INQ-270 | The Maya World

Full Title: The Maya World

Topic Description:

The Classic Maya (250 AD-800 AD) had a perception of social structures, the relationship of humans to nature, time measurement, astronomy, mathematics, and writing that differs distinctly from our own. This course attempts to synthesize the many known elements of the society into a cohesive world view and to draw conclusions that help explain the Maya collapse. The primary tools of the course include hieroglyphic texts, Maya calendrics, and the history of relations among the mega-sites (Kalakmul, Palenque, Tikal, and Copan).

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: March 2010