Maya civilization

The Maya civilization was a group of people who lived a long time ago in Central America. They built big cities and had a lot of special art and writing. The Maya people were very smart and made many discoveries that helped them live in their environment.

The Maya people had a special way of farming called "slash and burn." They cut down trees and burned them to make room for fields. They grew a lot of different foods, like corn and beans. They also domesticated animals like dogs, turkeys, and honeybees.

The Maya people were very good at math, and they invented a system of numbers and symbols that they used to do math. They also created a special calendar that had 365 days in a year, just like our calendar today.

The Mayans built big temples and pyramids to worship their gods. They also wrote things down on special paper called "bark paper" or "amate." They used a writing system called "hieroglyphs" and drew pictures to represent words.

The Maya civilization had a lot of important cultural practices, like sacrificing animals and people, and playing games with rubber balls. They also had a caste system, where people were born into a certain social class and could not move up or down.

Overall, the Maya civilization was very advanced for their time and made many important contributions to the world we live in today.