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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title>RSS Maya Institute</title> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/</link> <description>Maya Institute</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 10:50:17 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>daily</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title>Fall of Maya</title> <description>The doomed splendor of the Maya unfolded against the backdrop of the rain forests of southern Mexico and Central America. Here, Classic Maya civilization reached improbable heights. To chart a culture whose Preclassic roots reach ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/the_fall_of_maya_by_dhennisbalontongart.jpg" alt="The Fall of maya by" align="left" /><p>The doomed splendor of the Maya unfolded against the backdrop of the rain forests of southern Mexico and Central America. Here, Classic Maya civilization reached improbable heights. To chart a culture whose Preclassic roots reach back 3, 000 years, we begin with new evidence suggesting that the arrival of a warlord from central Mexico ushered in an age of magnificence and masterpieces such as the death mask of Palenque's King Pakal. But empires rise only to fall. We conclude with the cascade of catastrophe—natural and man-made—that precipitated the Classic Maya collapse, leaving nature to reclaim the grandeur. THE RISE The Kingmaker The stranger arrived as the dry season began to harden the jungle paths, allowing armies to pass. Flanked by his warriors, he marched into the Maya city of Waka, past temples and markets and across broad plazas. Its citizens must have gaped, impressed not just by the show of force but also by the men's extravagant feathered headdresses, javelins, and mirrored shields—the regalia of a distant imperial city. Ancient inscriptions give the date as January 8, 378, and the stranger's name as Fire Is Born. He arrived in Waka, in present-day Guatemala, as an envoy from a great power in the highlands of Mexico. In the coming decades, his name would appear on monuments all across the territory of the Maya, the jungle civilization of Mesoamerica. And in his wake, the Maya reached an apogee that lasted five centuries.</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Located Mayan]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/LocatedMayan/fall-of-maya</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/LocatedMayan/fall-of-maya</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Facts about the Mayan Empire</title> <description>Excerpt from "The Watchman's Rattle" by American sociobiologist, Rebecca D. Costa As rainfall levels declined, fifteen million Mayan citizens never came face-to-face with their deteriorating situation. The population was ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/12_surprising_things_you_might_not.jpg" alt="Largest Maya Tomb Ever Found" align="left" /><p>Excerpt from "The Watchman's Rattle" by American sociobiologist, Rebecca D. Costa As rainfall levels declined, fifteen million Mayan citizens never came face-to-face with their deteriorating situation. The population was exploding, the need for water was rapidly escalating, and the annual rainfall was declining. Conservation was a good short-term strategy, but this was not the same as putting all of the society's energies toward permanently solving a problem they knew would eventually be catastrophic...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Facts About The Mayans]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/FactsAboutTheMayans/facts-about-the-mayan-empire</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/FactsAboutTheMayans/facts-about-the-mayan-empire</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Important Mayan gods</title> <description>The pantheon of the Maya is a vast collection of deities who were worshipped throughout the region which, today, comprises Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/browse_art_deviantart.jpg" alt="Incredible Hulk by Ultr0nz" align="left" /><p>The pantheon of the Maya is a vast collection of deities who were worshipped throughout the region which, today, comprises Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Not all of the gods were venerated in all of the city-states of the Maya (at least, not by the same name) but the type of god, and what that god symbolized to the people, seems to have been universally recognized. An example of this can be seen in the different names given to the underworld by the Yucatec Maya of the north and the Quiche Maya of the south...