Showing posts with label characteristics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label characteristics. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The characteristics of the Mayan civilization

After understanding what is the Mayan civilization, Mayan civilization in depth understanding of several features.

Mayan civilization is old and mysterious , but there are a number of characteristics of evidence-based, the following lists are some the characteristics of the Mayan civilization:

*Maya civilization is belonging to stone priod, the Maya did not invent the use of bronze, not to mention the iron.
*Have a high level of construction technology, Maya will not be used, Cu, Fe, and will not use the wheel, although the concept of wheels and a small pottery objects appear as toys, but in real life there is no practical use. But they created a high degree of urban civilization.
*Fresh corn-based agriculture, it is also known as the "corn of civilization", but no cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, and no traces of animal husbandry, farmers use a very primitive farming called Millpa.
*They use two decimal for mathematics, discover and use the "zero" concept (one that is taught by the Olmec people), have a high degree of knowledge of mathematics and astronomical calendar.
*They use unique hieroglyphs: the Mayan language