Mayan Tech.

http://worldmuseumofman.org/mayan1.htm

• had a written laguage
• thought to have lived in peace but the Lowland city-states were in warfare with eachother a lot and the gods never had enough human blood
• 2000 BC the earily Mayan days is when the first signs of farming was shown in the highlands and Pacific coastline of Guatemala
• corn, squash and beans were their basic diet which was brought from other places in mexico
• by 1000 BC the lowlands also improved as villages appeared
• the Mayans lived in the same places for centuries so it was easy from them to improve in architecture and for the cities to grow into the cities they are today
• 300 AD. is when cities really started to develope large cities with huge plazas, temples and pyramids that were 20 stories high
• "By 300 AD, the first inscriptions suddenly appeared in Maya sites. These early inscriptions were so beautiful it was as if the gods had delivered it to the Mayan themselves! Forward to 600 years later and the inscriptions cease. The first comprehensive writing system in Pre-Columbian America was invented by the Maya. Among the mysteries of the Maya are their amazing understanding of astronomy along with the development of an accurate calendar and mathematical system. Their number system was based on units of 20 and included a concept of 'zero'. "