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Mayan God]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/MayanGod/important-mayan-gods</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/MayanGod/important-mayan-gods</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 05:21:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Mayan gods of life</title> <description>The Mayans developed a complex system of calendars that were dependent on the movements of the sun, moon, stars and planets. The calendars determined the timing of crop planting, the waging of war and the enacting of religious ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/god_life_and_death_images.jpg" alt="God Life And Death Death Note" align="left" /><p>The Mayans developed a complex system of calendars that were dependent on the movements of the sun, moon, stars and planets. The calendars determined the timing of crop planting, the waging of war and the enacting of religious rituals. The cultivation of maize, the most important Mayan crop, was tied to religion, and the maize god was one of the most important religious figures. Prayers and offerings were made before such activities as ball games played in special outdoor courts. Bloodletting, torture and human sacrifices were integral aspects of Mayan religion...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Mayan God]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/MayanGod/mayan-gods-of-life</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/MayanGod/mayan-gods-of-life</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 05:19:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Where did the Mayans lived?</title> <description>Palenque is one of the most important Mayan cities in southern Mexico. It was a huge ceremonial center and served peasants from an enormous region. We\x92ve all heard of the huge, elaborate Mayan cities scattered through southern ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/dk_find_out_fun_facts_for.jpg" alt="DK 192970 earth aw" align="left" /><p>Palenque is one of the most important Mayan cities in southern Mexico. It was a huge ceremonial center and served peasants from an enormous region. We\x92ve all heard of the huge, elaborate Mayan cities scattered through southern Mexico and Guatemala, but the truth of the matter is that the Mayan people didn\x92t live in cities at all! The Mayans were mostly farmers \x96 working slash and burn fields to grow their corn and other food. Because they lived in tropical rain forests, they were forced to create a new farm every few years...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Mayans Live]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/MayansLive/where-did-the-mayans-lived</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/MayansLive/where-did-the-mayans-lived</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Mayans VS Aztecs</title> <description>Some of the weirdest, longest wars around have been on the other side of the Big River, but for some reason most American war nerds would rather read about Eurasian battles. Not sure why, except I remember when I was growing up ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/think_about_this_which_empire_was.jpg" alt="Mayans vs. Aztecs vs" align="left" /><p>Some of the weirdest, longest wars around have been on the other side of the Big River, but for some reason most American war nerds would rather read about Eurasian battles. Not sure why, except I remember when I was growing up, Mexico just seemed like a depressing place. That was because us gringos don’t go much past the border towns, which are as scummy as border towns anywhere. Once you get past the zebra-striped burro zone, it gets a lot more interesting—still depressing, but a lot more interesting...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Human Sacrifice]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/HumanSacrifice/mayans-vs-aztecs</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/HumanSacrifice/mayans-vs-aztecs</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:08:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Mayan Mystery</title> <description>Unraveling the mystery of who the Maya were, how they lived-and why their civilization suddenly collapsed. The crowd at the base of the enormous bloodred pyramid has been standing for hours in the dripping heat of the Guatemalan ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/the_mayan_mystery_magical_chichen.jpg" alt="The Mayan Mystery – Chichen" align="left" /><p>Unraveling the mystery of who the Maya were, how they lived-and why their civilization suddenly collapsed. The crowd at the base of the enormous bloodred pyramid has been standing for hours in the dripping heat of the Guatemalan jungle. No one moves; every eye stays fixed on the building's summit, where the king, his head adorned with feathers, his scepter a two-headed crocodile, is about to emerge from a sacred chamber with instructions from his long-dead ancestors. The crowd sees nothing of his movements, but it knows the ritual: lifted into the next world by hallucinogenic drugs, the king will take an obsidian blade or the spine of a stingray, pierce his own penis, and then draw a rope through the wound, letting the blood drip onto bits of bark paper...