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why was building temples important to mayan rulers like Yikin chan kawiil?what did big buildings represent in the Mayan world?

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The Mayan empire were extremely religious so this meant that they needed peaceful places to worship their gods. Temples represented sacred places that the Mayan people could go to worship their gods. 
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