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Maya Empire Timeline

  • 1250 BCE

    Beginning Date

  • Pre-Classic Period
    1200 BCE

    Pre-Classic Period

    During this time, the Maya settled into small agricultural or maritime villages. They began to make pottery. Their tools include wooden implements, grinding stones and stone hoes.
  • Classic Period
    250

    Classic Period

    The Classic Period, which began around A.D. 250, was the golden age of the Maya Empire. ... They were thought to serve as mediators between the gods and people on earth, and performed the elaborate religious ceremonies and rituals so important to the Maya culture.
  • Post-Classic Period
    900

    Post-Classic Period

    Image result for what happened in the post-classic period in the Maya. The great cities of the southern lowlands were abandoned and the remaining Mayans took their civilization to the northern Yucatan where they settled. Gradually, they built new cities.
  • 900

    End Date

    The Maya Civilization flourished around 900 AD