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Ways The World By Robert Strayer: Mayan Civilization

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Mira Bhatia
The Classical Era
Mrs. Cerniglia
26 Jan. 2016

Many civilizations made a lasting impact in history. All these civilizations contributed in a variety of ways such as environmental, cultural, political, or economic. The book, Ways of the World, by Robert Strayer, addresses these. Though all the civilizations were significant in different ways, some were more important than others resulting in some being cut from the book due to the mass amount of history that has to be put into it. The two civilizations that were notable and deserve more time are Maya and Axum while the two that aren’t as important and should be cut are civilization and civilization.

The Mayan civilization is seen to have risen around 250 C.E. and lasted till 900 …show more content…

The civilization consisted of city states, one being Tikal. The Mayans were helpful in many different ways, one being the modernization on the area. This modernization consisted of deforestation, swamp drainage, and erosion of hillsides. The Mayans were talented in the arts where they contributed in different ways. The Mayans had artisans and sculptors who made pottery, tools, and cotton textiles using many different materials specifically gold and silver. The architecture of Maya consisted of detailed decorations, pyramids, and using the resources in the environment, stone buildings. The notable mark that Mayans created was the creation of a mathematical system used to solve difficult math, a calendar to keep track of the days, a writing system with phonetic and syllables that found its way to America, and astronomical discoveries to explore the world beyond us. There were over thirty languages and different religions. There were many nominal Roman Catholics at first, but many switched to Evangelical Protestantism. The Mayan civilization did display class which we still find in …show more content…

and lasted till 700 A.D. Axum’s location is now found in Ethiopia. Axum was a leader in many ways, one being Christianity. The images of gods had been derived from Saudi Arabia and through it, Christianity was made. Christian churches arrived and dominated in mountainous terrain. From the census in 2010, Christianity was the dominating religion in the world with 2.2 billion believers which was a third of the population of the whole world. Anther leadership that Axum had was being the center of marine trading. The Axum people helped to spread the trade and became a dominating center for it. The Axum people used the writing of the Roman era becoming literary in ways that helped people to become educated in writing and reading. The government consisted of a monarchy which is found in places such as the United Kingdom. The Axum people interacted with places and people around them such as the Red Sea, Egypt, and the Kingdom of Meroe and learned to use the resources that they had. The sea was used for trade and could be utilized for gathering and food. The Axum civilization was famous for the inventions and items used such as pepper, digging stick or hoe for farming, wheat, and barley. Again, a prominent part of the kingdom was architecture. The famous stone buildings could be marked as royal and were over a hundred feet tall and some were made using only one piece of rock. The Axum civilization helped in

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