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In the early 1000s, the Maya occupied Guatemala, southern Mexico, and northern Belize. They were one of the greatest civilizations of ancient times. Five million Mayans, most of which spoke Spanish, were bilingual.
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The Mayans were amazing gold and silver workers in their time. they made masks, cups, goblets and more masks.
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In this early age, the Mayans have been quite brutal, as they did human sacrifices to their ¨gods¨ that they might have better futures. They were also advanced in farming. They chopped up plants that were in the space they wanted to plot farmland on and burned them. Then they used that for fertilizer.
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Around 1050, the Mayans used a method called Slash and Burn before they planted their crops. Their crops included corn, beans, squash and fruit trees. Red and black beans contributed to protein. The Mayans also used two trees to grow an entirely different tree.
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At around 1050-1090 the Mayans also irrigated water to their plants. Since they couldn't keep their crops next to the water, they brought the water to the plants through man-made canals and rivers.
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The Mayans had their own calendar with a 260-day ritual, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
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When the settlers arrived in 1492 the Mayans disbanded and disappeared. Their pyramids and cities went to ruins in the jungle and started crumbling apart.
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After 1492 the Mayans had disappeared completely, leaving only ruins and artifacts to explain their culture and lifestyle. The ancient Mayans were gone.
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The Mayan culture still lives on, just not as before. For example no more sacrifices to the “gods” and no more pyramids and mudbrick houses.
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Mayan people today are different than that of the brutal but successful Mayans of ancient times.