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Facts About The Mayans]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/FactsAboutTheMayans/mayan-mystery</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/FactsAboutTheMayans/mayan-mystery</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:23:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Mayan history books</title> <description>Scholars of pre-Columbian history have been trying to decipher something called the Grolier Codex ever since it was discovered by looters in a Chiapas cave back in the '60s. It's a 13th-century manuscript that may contain some of ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/top_5_books_to_read_before.jpg" alt="Foundry students and faculty" align="left" /><p>Scholars of pre-Columbian history have been trying to decipher something called the Grolier Codex ever since it was discovered by looters in a Chiapas cave back in the '60s. It's a 13th-century manuscript that may contain some of the collected wisdom of the Maya people. But there's a question nagging researchers who have inspected it: Is it authentic? Yale University professor Mary Miller is sold. “Absolutely, and having started in the corner of the doubters, I have moved to the opposite side of the ring and I have no doubt of its authenticity, ” says Miller, who teaches art history...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Did The Mayans]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/DidTheMayans/mayan-history-books</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/DidTheMayans/mayan-history-books</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Mayan gods Wiki</title> <description>“ The primary purpose of the ancient Maya was to give a sense of order and control to life, that was their world view. What created their world view was the mere fact that their primary crop was corn and they had to manage the ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/spider_legs_aqw.jpg" alt="Khannibal vs undead" align="left" /><p>“ The primary purpose of the ancient Maya was to give a sense of order and control to life, that was their world view. What created their world view was the mere fact that their primary crop was corn and they had to manage the wet and dry seasons which would predict the timing of the corn cycle. In the Popol Vuh, which is the Mayan creation story, the creation of the earth and the first human beings focus on the establishment of corn and on the creator deities. The important creator deities consisted of Huracan and Itzamna...</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Mayan God]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/MayanGod/mayan-gods-wiki</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/MayanGod/mayan-gods-wiki</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Maya civilization in Belize</title> <description>For us to appreciate the extent and the significance of the Maya and Spanish contact period (i.e. when the Spaniards came into contact with the indigenous people in the early 16th century) and for a century and a half later, we ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/group_2_members_sherayne_banner_karema.jpg" alt="Belize Maya civilization" align="left" /><p>For us to appreciate the extent and the significance of the Maya and Spanish contact period (i.e. when the Spaniards came into contact with the indigenous people in the early 16th century) and for a century and a half later, we must first liberate our minds from the artificial frontiers that were later created, and from the partial histories that have so far been available to us. At that time there was no Belize, no Guatemala, no Mexico. Before the Spanish came there were various indigenous societies and civilizations with distinct sociopolitical systems, and many of them shared common features and had contact with each other through trade and war; there was a lively exchange of knowledge as well as goods between them. The Maya influenced and were influenced by other indigenous peoples, especially those up to the north, up to central Mexico. The Maya civilization itself consisted of various distinct groups who inhabited a vast territory. They did not have a single centralised political authority, and this in fact helped them to continue armed resistance until the end of the 19th century. Almost all texts on Belizean history have tended to deny or downplay the existence or extent of both the Maya and Spanish presence in Belize before the British came and in subsequent years. In fact there was a substantial Maya presence in what is now Belize at the time of contact, and during most of the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish exercised jurisdiction over those Maya communities. – Assad Shoman. Maya Civilization In Mezoamerica Ancient Maya culture flourished from around 2000 BC across the southeastern corner of Mesoamerica. This area can be divided into three sub regions: Southern Highlands, central lowlands, and northern lowlands. The volcanic mountain ranges of the Southern Highlands rise up to 14, 000 feet and extend from southwestern Chiapas in Mexico to Nicaragua. Local resources like obsidian were exported from this area and used for producing knives, weapons, and sacrificial blades. The Highlands also provided the Maya with jade, quetzal bird feathers, granite and hematite. Many of these resources were controlled by such cities such as Chalchuapa, Kaminaljuyu, Iximche and Utatlan. The central lowlands extended from the Mexican state of Tabasco across southern Campeche and eastern Chiapas, into the Peten in Guatemala and across