What is the Maya Civilization?
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The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, which extended throughout the northern Central American region which includes the present-day nations of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and El Salvador, as well as the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán.\n\nOrigins\nArchaeological evidence shows the Maya had started to build ceremonial architecture by approximately 1000 BC. There is some disagreement about the boundaries which differentiate the physical and cultural extent of the early Maya and their neighboring Pre-Classic Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmec culture of the Tabasco lowlands and the Mixe-Zoque– and Zapotec–speaking peoples of Chiapas and southern Oaxaca. Many of the earliest significant inscriptions and buildings appeared in this overlapping zone, and evidence suggests that these cultures and the formative Maya influenced one other.\n\nThe earliest monuments consist of simple burial mounds, the precursors to pyramids erected in later times.\n\nEventually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the Yucatan peninsula, present-day Guatemala, and other regions.\n\nThe Maya developed the famed cities of Tikal, Palenque, Copán and Kalakmul, as well as Dos Pilas, Uaxactun, Altun Ha, Bonampak and many other sites in the area (see list of sites, below). They developed an agriculturally intensive, city-centered empire consisting of numerous independent city-states. The most notable monuments are the pyramids they built in their religious centers and the accompanying palaces of their rulers. Other important archaeological remains include the carved stone slabs usually called stelae (the Maya called them Tetun, or "Tree-stones"), which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their genealogy, war victories, and other accomplishments.\n\nFor more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Civilization#Origins
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The Mayan calendar ends in December of 2012, and according to Mayan prophecy, the objects of technology will turn against the human race and destroy the world.\n\nWhat are those objects of technology?  Who knows?  But I suspect we have a few lying around that will do the job.
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Well as far as I can remember, the first civilization in the world is Mesopotamia and now it is called Iraq which is in the Middle East.
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There are tons of resources on the internet, you should also check out your local library.\n\nhe term, Aztec, is a startlingly imprecise term to describe the culture that dominated the Valley of Mexico in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Properly speaking, all the Nahua-speaking peoples in the Valley of Mexico were Aztecs, while the culture that dominated the area was a tribe of the Mexica (pronounced "me-shee-ka") called the Tenochca ("te-noch-ka"). At the time of the European conquest, they called themselves either "Tenochca" or "Toltec," which was the name assumed by the bearers of the Classic Mesoamerican culture. The earliest we know about the Mexica is that they migrated from the north into the Valley of Mexico as early as the twelfth century AD, well after the close of the Classic Period in Mesoamerica. They were a subject and abject people, forced to live on the worst lands in the valley. They adopted the cultural patterns (called Mixteca-Pueblo) that originated in the culture of Teotihuacán, so the urban culture they built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries is essentially a continuation of Teotihuacán culture.
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http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/MAYAS.HTM\nhttp://history.enotes.com/early-civilization-almanac/aztec-government-economy\nhttp://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM
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Asia.\n\nThe first 'civilization' as most people defined it existed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern day Iraq
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civilization, alexander.
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The conquistadors destroyed their highly developed agriculture which allowed the growth of cities.  It broke down the hierarchy of their government, too. The chaos of things broke down until it is how it is today.  Their way of life was blocked in many ways from developing toward what it had been.  There are definitely Mayan descendants still living.
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nuthin. Egypt was the only civilization at that time.
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Ancient Civilization\nApocalypto: New Film by Mel Gibson about the Maya. Watch the Trailer.\nApocalypto.Movies.Go.com \n\nWeb Results 1-10 of 3,210. Powered by Ask.com \n \n\nCivilization.ca - Mysteries of Egypt - Egyptian civilization\nThe Egyptian pyramids are the most famous of all the ancient monuments, the only remaining wonder of the seven wonders of the ancient world.\nhttp://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcivile.html \n\n \nEgyptian Anthropologist\nCMCC--Egyptian Civilzation--Daily Life...\nhttp://www.think2learn.com/egypt/pages/egyptian_anthropologist.htm \n\n \nGeography of Egypt\n...down the Nile to attack the Egyptian civilzation. This geographic isolation from invasion and other societies allowed the Egyptian way of life...\nhttp://kevin.lps.org/Egypt/QuestforEgypt/geography.htm \n\n \nFUN ZONE - Fun Guides\nEGYPT, The name inspires awe and wonder. Archaeologists have studied the remains ot Egyptian civilzation for more than a century. \nhttp://www.seaworld.org/family-resources/fun-guides/Egypt/index.htm \n\n \nEGYPT FUN GUIDE\nThe name inspires awe and wonder. Archaeologists have studied the remains ot Egyptian civilzation for more than a century.\nhttp://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/index.htm \n\n \nKids Clues.com\nArchaeologists have studied the remains ot Egyptian civilzation for more than a century. For more sites, click here...\nhttp://www3.sympatico.ca/flviseu/clues.html \n\n \nAncient Egypt Review Page Chapter 4\n1370 B.C. opposed the priests and tried to set up a new . Toward the end of this period of clnflict, Egyptian civilzation began to delcine.\nhttp://www.cdeducation.org/schools/ni/6egyptre.htm \n\n \nGEOGRAPHY OF EGYPT\n...down the Nile to attack the Egyptian civilzation. This geographic isolation from invasion and other societies allowed the Egyptian way of life...\nhttp://www.mead.k12.wa.us/SHILOH/Griffith/MrGsWebPage2/Ancient%20Egypt/Quest_For_Egypt/QFE_geography_of_egypt.htm \n\n \nwww.myspace.com/tammyz\nMySpace Profile - RTM - Tammy, 25 years old, Female, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States...\nhttp://www.myspace.com/tammyz \n\n \nWIT 2003\nThey will be able to compare the ancient Egyptian civilzation with the ancient Indian Civilizations of America, use a WebQuest to...\nhttp://www.logandale.cps.k12.il.us/Loredo/Civilization/teacherpage.html \n\n \nSponsored Links  \n \n\nAncient Civilization\nApocalypto: New Film by Mel Gibson about the Maya. Watch the Trailer.\nApocalypto.Movies.Go.com \n\nResult Page:    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9      Next
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There is very little cultural information about the Indus valley Civ. There is some evidence left that they traded with the Sumerians, etc. but there is really no documentation left from their civ, so the general consensus is that they communicated in a clay/cuneiform fashion.
