Choose your lesser known civilization from these options - Mesoamerican Mayans, Peruvian Moche, Nubians/Meroe (Africa), Axum (Africa), Niger River Valley (Africa) -My choice of lesser known civilizations is the Mayans 2. Start researching! Use the homework reading if it helps but then start checking out the web...what can YOU teach our World History class? What is so significant/interesting about YOUR chosen civilization? -the Mayans were the first ones to invent/understand the place value of 0 -they played a game with a rubber ball that symbolized the sun, and to them, if they played well , then they did well for the Gods and the sun would shine, rain would fall, and crops would grow -Mayans were able to make accurate astronomical reading even though they didn't telescopes, they did it all by sight and were even
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