The Maya: Band 18/Pearl

by Richard Platt, Cliff Moon (Editor)

Overview

Get an understanding of one of the world’s ancient civilizations, and find out all about their way of life, intriguing rituals, and bizarre sports in this fascinating account of how the Maya first established themselves more than 20,000 years ago in Central America, and their eventual demise. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading program and longer chapter books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780008127978
Publisher:	HarperCollins UK
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Series:	Collins Big Cat Series
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

Table of Contents

Rise of the Maya 2

Wealth and trade 8

Life in the countryside 12

Growing up Maya 22

Priests and rituals 26

Cities, splendour and sacrifice 28

Fit for a king 34

A whole new ball game 42

Officials 44

Crafts and art 46

Reading and writing 50

The calendar and astronomy 52

Counting and numbers 54

Fighting for the city 56

Collapse! 60

The end 62

Warlike visitors arrive 64

Maya rediscovered 70

The Maya people today 74

Glossary 76

Index 77

The rise and fall of the Mava 78