When so much of the land that your magnificent cities were built upon was covered in jungle and
mountains... how did you become so fantastic?
I think the Maya cities were so important because they worked out the best time to grow their crop, use slash and burn to clear the forest and they worked out a calendar to make it easy to know when it was ok to plant their crop. They also discovered lots of food and lots of semi- precious stones (e.g. jade) and learnt how to swap them (trade) with each other. They also worked out (amazingly) that there was 365 days in a year. This was very useful for the Maya because they could work out the best time to plant and harvest.
I think the Maya cities were so important because they worked out the best time to grow their crop, use slash and burn to clear the forest and they worked out a calendar to make it easy to know when it was ok to plant their crop. They also discovered lots of food and lots of semi- precious stones (e.g. jade) and learnt how to swap them (trade) with each other. They also worked out (amazingly) that there was 365 days in a year. This was very useful for the Maya because they could work out the best time to plant and harvest.
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