Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Dental Surgery, etc. In the Dental Surgery, the teeth has been filled with the variety of shapes.
#8 Tattoos, Chocolates
- Tattoos : In the ancient Maya periods, the Mayan put the tattoos in their body and they shows their culture by this tattoos.
- Chocolates : The Maya were the first to introduced the chocolate between 250 and 900 AD. They mixed the cacao bean with the pepper and cornmeal to make the fresh chocolate drink. However, Chocolate drinks can be traced back to the Maya. The Cacao beans were also used as the glue. The Cacao bean is boiled and mixed with the different base and they uses as the currency.
#9 Art forms
Mayan art is highly sophisticated of art forms. It is highly appreciable around the world. The Mayan art is made with the many material like wood, jade, obsidian, earthenware, decorated stone landmarks, stucco and walls. The Mayans Art is Uniquely and Amazing Structure.
#10 Sweat Bath Akin
The Mayan practiced several cleansing techniques for well being including fasting and sweating. In the modern day, we used the Saunas for purification. But the Mayans are already found in their days as Sweat Baths. The Sweat Baths were constructed using stone or mud with a small front opening in the ceiling. Water are steam and create a setting for sweat out impurities. The Maya Sweat Bath has eight type which is identified by the archaeologists. The Maya Sauna is still popular and offered to the visitors at hotels and resorts throughout the Mayan World. This Baths make our body as clean and pure.
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