REVIEW ON guatemala history
...ges, Lake Atitlán is like entering another century. The natural beauty is apparently still unspoiled. The mountains and the volcanoes seem to just drop right into the lake. The lake is the ideal place for tourists to see some of the highland villages with people wearing their traditional clothing and carrying out their daily routines. Panajachel is the centre of much of this activity because it has the closest access to the main highway to Guatemala City and to the main market roads that are the economic centre of the country. The population in Guatemala is 13,314,079. the main cities in Guatemala are Guatemala city, Antigua, Panajachel, Lake Atitlan are main places for tourism. in cinema, music, politics, business, even fast-food franchises—have become a powerful influence that has diminished traditional Spanish customs. The typical rural family are busy; men usually work the fields, while women care for the children. Among a variety of native dishes, on festive occasions Guatemalans of all classes serve tamales made from cornmeal with a variety of vegetable and meat fillings wrapped in a banana leaf. Guatemala has a lot of History based on it’s descendants of the Maya civilization, Spanish explorer, and the Independence of Guatemala. The Maya Civilization arose in the highlands of Guatemala centuries before the birth of Christ, forming thriving city-states and a trading network that stretched over a wide area. Many Maya leaders and people later migrated northward, into the Petén and Yucatán regions, where the civilization developed during the Classic period, between ad 300 and 900. During this period the Maya built impressive ceremonial cities at Tikal, Uaxactún, Quiriguá, Mirador, and at many other sites in northern Guatemala, as well as in Honduras and Mexico. These sites featured large temple pyramids and plazas, richly decorated with sculpture and carving. The Maya also developed sophisticated scientific knowledge, a complex calendar, and a hieroglyphic writing system. There are presently about six million Mayas. They live in Mexico, Belize, Honduras, but the majority are in Guatemala.. Throughout the Mayan area there are about thirty different groups that speak sixty languages 60% of them speck Spanish and 40% of them speck Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam. Carifuna, and Xinca . The Mayans a...