History of the Mayans The Mayan are a large Family of American Indian languages spoken in Central America and Mexico of which the chief members are Mayan and Quichè The Mayans have their own way of communication they write numbers and letters much different then we do They have made more than 10 000 paperback books with their language One thousand years before the Europeans figured out the concept of zero the Mayans did The Mayans also created the accurate calendars with 365 days We use calendars a lot and I bet when the Mayans created calendars they used them a lot The Mayans lived many places like Mexico and Central America before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century They built hundreds of cities The first settlement is about 4 000 years old built around 1800 They invented many things like Chocolate Basketball etc Their environment looks like a desert rainforest with many pyramids The pyramids are used for astronomy a science that deals with planets space and stars as well as the universe as a whole They ate Corn Chile Peppers Avocados beans Squash Tomatoes and Cocoa beans Corn is a staple food made in to tortillas and porridge Chile peppers can be dried or fresh and are common in South America and Mesoamerica Avocado is a fruit known widely in Mesoamerica Beans are a central part of the Mayan Aztec and Inca diet Squash is a vegetable related to pumpkin cooked in stew Tomatoes were very important in a crop in Mesoamerica Cocoa beans were used by the Mayans and the Aztec to make drinking Chocolate and also used as money
