... pyramids, and buildings that would all form large cities. The Mayan workers who constructed these dwellings often decorated the walls with hieroglyphics that would tell anything from a person's life to an important religious belief or tale. Cities that flourished during the Classic period were located in current day Guatemala and were led by the large city of Tikal, which had many pyramid-temples that rose ... over two hundred feet high. These pyramid-temples contained numerous carved slates that acted as time markers and reign ... recorders. When the Mayan empire collapsed, these citie...

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• Grade Level: High School

... light was limited to a certain surface area (Tedlock, p.74). Two boy gods named Hunahpu and Xbalanque decided to defeat him due to his arrogance. Hunapu broke Seven Macaw's jaw with a blow gun and he fell out of his tree (Tedlock, p.78). They invoked grandmother and grandfather who ... ultimately took away his greatness. In cosmology, this tale explains the shape and the trail of the Big Dipper which rises over Polaris. The fall of Seven Macaw from the tree represents the ... Popul Vuh mentions citadels frequently in the reading. This is a name for a city or a town of defense surrounded ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School