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Alice's Guatemala Timeline

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    Hieroglyphics

    Hieroglyphics
    The Mayans found Hieroglyphics as a very helpful writing tool. They mostly used it when carved into stone, bones, painted on pots, written in books and on bark paper. As shown in the photo here is a piece of stone with Hieroglyphics carved into it.
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    Polytheism

    Polytheism
    The Mayans believed in many gods(polytheism). These gods were thought of to be nourished by blood. Sacrifice was a central part of the Mayan religion. This photo represents the TeHe God, one of the many Mayan gods.
  • Jun 1, 1523

    Pedro De Alvarado

    Pedro De Alvarado
    The explorer Pedro De Alvarado led a Spanish expedition from Mexico and invaded Guatemala. He defeated the Mayans and established Spansih rule. Alvarado also converted all of the previous natives to Roman Catholics. This is a potrait of Alvarado himself.

  • Independance from Spain

    Independance from Spain
    Guatemala declared Independance from Spain on the date of September 15, 1821. The date of Independance is written on a scroll in the Guatemalan flag as shown to the left.

  • Jorge Ubico Forced to Resign

    Jorge Ubico Forced to Resign
    The President, Jorge Ubico, was forced to resign by a general strike against him that started in 1944. Then they installed his friend General Juan Frederico Ponce as his succesor, which only lasted 3 months. By then the military coup overthrew the regime. Ubico then fled to New Orleans. This then left Guatemala in an economic chrisis.

  • Major Earthquake

    Major Earthquake
    In the year of 1976, Guatemala was hit by an earthquake right outside of Guatemala City. The earthquake had a magnitude of around 7.5. This caused about 23,000 deaths and $700 million in damage. In this photo is a picture of citizens sitting outside of a Church located in Guatemala City.

  • Decline of Mayan Civilization

    Decline of Mayan Civilization
    Due to a two-hundred year long drought, the Mayan Civilization slowly started to decline. Many were dying from thirst and famine. This photo demonstrates the civilization "collapsing."

  • Creating Buildings

    Creating Buildings
    The eight hundreds were the building years of the Mayans. They started to create large cities containing temple-pyramids, palaces, ball courts and community houses. Here in this photograph is a palace where higher classed citizens were to live.