The Apocalypto: The Mayan Culture

Have you ever wondered what it’s like when the Mayan and Aztec lived ? The traditions of the Mayan and Aztec religion and art are very similar but have their differences. The Mayan and Aztec was polytheism (belief or worship of one or more god). Both Mayan and Aztec people believed in human sacrifices.

In man’s eyes, zombies are hostile to human nature and can potentially wreak wreck nations. Though it is not definite, the idea of a widespread of the undead eradicating entire species populates from horror films and novels, promoting danger and enhancing terror to the public. In fear of the scenario, humans gather information in preparation for the apocalyptic era. In hope’s to resolve the situation, many great minds guide readers to salvage through literature, often with irrelevant information one can justify. Ali Kahn’s “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse”, the schematic “How to Survive Zombies” and the Zombie Research Society’s “Mayans Destroyed by Zombies” enhances one’s lack of capability when surviving a zombie apocalypse by writing

When Spanish ships landed in Mexico in 1519 the tremendous Aztec empire was at the top of its power from their capital Tenochtitlan the Aztecs controlled much of America ruling 15 million people. Aztec Palaces were as big and elaborate as those in Europe and their temples rivaled the Egyptian pyramids but within just 2 years the Aztec empire perished. The center of the Aztec Empire was the Valley of Mexico, where the capital of the Aztec Triple Alliance was built upon raised islets in Lake Texcoco. The exact origins of the Aztec people are uncertain, but they are believed to have begun as a northern tribe of hunter-gatherers whose name came from that of their homeland, Aztlan.

As a civilization in the jungle, the Maya are well known for their architecture, art, monumental sculptures, and calendars. The Mayan religious, ritualistic culture is developed and maintained in conjunction of the native people, as well as a communication and ties to the earth and sky. Understanding the Maya people and their religion is similar to understanding the geographical location of the people, and therefore their life source. There is great importance within the items that surrounded them geographically. Products or resources that sustained them as a community, or maintained their health and wellbeing, also created foundations for their religious belief system.

Aztec Sacrifice The Aztecs are well known for their religious practice of human sacrifice. Generally speaking, Aztec sacrifices were performed to appease the gods of the Aztec religion. Human sacrifice, in Aztec culture, was seen as some kind of repayment to the gods for their own sacrifices. It was also believed that the sacrifices were necessary for the flourishment of Aztec society. For instance, sacrifices for the sun god, Tezcatlipoca, were executed to ensure Tezcatlipoca was well-nourished and had the strength to raise the sun each morning.

As did most major ancient civilizations, “the life in the great Maya civilization centered around religion, which had an important effect on many other areas of life” (“Mayan Facts.”). The ancient Maya religion is very complex that have “responsible for many great achievements of the Mayan civilization, including the in (famous) Mayan calendar and spectacular pyramids” (“Mayan Facts.”). There are over 150 gods in the ancient Maya religion who are each clearly defined by their characteristics and purposes that influence to the life of the Mayan. In “Maya Civilization”, Joshua J. Mark stated that “the Maya believed deeply in the cyclical nature of life – nothing was ever `born’ and nothing ever `died’ – and this belief inspired their view of

D Block Research Question: How does the agriculture, class structure and religion help the growth and poem of the Maya Empire? If the doomsday is coming upon us, what are we going to do? According to the Maya calendar, the end of the world would occur on December 21, 2012 — which luckily didn’t happen. The Maya, except for their advanced knowledge of mathematics and astronomy which allowed them to develop a complex calendar system, also made great achievements in agriculture, language and architecture.

I believe that the Mayan civilization was a stronger and more intelligent civilization than the Inca and Aztec civilizations. I will talk about why the Mayan civilization and its achievements and history and much more. As well as the other two civilizations and why I think the Mayan civilization is sophisticated and civilized and ultimately better. One of the huge things the Mayans had for them was their intelligence.

When the Spanish arrived in Mesoamerica the conquistadors were accompanied by Christian missionaries. These missionaries saw their mission of converting the natives to Christianity as being an important aspect of the conquest. Conversion methods used by the missionaries included: baptisms, discrediting native gods and mass relocations to “fortress-like convents and churches”. The Maya religion was different and similar to Christianity.

Guatemala is one of the countries in Central America that has spectacular Mayan ruins and a diverse Mayan heritage communities. Local Mayan heritage has been preserving the culture of their ancestors after many years. Local indigenous community near Tecpan have been coming to a nearby Mayan site known as Iximche’ to perform spiritual rituals. Despite many racism and civil war that Guatemala; the indigenous community have been embracing their culture heritage. Iximche’ is a Post-Classic Maya site that has been really important to the local indigenous community because it allows them to continue preserving the Maya culture alive for future generations by enabling present community to open a link channel to perform ceremonies as their ancestors

Everything was perfectly planned out. As the calendar says, they have to sacrifice one of their own to please the Gods. The Mayan people would get together as a whole to practice their religious ceremony at the temple. The Mayan and Aztec civilizations are two ancient civilizations that were located near Central and South America. The Mayan civilization was more remarkable than the Aztecs because of their advanced knowledge.