MAURYAN AND MAYAN EMPIRES

RISE

• Strong military: Mauryan gathered many men from
• Across magdha and other provinces for army, resources were
• Also gathered.. Mayan took enemy soldiers and sacrificed them.
• Also, used long range weapons amd element of suprise
• Strong gov.: , mauryan empire had good leadership of chandragupta maurya...

RISE (CONTINUED)

• He passed his leadership to his son. Mayans had a developed gov. Ruled by
• kings and priests, and lived in independent city-states. Natural resources:
• mauryan was located near the indian ocean, good for boat travel/fishing
• Mayans had fishing, minerals, clay, and crops. No other empires: mayan was
• protected by surrounding land; mauryan was only near small disunited satraps

MOTIVATION

• Conquest: mayans wanted to sustain an empire and civilization & expand border
• But only when necessary to do. Mauryans took control of all southern kingdoms
• during kalinga war. Greed: mauryans wanted charge over all southern kingdoms
• (Achieved)

FALL

• Mauryans fell from poor leadership: after ashoka ruled there were 50
• Years that followed with very weak kings and territories shrunk largely
• The mayans, however abandoned all their cities and mysteriously
• Disappeared.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Mauryan: one of the world's largest empires
• And the largest empire on the indian sub continent
• They had a huge army with calvary and war elephants
• They had 40 straight years of peace that ashoka created
• The empire became enormously wealthy

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Mayan: created the solar calendar that is still used today
• Created ball courts that were held every 20 days (mix of soccer, basket ball
• And kick ball) Built two different types of pyramids (ones to climb and ones not to)
• Created various types of art including sculptures, pottery, textlies, weaving, feather work, carvings