Mayan SOcial Structure
- In Mayan Society Village life was popular
- Most people lived in farming villages
- Farmers worked to provide food for the city and themselves
- Mayan social structure was based on wealth and status
- The higher class held political, economic. and religious power
Classic ERa
- During the Classic era people ranked based on their power and wealth
- The king was at the top
- There was a small percentage of nobility
- Nobles were born into their position
- Nobles performed many jobs: they ran governments, ruled cities and performed ceremonies.
- The Commoners provided labor to build pyramids
- Commoners providing food through farming
Post- Classic Era
- There were four classes nobles,priests,commoners and slaves
- Slaves were captured during the war
- Nobles were captured and enslaved
- Nobles and slaves were captured and enslaved and taken as prisoners from the war