Charles River Editors, Jesse Harasta
ASIN: B00FRWUIJ4
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 50
*Includes pictures of the ruins and art at Chichen Itza.*Includes Mayan and Spanish accounts of Chichen Itza. *Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents. Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century, like the Greeks and the Romans, but of all the world’s civilizations, none have intrigued people more than the Mayans, whose culture, astronomy, language, and mysterious disappearance all continue to captivate people. At the heart of the fascination is the most visited and the most spectacular of Late Classic Maya cities: Chichen Itza.Chichen Itza was inhabited for hundreds of years and was a very influential center in the later years of Maya civilization. At its height, Chichen Itza may have had over 30,000 inhabitants, and with a spectacular pyramid, enormous ball court, observatory and several temples, the builders of ...