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Period: 1800 BCE to 900 BCE
Early Preclassic Maya
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Period: 1200 BCE to 1000 BCE
Olmec
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Period: 900 BCE to 300 BCE
Middle Preclassic Maya
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800 BCE
Earliest solar calendars were carved into stone.
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300 BCE
The social structure in Maya adapts to include Nobles and Kings as rulers.
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Period: 300 BCE to 250
Late Preclassic Maya
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Period: 250 to 600
Early Classic Maya
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Period: 600 to 900
Late Classic Maya
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Period: 900 to 1500
Post Classic Maya
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Period: 1500 to
Colonial Period
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1502
First contact with Europeans made.
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Period: to
Independent Mexico