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So that they could live free of interference and depredations from fiercer tribes. They also get to have their own unharmed territory to live in.
Kings held the highest place in Mayan society and priests were the second most important characters in that society as they were the connection between commoners and gods.
Maya priests played a significant role, they were the keepers of knowledge. They learned and taught others perusing of knowledge and writing. Priests had numerous parts and obligations including performing religious functions, educating children of nobles, keeping the date-books, learning and studying space science and astrology, divining for the lord, nobles and average citizens and prophecy.
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there could be earthquakes which causes the land to break apart(weathering). or their could be a flood which carries away sediments( erosion) or their could be really windy days that picks up rocks and moves them (deposition)