This time I will be writing about the Native Americans.
Around the time that Columbus found America the Mayans empire was very powerful. They were described by Columbus as black hair, short in front and long in back, they had painted themselves with black and white paint. The Mayans started building great cities around the same time that Rome was falling apart. Worshiping the gods was very important in the Mayan lifestyle, they would also do things to their bodies to make them look more "godlike" Mothers would strap planks of wood to their sons heads so that the head would grow in a strange shape. Also they would tie toys in front of infants eyes that they would become cross eyed. Eventually the Mayan empire became too big to be controlled and it started to fall apart and the Aztec empire took their place. The Aztecs built there city on an island that used to be swampy, but they brought rocks and dirt to the island. The island became bigger and the Aztecs were able to build a huge city on it.
Around the time that Columbus found America the Mayans empire was very powerful. They were described by Columbus as black hair, short in front and long in back, they had painted themselves with black and white paint. The Mayans started building great cities around the same time that Rome was falling apart. Worshiping the gods was very important in the Mayan lifestyle, they would also do things to their bodies to make them look more "godlike" Mothers would strap planks of wood to their sons heads so that the head would grow in a strange shape. Also they would tie toys in front of infants eyes that they would become cross eyed. Eventually the Mayan empire became too big to be controlled and it started to fall apart and the Aztec empire took their place. The Aztecs built there city on an island that used to be swampy, but they brought rocks and dirt to the island. The island became bigger and the Aztecs were able to build a huge city on it.
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