The History of Zero: Indian and Mayan Cultures

The Maya refers to a group of ancient Mesoamerican people famous for the development of the Western Hemisphere’s sophisticated culture prior to the Spanish arrival (Cook & Offit 32). One of the primary factors of their culture was their religion which was characteristic of nature gods’ worship, a priestly class, astrology’s and astronomy’s importance, human sacrifice rituals, and pyramidical temples’ construction (Cook & Offit 32). In addition to the religion, the Maya people are also special because

The Mayans The ancient Mayan civilization settled in the Yucatan Peninsula in around 900 AD. This civilizations was one of the most advanced of its times. They created their own religion, language, mathematical structure, a very precise calendar, and many other things. The Mayan way of life revolved their religion. They had a polytheistic religion praising many gods. Each god had a certain thing that they would rule over or take care of. Chac was the god of rain, Kinich Ahau was the sun

Laura Gilpin, April 22, 1891 – November 30, 1979, was an accomplished American photographer primarily known for her photographs of Native Americans and Southwestern landscapes. She began her photography at an early age, and remained active in the art scene until her death in 1979. Gilpin received her first camera at age twelve, which she used persistently for years into adulthood. The next year, in 1904, Gilpin traveled to visit a dear friend of the family, Laura Perry, a blind woman who also

The Aztecs civilization and the Mayan civilization where the most important civilizations from the new world that amazed many of the Europeans that came to conquer this wonderful rich land. The Europeans where amazed with the Aztec and Mayan culture, their ways of life, their geographical surroundings and their technology. The Europeans and historians today find that the Aztecs and the Mayans where similar in some ways of life like their culture, their technology, their religious events and at the

Pre-Columbian America There is no certain answers as to how pre columbian natives got to America. There are many theories based on hard evidence. The Paleo-Indians, archaeologists refer to as the first americans. At this point there was no official scripture in their society. Paleo Indians seemed to have paved the way for many other cultures to settle. All though in many cases these native settlers were very different from one another, they also had a plethora of similarities. Most of the tribes

is nothing like its former self. Never the less, everything had to start somehow. 500AD was a time of decline, separation, and the time for conquerors to emerge. Empires fell, religions grew, and science advanced. In the fifth century, religion, culture, politics, economics, education, society, and technology were all intertwined. Each one effects each other with conflicts or growth. Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and Christianity are the main religions of the world. Christianity

The Clash of Culture When I read a lot about Native America who are they, what was their culture, the size of their territories, their economical, political, militaries as well as what look like the lost of their land and unexpected reduced of the numbers of people, since 1784 to presents. I knew some information all about the abodes The first interesting point that I found from the video, how native American lost their land within 232 years from 1784 to 2016, right now the land of native American’s

survival. Gods of rain, wind, and sun were among the ones most worshiped. Mayan leaders went to war to try and capture the ruler of another city. If they did they would sacrifice the prisoner, again much like the Aztecs (Mexico).      The Mayans created many things to affect the world. They created a 365 day calendar. They also made great strides in mathematics and astronomy. They used the number zero, which was very advanced for their time period. The astronomers were able

be it the Church during the Renaissance, government funded projects, or individuals expressing opposition. In Mexico, after the Mexican Revolution of 1917, the government commissioned a vast number of mural projects to transmit its revisionist history of the country, and celebrate the empowerment of the underclass in their recent victory. Predominate themes were cultural

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________ Enduring Vision Ch 1 & 2 Use your knowledge of U.S. History to answer the following questions. Put your answer on the answer sheet. Save the answer sheet as your name, type your name on it, and email to me in 1 week. ____ 1. Which of the following is not one of the theories about how America was originally settled? 1-3 |a. |Siberian hunters crossed from Asia to North American during the last ice age.