ings and high priest did many ceremonies for the gods to show devotion or to pray for things. The rulers of this civilization shed a lot of blood. "They would cut from their cheeks, tongue, ears, etc. wherever they bled the most." (Brown) "Many times the high priest would donate a lot of blood to show the God's to do the same for rain." (Brown) "Intensive agriculture was practiced" (Stearns 207) this is what is believed to keep the cities living. Below the nobles there were the commoners. Commoners were the ones who worked in the fields. "The Mayan society beyond the social division between priest and peasants. May
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