history chapter 3 the Maya

when did the maya civillisation start

2000 bc to 1501 ad

when did the height of the maya start

250 ce to 900 ce

what is the hirachy of the maya and what are the roles

king :ruler of the city state

nobles: helpers to the king

crafts people,architects and merchant: merchant trade

crafts people are making jewellery and stone carving and pottory archtechts make buildings

farmers:lived outside of the city on farms

slaves:criminalsor captured from other city states

what are the techniqes of the mayan farming

they grew on mountainious areas and buit tereses stopped the soil

what did they grow

sweet potato coco beans and tomoatoes avacodoes

what are the achivements of the maya

writting ,astromony , sports artists and math

why did the maya decline

because the cities grew bigger so they had no space to farm due to famine they had a droght so they couldnt give water to the crops and caus e the Spanish invaders in 1500ce the spanish began to conquer the maya and most of the maya died

what did they use for money

they used chcolate coins or jade

what was a very important food for the maya

maize a plant that produces corn or sweet corn

what is a gyph

a small image to repesent a word

a populor mayan ball game was

pot a tok

exchanging goods without using money is called

bartering

the maya recorded their achivments on stone coloums was called

stelae

a mayan book is called

a codex

where are the important buildings

centre of the city state