The Mesoamerican Mayans was a pre-Columbian civilization in the western hemisphere. They are recognized for their unique writing style, government, and architecture. Writing Style: The writing style of the Maya was very complex. They have a system of 30 phonetic sounds in the alphabet that could be written with 30 signs,but it was originally written with hundreds. They also used glyphs instead of letters to depict the phonetic sounds. Glyphs are pictures. Government: The Maya did not have a single ruler. Political power wasn't given to just one person, but a council of people.They were divided into city-states and had individual leaders who were seen as powerful men. Women could have power in this civilization too. If a women in to succeed a king, she will become the new leader. Expansion was very important because it
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