San Fernando High School - Orange Blossom Yearbook (San Fernando, CA)

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ED HNHSTI AIHGD n blind! ff ciffw Mfg? MAYAN GOVERNMENT BEGINNING about 200 AD. until a century before the Spanish invasion of Mexico, the Mayans flourish- ed in Yucatan. While the large, poorer class tilled the soil, the aristocracy dwelled in luxury much the same as did the ancients of Rome. Each large city and its sur- rounding territory had a government, headed by a Iqin g. Members of the religious orders controlled much of the land and government and were exceedingly powerful. Since religion played a very important part in Mayan life, the high priest of the city had almost as much power and influence as the king. Un the opposite page is a drawing of a circular altar, talgen from a crumbled city at Tilqal, Guatemala, and once used by the priests for human sacrifice. In 1004 A.D., the three largest city-states of the May- ans-Chichen Itza, Uxmal, and Mayapan-formed a triple alliance, under the name of the League of Maya- pan, by which the peninsula was divided among them. In 1201 ALD. the alliance was broken by war. Toltec- Aztec allies of the ruler of Mayapan helped crush the sister cities. Under the influence of the Aztecs the civi- lization changed in many ways: human sacrifice, for example, became more prominent in the religious rituals. IOHNS HARRINGTON Eight

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