Culture of the World

Maya is a group of tribes who lived in the Yucatan peninsula, Central America bordering the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea in the east.

Interest is in the stone age to reach greatness in the field of technology (250 AD to 925 AD), produces forms and civilization unique works such as construction (Chichen Itza), agriculture (drainage canals), plant corn and latex, the well, called "cenotes".

The way they communicate and document the writing: The writing using pictures and symbols, called "Glyph". There are two kinds of Glyph: namely that display images of the whole thing meant, and the type that describes something in accordance with the tribe said.

For example the word "Balam: jaguar", described by the animal's head, or with three syllables "ba" - "la" - "ma" which consists of three similar images bowls / shell.

These tribes also knew a person's beauty, with a flat skull, tied by the board on the forehead and the back shell at a baby / child birth, so that when they feel graceful adult with a flat forehead bone.

The weapon used is called "Atlatl", which is a kind of bow and arrow.

Their main foods are: Tortilla.