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The Maya

- A Very Short Introduction
Af: Amara Solari, Matthew Restall Engelsk Paperback

The Maya

- A Very Short Introduction
Af: Amara Solari, Matthew Restall Engelsk Paperback
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The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas — and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated writing system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control. There was never a single, unified Maya state or empire, but always numerous, evolving ethnic groups speaking dozens of distinct Mayan languages. The people we call "Maya" never thought of themselves as such; yet something definable, unique, and endlessly fascinating - what we call Maya culture - has clearly existed for millennia. So what was their self-identity and how did Maya civilization come to be "invented?"With the Maya historically subdivided and misunderstood in so many ways, the pursuit of what made them "the Maya" is all the more important. In this Very Short Introduction, Restall and Solari explore the themes of Maya identity, city-state political culture, art and architecture, the Maya concept of the cosmos, and the Maya experience of contact with — including invasion by — outsiders. Despite its brevity, this book is unique for its treatment of all periods of Maya civilization, from its origins to the present.
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The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas — and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated writing system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control. There was never a single, unified Maya state or empire, but always numerous, evolving ethnic groups speaking dozens of distinct Mayan languages. The people we call "Maya" never thought of themselves as such; yet something definable, unique, and endlessly fascinating - what we call Maya culture - has clearly existed for millennia. So what was their self-identity and how did Maya civilization come to be "invented?"With the Maya historically subdivided and misunderstood in so many ways, the pursuit of what made them "the Maya" is all the more important. In this Very Short Introduction, Restall and Solari explore the themes of Maya identity, city-state political culture, art and architecture, the Maya concept of the cosmos, and the Maya experience of contact with — including invasion by — outsiders. Despite its brevity, this book is unique for its treatment of all periods of Maya civilization, from its origins to the present.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 152
ISBN-13: 9780190645021
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0190645024
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 26 nov 2020
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 173mm
Højde: 112mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press Inc
Oplagsdato: 26 nov 2020
Forfatter(e): Amara Solari, Matthew Restall
Forfatter(e) Amara Solari, Matthew Restall

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780190645021

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 152

Udgave

Længde 12mm

Bredde 173mm

Højde 112mm

Udg. Dato 26 nov 2020

Oplagsdato 26 nov 2020

Forlag Oxford University Press Inc

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