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Introduction
Maya Timeline
Part 1 – History
Chapter 1: The Origins of the Mesoamerican Civilizations
The Archaic period: 7000 – 2000 BC
The Olmecs: 1,200 – 300 BC
Challenge your perceptions—Dwarfism
Chapter 2: The Preclassic Period and the Magnificent Zapotec
Early Preclassic period: 2000 to 1000 BC
Cuello and early Maya architecture
Middle Preclassic period: 1000 to 300 BC
The Zapotec: 600 BC to AD 800
Late Preclassic period: 300 BC to AD 250
Chapter 3: The Classic Period, Doomsday Calendar, and the Mystery of the Red Queen
Early Classic – AD 250 to 600
How Maya measured the time
Late Classic – AD 600 to 900
The mystery of the Red Queen
Terminal Classic – AD 900 to 1000
External factors
Internal factors
Chapter 4: Food, Rites, and Gruesome Tales
Maya food quiz
How to make Maya hot chocolate at home
How did the Maya grow their food?
The Maize god
The Maya beauty standards
The sacred Ball Game
Chapter 5: The Decline of the Maya Civilization and Human Sacrifice
Early Postclassic – AD 1000 to 1250
Inside Chichen Itza – features of Maya cities
The Maya Observatory (El Caracol)
The Great Ball Court
The Kukulkan pyramid
Human sacrifice
The methods of human sacrifice
Chapter 6: Late Postclassic Period and the Spanish Conquest
Before the arrival of the conquistadors
The arrival of the Spanish
The conquest of New Spain
Chapter 7: Maya Today
Maya religious rites today
The role of the calendar keeper
How do the Maya live?
The Maya caught up in military conflict
Maya medicine
Part 2 – Mythology
Chapter 8: Maya Creation Story
The Popol Vuh
In the beginning
The Maya Hero Twins
The creation of man
Chapter 9: The Maya Cosmology
The role of the priests
Astronomy and the ancient Maya
Pacal’s tomb and the descent of the Sun
The importance of astronomy and rituals
The planet Venus
Endnotes
Preview of Aztec
A Captivating Guide to Aztec History and the Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan
Preview of World War 2
A Captivating Guide from Beginning to End
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