Maya Empire By nicholas.maragos 2000 BCE Beginning of Maya Empire 250 Mayan Empire's cultural advancements They created a writing system and the architecture and technology was very advanced. 600 Mayan population reached five million There was a lack of many resources due to this. 840 Start of a very long drought The Mayan population decreased and the downfall of the Mayan Empire started. 909 Mayan Empire started to collapse 1500 Complete End of Mayan Empire