| dbo:abstract
|
- Maya society concerns the social organization of the Pre-Hispanic Maya, its political structures, and social classes. The Maya people were indigenous to Mexico and Central America and the most dominant people groups of Central America up until the 6th century. In the Neolithic Age, Maya society has contributed to the fields of astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, art and writing. They are people who excelled in these areas. Most of the great cities of the Maya were abandoned by A.D. 900. The Maya lived in Mesoamerica, concentrated in the Yucantan Peninsula, the Peten district of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico. The Maya reached the height of their civilization during the Classic Period of Maya civilization (A.D 250 to 900) before a decline starting about 900 AD. The Maya Civilization, centered in these tropical lands, reached their peak of power and influence around the sixth century. The Maya practiced body modification, including cranium modification, dental modification, skin modification and piercings. The Maya valued individualism through body modification. Body modification sometimes reflected one's political status, a cultural belief that body modification may ward them from evil spirits, impersonating important cultural figures and to signify important events that have happened through one's life. The Maya were known to engage in warfare to procure nearby resources, assert political control over neighbors, procure slave labor and sacrificial victims for rituals. Warfare in Maya society was frequent. (en)
- La società maya ha in comune molti aspetti con le altre società mesoamericane per via dell'alto grado di interazione e diffusione culturale presente in tutta la regione. Anche se la scrittura e le prime nozioni calendariali nell'America centrale non originano con i maya, la scrittura e il calendario maya furono tra i più evoluti del Nuovo Mondo. Influenze culturali maya si possono identificare anche in luoghi molto lontani dai nuclei originari come il Messico centrale, distante più di 1000 chilometri dalle città maya. Analogamente, molte influenze esterne si scorgono nell'arte e nell'architettura in particolare nel periodo postclassico. Questi elementi di fusione sembra abbiano avuto origine da scambi culturali e commerciali più che da conquiste esterne. (it)
- Суспільство мая — соціально-політична організація в державах цивілізації мая. Їй були властиві жорстка ієрархієзація та наявність певних класів. Представники вищих верств маяського суспільства жили в найпочесніших центральних кварталах міст, у красивих кам'яних палацах чи будинках, носили гарний одяг і прикраси, основний тягар податків лягав на простолюдинів, не мали жодних прав раби. (uk)
|
| rdfs:comment
|
- La società maya ha in comune molti aspetti con le altre società mesoamericane per via dell'alto grado di interazione e diffusione culturale presente in tutta la regione. Anche se la scrittura e le prime nozioni calendariali nell'America centrale non originano con i maya, la scrittura e il calendario maya furono tra i più evoluti del Nuovo Mondo. Influenze culturali maya si possono identificare anche in luoghi molto lontani dai nuclei originari come il Messico centrale, distante più di 1000 chilometri dalle città maya. Analogamente, molte influenze esterne si scorgono nell'arte e nell'architettura in particolare nel periodo postclassico. Questi elementi di fusione sembra abbiano avuto origine da scambi culturali e commerciali più che da conquiste esterne. (it)
- Суспільство мая — соціально-політична організація в державах цивілізації мая. Їй були властиві жорстка ієрархієзація та наявність певних класів. Представники вищих верств маяського суспільства жили в найпочесніших центральних кварталах міст, у красивих кам'яних палацах чи будинках, носили гарний одяг і прикраси, основний тягар податків лягав на простолюдинів, не мали жодних прав раби. (uk)
- Maya society concerns the social organization of the Pre-Hispanic Maya, its political structures, and social classes. The Maya people were indigenous to Mexico and Central America and the most dominant people groups of Central America up until the 6th century. In the Neolithic Age, Maya society has contributed to the fields of astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, art and writing. They are people who excelled in these areas. Most of the great cities of the Maya were abandoned by A.D. 900. (en)
|