Belize. This subregion has dense tropical forests, rolling terrain and several navigable rivers. The northern lowlands are a flat almost featureless expanse of the Yucatán Peninsula broken only by the Puuc hills in a semi arid area of low scrub forests with no surface streams or rivers. Because of the soft porous limestone bedrock the primary sources of water are found in cenotes (sinkholes) where collapsed bedrock has exposed underground streams and this is where settlements in the north thrived. Evolution of Maya Culture Olmec 1200-1000 B.C. Early Classic Maya A.D. 250-600 Late Classic Maya A.D. 600-900 Post Classic Maya A.D. 900-1500 Colonial period A.D. 1500-1800 Independent Mexico A.D. 1821 to the present B.C. 11, 000 The first hunter-gatherers settle in the Maya highlands and lowlands. 3114 or 3113 The creation of the world takes place, according to the Maya Long Count calendar. 2600 Maya civilization begins. 2000 The rise of the Olmec civilization, from which many aspects of Maya culture are derived. Village farming becomes established throughout Maya regions. 700 Writing is developed in Mesoamerica. 400 The earliest known solar calendars carved in stone are in use among the Maya, although the solar calendar may have been known and used by the Maya before this date. 300 The Maya adopt the idea of a hierarchical society ruled by nobles and kings. 100 The city of Teotihuacan is founded and for centuries is the cultural, religious and trading centre of Mesoamerica . 50 The Maya city of Cerros is built, with a complex of temples and ball courts. It is abandoned (for reasons unknown) a hundred years later and its people return to fishing and farming. A.D. 100 The decline of the Olmecs. 400 The Maya highlands fall under the domination of Teotihuacan, and the disintegration of Maya culture and language begins in some parts of the highlands. 500 The Maya city of Tikal becomes the first great Maya city, as citizens from Teotihuacan make their way to Tikal, introducing new ideas involving weaponry, captives, ritual practices and human sacrifice . 600 An unknown event destroys the civilization at Teotihuacan, along with the empire it supported. Tikal becomes the largest city-state in Mesoamerica, with as many as 500, 000 inhabitants within the city and its hinterland. 683 The Emperor Pacal dies at the age of 80 and is buried in the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque. 751 Long-standing Maya alliances begin to break down. Trade between Maya city-states declines, and inter-state conflict increases. 869 Construction ceases in Tikal, marking the beginning of the city’s decline. 899 Tikal is abandoned. Left: Belize Maya Artifact found at Ambergris Caye. 900 The Classic Period of Maya history ends, with the collapse of the southern lowland cities. Maya cities in the northern Yucatán continue to thrive. 1200 Northern Maya cities begin to be abandoned. 1224 The city of Chichén Itzá is abandoned by the Toltecs. A people known as the Uicil-abnal, which later takes the name Itzá, settles in the desolate city. 1244 The Itzá abandon Chichén Itzá for reasons unknown. 1263 The Itzá begin building the city of Mayapán. 1283 Mayapán becomes the capital of Yucatán. 1441 There is a rebellion within Mayapán and the city is abandoned by 1461. Shortly after this, Yucatán degenerates from a single united kingdom into sixteen rival statelets, each anxious to become the most powerful. 1511 A Spaniard named Gonzalo Guerrero is shipwrecked and washed up on the eastern shore of Yucatán. He falls in love and joins the Maya in Chachtamal (modern day Corozal in northern Belize and becomes the father of Latin America’s Mestizos), tattooing his face, piercing his ears and marrying into a Maya noble family. Guerrero later becomes an implacable foe of the Spaniards and does much to help the Maya resist Spanish rule in Yucatán. 1517 The Spanish first arrive on the shores of Yucatán under Hernandez de Cordoba, who later dies of wounds received in battle against the Maya. The arrival of the Spanish ushers in Old World diseases unknown among the Maya, including smallpox, influenza and measles. Within a century, 90 per cent of Mesoamerica’s native populations will be killed off. 1519 Hernán Cortés begins exploring Yucatán. 1524 Cortés meets the Itzá people, the last of the Maya peoples to remain unconquered by the Spanish. The Spanish leave the Itzá alone until the seventeenth century. 1528 The Spanish under Francisco de Montejo begin their conquest of the northern Maya. The Maya fight back with surprising vigour, keeping the Spanish at bay for several years. 1541 The Spanish are finally able to subdue the Maya and put an end to Maya resistance. Revolt continues, however, to plague the Spaniards off and on for the rest of the century.</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[Ancient Mayan]]></category> <link>https://www.m-institute.org/AncientMayan/maya-civilization-in-belize</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.m-institute.org/AncientMayan/maya-civilization-in-belize</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2023 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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