The Mayan people were a very sophisticated people; they had a very well developed calendar for there time. Also they had good work ethic, they were a smart people. The Mayans also believed very strongly in pleasing their gods, they would sacrifice hundreds of people for no reason but to please their gods. The Mayans also went to war a lot, sometimes for no reason; this quote explains one reason they would go. “Lifted into the next world by hallucinogenic drugs, the king will take an obsidian blade or the spine of a stingray, pierce his own penis, and then draw a rope through the wound, letting the blood drip onto bits of bark paper.” “When the king finally emerges, on the