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==== Agriculture ==== | ==== Agriculture ==== | ||
The basis of the Maya economy was agriculture. [([[https:// | The basis of the Maya economy was agriculture. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Animal husbandry ==== | ||
+ | The Maya did not know animal husbandry well. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Crops ==== | ||
+ | The Maya mainly grew maize and beans. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== The gods ==== | ||
+ | The gods the Maya believed in were personified by the forces of nature. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Afterlife ==== | ||
+ | The Mayans believed in an afterlife. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== The way of maize ==== | ||
+ | Corn was prepared in several ways to back then. For example, atole (a slurry similar to our porridge, to which pieces of fruit were added), posol (a semi-liquid dough), tamale (a vegetable, sometimes meat stew), tortillas (thin cakes baked on hot stones). [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Liquid chocolate ==== | ||
+ | Chocolate in liquid form was called the "royal drink" because only the aristocracy consumed this beverage. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Cocoa currency ==== | ||
+ | Cocoa beans were currency at local Mayan markets. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Jade ==== | ||
+ | Wealthy Mayans were posthumously fashioned masks of jade. These were to give them an " | ||
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+ | ==== Sap tree ==== | ||
+ | The Maya cultivated the chickle (sap) tree, whose sap is now used to make chewing gum. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Weaponcraft ==== | ||
+ | The Maya made weapons primarily from flint and obsidian, a crystalline enamel of volcanic origin. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Fashion ==== | ||
+ | Appearance and fashion were important to the Maya. Women wore numerous ornaments and colorful and bright outfits. Men painted their bodies and, after marriage, entrained their bodies with tattoos. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Calendar ==== | ||
+ | The Mayan calendar, consisting of 360 days, was called the Haab. Additionally, | ||
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