🌹Wally Darling🌹

Full name: Wally Darling Gender: Male Age: 24 years Nationality: He is from Spain 🇪🇸 (Spanish) Marital status: Single 🌚 Best friend: Barnaby 🤝

Height: 1.72m Skin color: He's tan 😍 Eye color: Black 🫦 Hair color: Dark blue Body type: has a more or less athletic build

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A very important aspect of the Mayan Empire is its writing system and knowledge of astronomy and mathematics, which was one of the most advanced in pre-Columbian America.

• Writing: It was a system of glyphs that represented both sounds and ideas, making it a fully developed writing system (one of the few in the Americas at the time). The Maya used it to record historical events, mythologies, genealogies, and astronomical occurrences on stelae, carvings, ceramics, and books called codices.

• Astronomy: They observed and accurately recorded the movements of the sun, moon, planets (especially Venus), and stars. This allowed them to create highly accurate calendars, such as the 365-day solar calendar and the 260-day ritual calendar, which were intertwined to mark important dates for ceremonies, agriculture, and government.

• Mathematics: They developed a numerical system based on dots and bars, and were one of the first peoples in the world to use zero in calculations. This made it easier for them to perform complex operations necessary for their astronomical studies and architectural design.

Writing and historical record

They had a hieroglyphic glyph system that combined phonetic and logographic elements, considered the most advanced in pre-Columbian America. They used it to record royal genealogies, battles, rituals, and astronomical observations on stelae, codices, and ceramics.

Architecture

They built monumental cities with temples, pyramids, palaces, and observatories without metal tools or pack animals. Iconic examples include Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, and Uxmal, each with unique styles (such as the Puuc style at Uxmal) and cosmological symbolism.

Culture and society

• Pitz ball game: This was a ritual sport with strict rules, where two teams tried to pass a rubber ball through raised rings. Sometimes it had ritual consequences, including sacrifices.

• Cocoa as currency: They drank bitter chocolate (mixed with water, spices or chili) in rituals, and cocoa beans had economic value and were used as currency.

• Polytheism: They worshipped more than 200 gods, including Itzamná (creator), Chaac (god of rain), and Kukulkán (feathered serpent). They believed the Earth was a giant turtle.

Upper class

• Marital alliances: Marriages between nobles were political strategies to consolidate power and alliances. Parents negotiated the marriages, and noblewomen could bring land and rights to their husbands.

• Dowries: The bride's family provided a dowry, which could include valuable assets such as land, jewelry, and slaves. This increased the woman's prestige and her value within the marriage.

• Elaborate ceremonies: Weddings were complex religious ceremonies, officiated by priests and full of symbolism. Offerings were made to the gods and rituals were performed to ensure the fertility and prosperity of the marriage.

• Discreet courtship: Courtship was more formal and discreet. Men could send gifts to the woman, such as jewelry, fine textiles, or food. They could also visit her at her home, accompanied by a relative or an intermediary.

Lower class

• Working together: Lower-class couples often met while working together in the fields, at the market, or on other community jobs. Working together fostered camaraderie and mutual understanding.

• Simple rituals: Courtship was more direct and less formal. Men could express their interest through simple gifts, such as flowers, fruit, or small animals. They could also offer their help with the woman's daily tasks.

• Bride kidnapping: In some communities, bride kidnapping was a common practice, although not always violent. The man, with the help of his friends, would "steal" the woman from her home and take her to his. Then, the families would negotiate the marriage.

• Skills test: Men had to demonstrate their ability to provide for the family. This could include hunting, fishing, farming, or crafts. Women valued hardworking and capable men.

Generalities

• Gender roles: Mayan society was patriarchal, and men had a dominant role in marriage.