History 110 Project - Mayan Civilization

Short video on a few aspects of the Mayans and their culture.

By Ahmed Al Zubail and Devaiah N.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• History
• Maya
• Project
• 110

[GodOfUnbelief]

Thanks, Spain.

[nedeljko18]

My friend,I am happy that Maya still exist today,civolized.

[lordswit6666]

@MeridaMaya thanks really xD

[MeridaMaya]

@lordswit6666 No problem. I'm happy to tell it!

[lordswit6666]

@MeridaMaya ohhh thanks for those facts.. because i also watched a video about mayan culture and in the description it says that the mayan culture was gone for no reason.. but thanks to this i knew that i was the spanish who conquered and burnt them.. thanks

[MeridaMaya]

@lordswit6666 (Sorry I talk so much) The Maya were conquered as a nation, not a people. Like in the US, we have Navajo, Sioux, etc., they aren't nations, they're a people. The food is still eaten, the religion is still followed, etc., but the civilization is dead. Say South Africa conquered Brazil. The people are now South African, but they have Brazilian culture. So the Maya are alive, but they live as México, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador, not Mayans like they used to be.

[MeridaMaya]

@lordswit6666 Another man Pedro de Alvarado conquered Guatemala, and El Salvador, and he would conquer one Mayan kingdom at a time. The Maya lived in small kingdoms (with different languages) so they constantly went to war so they could capture slaves for sacrifice. After each conquest, a revolt would start behind him. He burned the rulers to silence the rebels. (Before 1000 AD, they lived in city-sates, but do to socioeconomic crisis they kind of had to start over.

[MeridaMaya]

@lordswit6666 What they were doing is a few of things

2. Bring souls to Catholicism,

3. create wealth for themselves and Spain

Because they wanted more Catholics, Diego de Landa, a Spanish friar took the Maya codices, and lit them all on fire because he did think they were the writing of the Devil. Only three still survive today, so he did a good job wiping out 3,000 years of culture.

[lordswit6666]

@MeridaMaya hmmmmm spain did conquer them am i right? and i also read that they literrally "BURNED" aztecs/mayan in the city square to show that they are "satan followers" because they decapitate other people to appease a false god.. i would love to learn from you

[MeridaMaya]

@lordswit6666 Well to a sense. They didn't fight outsiders, but they lived in city-states to capture more slaves, to appease the gods. It doesn't make them blood thirsty, just makes them... sacred. They avoided Spain when they came, but fought when they had to. In short, powerful religious practicers.