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The Mayans Flashcards

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the Maya

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  • present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize
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shared culture

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  • no central government

- local rule

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Mayan religion

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  • two worlds: everyday and other
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sporting life

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  • pok-a-tok
  • a game in which a rubber ball (the size of a basketball) was thrown into a hoop
  • they would were shields and armor and bouncy the ball into the hoop
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codices

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  • plural for codex
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codex

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  • a hand-lettered book of writing that contains a volume of manuscripts of an ancient text
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slash-and-burn

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  • a system of farming in which thick forest lands are cut and burned to prepare the soil for burning
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