Word Root of NATIVE. The Latin word nÄscÄ«, meaning â to be born, â and its form nÄtus give us the roots nat and nai. Words from the Latin nÄscÄ« have something to do with being born. When someone is nat ive to a particular place, she or he was born there. A nat ion, or country, is a place where people are born.he Latin word nÄscÄ«, meaning â to be born, â and its form nÄtus give us the roots nat and nai. Words from the Latin nÄscÄ« have something to do with being born. When someone is nat ive to a particular place, she or he was born there. A nat ion, or country, is a place where people are born.
Mayan Civilization â¢ AD 300-AD 900 â¢ Built great cities-Copan, Tikal-they were religious centers â¢ Farming-maize=corn along with beans, squash â¢ Studied planets and stars-designed calendar â¢ developed number system and writing system called hieroglyphics-left cities around 900 AD
These civilizations were thousands of years apart from each other, yet they show remarkable similarities in the way that they keep and record time. As talked about in lecture, the Egyptians had two different calendars, a civil calendar and religious calendar.hat I found so surprising was that the Aztecs also had a very similar two calendar system, even though both civilizations were on opposite sides of the world from each other and more than 2000 years apart.