If you travel to the Yucatan peninsular at first look you will find a spraling emerald forist covering much of the land. However, if you look closer you will see hulking temples dotted around this jade knigdom. These grey mamoths were the constructed by the once great mayan civaliation. The monsters of the Mayan society were there tombs and shrines.
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Once in a dense, tropical rain forest of the Yucatan Peninsula, lay an ancient civilisation. The great forest belonged to the Maya. In these forests they built monumental tombs, it took materials, but people were the key resource.
Deep in the depths of the jade, tropical rainforest in the Yucatan Peninsula lies the ancient ruins of the lost civilization. The city-states belong to the Maya, who were a literate society that thrived between 300BC to 900AD. Temples were built by the Maya, but they didn’t just need materials … they needed people.
In the dense, tropical rainforest of the Yucatan Peninsula and the volcanic highlands of Guatemala, lie the ruined city- states of the once great civilisation. These city-states belonged to the Ancient Maya, a literate civilisation that thrived between three hundred BC and nine hundred AD. The Maya are famous for their colossal shrines which needed the following materials: stone, craftsmen, people and farms.
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If you travelled halfway across the world over a thousand years ago you would come across a civilisation you probably didn’t even know existed. Even further into the once- thriving cities you would find burnt forests and ancient temples that belonged to the Maya. To build these temples the Maya didn’t just need materials but a large population to farm, mine and build.
To support this vast civilisation the Maya had to hunt and farm to their extent. There farming techniques would depend on where they were located. In the lowlands, the Maya would use the slash and burn technique, this technique would consist of cutting down the trees and burning any excess to create rich soil. However this nutritious soil would only last 10 years so farmers would have to move. Continue reading Stairways To Heaven