How Did Blankets Affect The Mayan Way Of Life

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The Mayan people had a way of living. Sometimes they had a hard time getting tools, food, and shelter, but they had to use what they had and know that they had to use what they could find. The Mayan people lived in a hot and very humid climate, the rainforest. So it was very hot in the summer, very cold in the winter, and always very rainy. So when it comes winter time they used blankets. Where they lived, had an affect on what they had and what they made because since it could be cold they used yarn to make blankets. And they used yarn because they had quite a bit of it and it was fairly easy to get, though nothing is just easy to get where they were. And how the blankets helped them was they kept them warm in the winter and whenever they

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