The Mayans believed that there were gods.  One step of the Mayan daily life, was that you had to worship the gods.  Some of those gods were: the god of the rain, the god of the sun, and the god of maize or also know as corn.  The mayans believed that if they didn't worship the gods, they thought that there would not be any light, water or corn, and everyone would starve.

            AFTERLIFE

In their religion, the Mayans believed that after they died, they would go to another world.  This was called the afterlife.  Most of the commoners, or average people, they would bury their dead ones inside their homes, under the floor mostly.  They did that because they  thought they could live with their ancestors and keep them close to them for their daily lives.  They believed that if they did that, they would get compensated or get a reward for doing that, and if they had a rough or bad life, this would be compensated in the afterlife.  Nobles, or average people were buried in tombs.

Geographic Location

At about A.D. 300 to 900 the Mayan civilization settled on hundreds of cities in all of Central America, that are now archeologists sites.  This amazing sites extend from, northern Yucatan, Mexico to Copan, Honduras.  The ancient Mayas were also very good at: astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture.  They also had the ability to write on stone, ceramics, and paper.