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Look in here.\n\nhttp://www.allwords.com/glossaryPage.php?CAT=CIV\n\nIt's so helpful.
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There is the Mayan Calendar!
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The Maya had specific techniques to create, inscribe, paint, and design pottery. To begin creating a ceramic vessel the Maya had to locate the proper resources for clay and temper. The present-day indigenous Maya, who currently live in Guatemala, Belize and southern Mexico still create wonderful ceramics. Prudence M. Rice provides a look at what the current Guatemalan Maya use today for clay. Highland, Guatemala has a rich geological history comprised mainly from a volcanic past. The metamorphic and igneous rock, as well as the sand and ash from the pumice areas provide many types of tempering. In the area, there are a range of clays that create varied colors and strengths when fired. Today's Maya locate their clays in the exposed river systems of the highland valleys. It is hypothesized that the ancient people obtained their clay by the same method as today's Maya. The clays are located in exposed river systems of the highland valleys. Most likely, due to the climatic similarities over the last millennia it is likely that these same deposits or similar ones could have been used in early times.\n\nOnce the clay and temper is collected, pottery creation begins. The artist would take the clay and mix it with the temper (the rock pieces, ash, or sand). Temper serves as a strengthening device for the pottery. Once worked into a proper consistency, the shape of the piece is created.\n\nA potter's wheel was not used in creating this pottery. Instead, they used coil and slab techniques. The coil method most likely involved the formation of clay into long coiled pieces that were wound into a vessel. The coils were then smoothed together to create walls. The slab method used square slabs of clay to create boxes or types of additions like feet or lids for vessels. Once the pot was formed into the shape, then it would have been set to dry for a until it was leather hard, then it was painted, inscribed, or slipped. The last step was the firing of the vessel.\n\nLike the Ancient Greeks, the Maya created clay slips from a mixture of clays and minerals. The clay slips were then used to decorate the pottery. By the fourth century, a broad range of colors including yellow, purple, red, and orange were being made. However, some Mayan painters refrained from using many colors and used only black, red, and occasionally cream. This series of ceramics is termed the "Codex-style", it being similar to the style of the Pre-Columbian books.\n\nFrom the 5th century AD onwards, post-firing stucco was adopted from Teotihuacan. By preparing a thin quicklime, the Maya added mineral pigments that would dissolve and create rich blues and greens that added to their artistic culture. Many times this post-fire stucco technique was mixed with painting and incising. Incising is carving deeply or lightly into partially dried clay to create fine detailed designs. This technique was mostly popular during the Early Classic Period.\n\nThe Maya were a diverse people whose culture has developed through the centuries. As they developed, so did their pottery. Archaeologists have found stages of commonality between types of ceramics, and these phases coincide with the Mayan timeline.\n\nMiddle Preclassic (900/800-250 BC) Late Preclassic (250 BC- AD 250) Early Mayan ceramics stemmed from a past that began even years before the Maya became a group. Originally, the early Maya used gourds cut into useful shapes to create vessels to carry liquids and foodstuffs. These portable and durable gourds made excellent containers. The first ceramics closely resembled gourds and many were decorated with rocker stamps and simple slips. During the Late Preclassic period, many of the ceramics took on appendages of tetrapod mammiform supports. These supports were four legs underneath the pot holding it up. Characteristic cream-on-red stripes colored these unique vessels.\n\nThe pottery of the Maya Early Classic dated from AD 250 to 550. The Maya soon began using polychro
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It has to do with the destruction of the Mayan culture, which, for them, was the apocalypse
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A civilization is formed when a significant no. of people settle down in some particular area and start to grow food for themselves instead of hunting for it. \nFirst civilizations appeared in the plains between rivers Tigris & euphrates(present day Iran), the Nile valley(central Egypt); the Indus valley(India Pakistan border & its surroundings) & the Howang Ho-Yangste Kyang basin(North-central China). That of the tigris was the earliest starting in 3000 BC. The others started around 2500 BC.
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I dont know them by heart but I do know they are in the book called Popol Vuh (sacred book) and what I could remember is the previous answer, in 2012 we´re history.  You can look it up in the following site:\nwww.sacred-texts.com/nam/maya/pvgm