Название: Ancient Maya (Ancient Civilizations)
Автор(ы): Bradford Edwards
Издательство: Essential Library
Серия: Ancient Civilizations
Год: 2015
ISBN-13: 978-1624035401
Страниц: 115
Язык: English
Формат: PDF (True)
Размер: 23 MB

The ancient Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, noted for Maya script, the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. The Maya civilization developed in an area that encompasses southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. This region consists of the northern lowlands, encompassing the Yucatan Peninsula, the highlands of the Sierra Madre, running from the Mexican state of Chiapas, across southern Guatemala and onwards into El Salvador, and the southern lowlands of the Pacific littoral plain.