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Mayas

            The civilization I chose to write about was the Mayas. The five themes of geography (Location, place, interaction, movement and region) are all related to the Mayas. The first theme of geography is location. Location is the exact and relative location of a place. Exact location is the location described in lines of latitude and longitude. Relative location is what surrounds the location such as a country or state. The second theme of geography is place. Place is the physical and human features of a place. The third theme of geography is interaction. Interaction is how people have adapted to and changed their natural environment to live. The fourth theme of geography is movement. Movement involves the movement of people, goods and ideas. For example: An airport is an example of movement. The fifth theme of geography is region. Region is an area of the world that has similar unifying characteristics. They may be physical or cultural characteristics.
             The five themes of geography relates to the Mayan civilization because the relative location is south of North America and West of the Aztec empire. The exact location of Tikal (A Mayan city) is 17 degrees north and 90 degrees west. The picture on the top right hand corner is a map of the whole Mayan civilization. The theme place, relates to the Mayan civilization because the physical features of the Mayan land are bodies of water, which are the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Since there are bodies of water, Mayans went fishing for food. The picture on the bottom right hand corner is an example of a Mayan house. Mayan homes had mud walls and thatched roofs. They were also held up with poles. Another way the theme place relates to the Mayan civilization is the human features. Examples of human features are the Mayan gods, agricultural gods and Mayan hieroglyphics. On the bottom left hand corner, there is a picture of a Mayan hieroglyphic.


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... people of South Mexico and Central America. They originated around 2600 B.C. The ancestors of the Maya crossed the Bering Strait twenty thousand years ago. They were traveling hunter-gatherers. The Mayas presently inhabit Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Western Honduras, El Salvador, and Northern Belize. The Maya were skilled farmers, clearing large sections of tropical rain forest and, where groundwater was scarce, building ... of the Spanish Conquest, the Maya had been influenced by customs introduced to them from other parts of Mesoamerica. The Mayan civilization was the foundation of pr...

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2. Mayas Incas And Aztecs

... Empires were also precise and accurate and effectual at trading. The Roman traded with China to obtain crucial resources. There are many documents that could easily prove that although the Mayas, Incas and the Aztecs were notable for their achievements, they cannot compare to the amazing accomplishments of the earlier Roman and Egyptian Empires. Documents quoting the advancements of the Egyptians ... ...

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3. Who Were the Mayan

... in the central and northern region. From February to May the climate was very hot and unbearable. During this time of the year the Mayas practiced the slash and burn form of agriculture (www.indians.org). Evidence of the Maya civilization is found to be since some 3000 years ... someone of the high social status died, they went on to live with the gods in the sky. They worshipped their ancestors like gods. The Mayas buried their dead with things they believed they would need in the afterlife like; food, tolls, clothing, and the kings were buried with similar ... of the hierocracy and t...

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4. Human Beings and the Color Barrier

... once borrowed money from her during the great depression to settle a debt. She felt that he owed her a favor. But this meant nothing to him. Mayas already excruciating pain had intensified after a few days of painkillers and home remedies did not offer any relief. Maya considered jumping in the well or sitting under the ... way to the dentist office, after crossing over the bridge that separated the white neighborhood from the black, Momma adjusted the white towel that was drawn under Mayas chin and tied over her head. (p 388). She was now in white folks territory and even though she fe...

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... very different, but it appears that the records are accurate and very descriptive. Within "Stolen Continents", Wright has shown that the Indians were prolific record keepers throughout their generations. The Mayas, are good examples of this. The Xahil family recorded their history from their mythic origins to the wars they waged with other tribes and the invasion of the whites to ... this caused ( Wright, 2000, p54). As one recorder died another was there to his place, so their records were often precise and gripping evidence of what was occurring to the Mayas. As Pacal Xahil stated in ...

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6. Division of Light and Black Skin

... let the audience know how his skin was the thing that separated him from everyone else. The terms Rodriguez uses to describe himself are "Mayas" and "Indians," those terms fit perfectly with his description because not only were The Mayas and the Indians dark skinned, but they too suffered discrimination in the hand of whites (light skinned people). In the old days ... Mayas and Indians were put to do the light skin people's dirty jobs just for looking the way they did and for having dark skin. This will later connect with the ... ...

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7. The Mayan and Human Sacrifice

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8. Massive Blood To Build An Empire

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