The Three Eras
Class Structure
Family Structure
The Development
Extras
100
The Classic Era
What is the Golden Age?
100
The ruler was on top.
Who was on top of the social pyramid?
100
Royal weddings and religous events
What did the peasants get in return for there work?
100
Olmec
Who were among the first to farm?
100
collect taxes and etc.
What did the nobles do?
200
50 BCE
When did the Mayans develop hieroglyphic writing?
200
The ruler was of the __________ ___________.
Who was of the highest authority?
200
At age 12
When did girls get their coming of age ceremony?
200
the Olmec.
What was the origin of the Mayans??
200
true man
What is halach uinic?
300
Astronomy and Mathematics
What did the Mayans exceed at during the Classic Era?
300
Only nobles and priests.
Who were the only ones who could read and write?
300
before dawn
When did the women and girls wake to make food?
300
300-900 CE
When was the height of the Mayan society?
300
freee points
hahah
400
The Yucatan Peninsula.
Where did the Post-Classic Era continue to thrive.
400
Painter or sculptor or weaver or potter
What is one example of an artist?
400
hunted, fished, worked the fields, and became soldiers in times of war.
What did men and their sons do??
400
In jungles on the east coast of Mexico.
Where did the Olmec live??
400
Slaves were sacrificed for ________.
Their masters.
500
40 + individual city states
How many city states were they divided into?
500
War prisoners became slaves and people were born into slavery. Some were free people who had done crimes. Children also became slaves when their parents sold them for money to feed the rest of the family.
Who were the slaves?
500
1
How many rooms were in the huts??
500
Mesoamerica
Where did Mayan culture spread?
500
Village matchmaker.
Who negotiationed for weddings??