文档介绍：MAYAN CIVILIZATION
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The Origin of Maya
The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican (中美洲)civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Preclassic period, many of these reached their apogee(顶点) of development during the Classic period (c. 250 CE to 900 CE), and continued throughout the Postclassic period until the arrival of the Spanish. At its peak, it was one of the most densely(密集地) populated and culturally dynamic societies in the world.
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Geographical extent
The Maya civilization extended throughout the present-day southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán. The Maya area also extended throughout the northern Central American region, including the present-day nations of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and extreme northern El Salvador.
Character & Religions
Maya script
The Mayan script, also known as Mayan glyphs or Mayan hieroglyphs象形文字, is the writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered. Maya writing used logograms plemented by a set of syllabic glyphs, somewhat similar in function to modern Japanese writing.
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religion
The most important source on traditional Maya religion is the Mayas themselves: the incumbents(牧师) of positions within the religious hierarchy, diviners(占卜者), and tellers of tales, and more generally all those persons who shared their knowledge with outsiders (such as anthropologists) in the past and continue to do this until today.
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They worship helios, rain god, god of death, Mars, grain, god of corn du, occupies above the gods, revered as god incarnate. I