The mesoamerican ballgame, known as ullamaliztli or ollamalizitli in the native language Nahuatl, was played for many different reasons and by many different people. The game was played all over what is now Mexico. It was played by two different groups, the Aztecs and Mayans. There is a very extensive history of the ballgame. Ranging from how it was discovered to whom discovered it to different personal accounts. The people who played the game were …showed first 75 words of 942 total…

…showed last 75 words of 942 total…suffered greatly as a result of the loss of the ballgame. The ballgame was very important to the Aztecs and the Mayans because it was a large part of their religion. It was also a large part of their life. They didn’t just play for sacrifice but also for fun. You can only wonder what would have happened to their culture if the Spaniards hadn’t forced themselves into the Mayan and Aztec life.