ould just learn the skill of their parents. The children would continue to live with their parents until the got married. There were many regulations about sex and marriage. Homosexuality and inbreeding was strictly forbidden. If they practiced those they would become an outcast. There was also no marriage outside the classes unless the chief of the district approved it.The Mayans were also were technologically advanced. They used their own math system. One dot stood for one, a bar symbolized five, and a shell figure was zero. The numbers were expressed vertically with the highest on top. The also created a very precise calendars. Two different calendars were calculated 260-day and a 365-day. They were able to calculate the dates because at noon time there was no shadow. This was important for them to use in predicting eclipses, scheduling religious ceremonies, and when to plant and harvest.Agriculture and trade were the basis of the economy. A wide variety of things were grown. The predominate crop was maize. However, beans, squash, pumpkin, chili peppers, tomatoes, frijol, yucca, cocoa, tobacco, avocado, and sapota were grown and traded. The goods were taken to major cities and traded for things like cloth, jade, pottery, fish, deer meat, and also salt. All of these were traded by canoe. They also domesticated dogs and turkeys. The art that the Mayans created reflected their culture and lifestyle. They expressed the art on the walls of the buildings, paper, wood, clay, and stone. They also made beautiful metal works and pottery. Cholula is said to be the greatest cityfor the Mayan people. Before Cortez came and destroyed itwas larger in volume than the Egyptian pyramids of Cheops. There is said to be more than 600 pyramids just built by the Mayans.The Mayans are one of the greatest ancient culturesknown. The things they made, accomplished, and knew about were very unconventional compare to what other civilizations...
