Chichen Itza (Mayan civilization)

Chichen Itza (Mayan civilization)

Chichen Itza is a Mayan heritage site is a place of worship and the development of science which is the Mexican. Chichen Itza was built around 800 BC. Chichen Itza was founded by King of the named Quetzalcoatl Toltec tribes who came to the Yucatan Peninsula with his troops. Upon arrival at the Chichen Itza Toltec tribes already inhabited by the Maya, the Maya and Toltec tribes along with, began to build the temple that resembles a pyramid. The peak period of Chichen Itza is a mixture of two cultures, namely from the Toltec and Mayan tribes. Chichen Itza in the name of the local Indian language means on the lips of the people springs, the ancient building is highly developed and became the center of Maya culture and economic governance that is located in the Yucatan peninsula which is now the territory of Mexico. Chichen Itza years of development is still in debate because there are two different sources, according to the Mayan culture books of Chilam Balam, the building complex was built between the years 502-522, but there is also another version which says that Chiechen Itza was built in about 800 BC. Some time ago the Mayan prophecy is always linked with the Day of Resurrection, because the Mayan doomsday forecasts that had arrived on December 21, 2012, since the news spread of this increasingly crowded tourist attractions to visit, even the visitors have increased ten-fold . Mayan prophecy that says the end of life is December 21, 2012 is based on a calendar that is written on a stone which has 1300 years of age which is located near the town of Tabasco, Mexico, Although until now the truth of the Mayan calendar is still a debate among experts theory and academics, but the amazing Mayan heritage is still the main points of interest, unique and mysterious in the meantime, the city of Tapachula has established a large clock that is located in the town square that counts down until the date of December 21, 2012. In the Ancient times ruled the kingdom of the Maya of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador called the Mundo Maya, an area that includes tropical lowland plains of the Yucatan peninsula green and high in Guatemala. But around the year 900 AD on the grounds that no one knows Maya left the big cities and opt back into the remote woods and hide their civilization for half a millennium, even today there are approximately 10 million descendants of the original Mayans are still living in the area and using native Maya language to communicate.