Mayan Culture and People

The Mayan culture thrived for nearly two thousand years in what is now Belize, Guatemala, western Honduras, El Salvador and the five Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco, Quintana Roo and Yucatan. The region occupied by the Maya people had about 193,000 square miles in area and is defined in a cooperative way, as El Mundo Maya (Maya World). The Maya were expert weavers and builders of the temple treasures left behind archaeological sites for many generations to come and admire. These people made a living Maya of hunting, fishing and agriculture. They were a language group, which is one of the largest in the Americas and is divided into some 69 languages, including huasteco, Yucatec, Western Maya, Maya and eastern groups.There brightness in the Mayan culture, which is much appreciated especially in the area of architecture and decoration of their city. These Mayan cities were the center of power of king-priests who administered the respect, honor and work of people who believe in them.The growth of Mayan culture and the city has developed at different times. The construction of the Maya culture developed in the highlands. During the classical period, between 250 and 900 AD, the plains saw the flowering of the big cities like Takala, located in the heart of Peten, Guatemala. After the classical era, inspired by the desire to move to the plains and plateaus of the southern tip of the lower peninsula of Yucatan, where cities have seen their flash glory.Each Puuc the Mayan city had a unique style, even if times the district and provided them some general characteristics. The ruins of their cities are suddenly in the midst of the dense forest continues to work to their engineering requirements and ensure water supply for the population. They also had the most civilians in those early days, and a large and complex network of roads that cross the entire land for the maintenance of communications and trade and exchange was open to all Maya centers. Most of the names of the ancient Maya city have been forgotten, like those used today were made by explorers, missionaries, travelers, and buildings containing two archaeologists.Many and three to five storey buildings. The emphasis has been placed on the height and verticality, which gives a touch applied to the city. It is said that the builders wanted to get into heaven and gods in this way, and in doing so, raised the tallest buildings in old stucco molding America.Decorating achieved a high degree of perfection. Stucco was a very thin paste made of lime, with a little ', which in turn was applied on supports anchored to the stone walls, ceilings, or ledges. The inside of the walls were covered with plaster and then painted.For millennia, the Maya of Yucatan Maya has been the dominant language throughout the Yucatan Peninsula, including Yucatan and Quintana Roo Campethe. The language is documented in Mayan hieroglyphs Columbian Maya civilization at many sites and can be up to 5,000 years. Although the 2000 census was 799,696 people in Mexico, who spoke this language.Ralph L. Roys, a historical ethno Maya, wrote that native Maya sixteen states occupied most of the Yucatan Peninsula in the early 16th and that this population has been "very uniform in language, customs and key policy ideas" . Historians have shown that most of the current state of Campeche was ruled by four Indians when the Spanish arrived in 1517; Acalan-Tixcel, Chanputun (Champotón) Campeche (Ah Kin Pech) and Ah cannula. Acalan is mainly occupied by indigenous Chontal and the other three states were nations Yucatec Maya.