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2000 BCE
Early Maya Villages Emerge (2000 BCE).
People begin farming mazie and beans, building simple houses and making pottery. -
1450 BCE
Mayapan Rises to power (1200 -1450 CE)
It becomes more of a dominant city, but the Maya civilization is more fragmented than in the Classic period. -
1200 BCE
Chichén Itzá Dominates The northern Yucatán (900-1200CE)
It becomes a powerful city -
900 BCE
Rise of major Maya Cities (250 -900CE)
The classic period of Maya civilization begins. -
900 BCE
Mysterious decline of Major cities(800-900CE)
Many major Maya Cities in the southern lowlands are abandoned. -
800 BCE
Peak of Maya writing(400-800CE)
The Maya system reaches its peak of complexity. -
600 BCE
Development of the Maya Calander( 600 BCE)
The Maya developed a calender system based on there observations of the sun, moon, and planets. -
1511
Arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors (1511)
Spanish explores first arrive on the Yucatán Peninsula, marking the beggining of the Spanish Conquest of the Maya -
Fall of the Last Maya Kingdom (1697)
The last independent Maya kingdom -
Maya Cultural Revival (20th Century, 1901)
There is a resurgence of intrest in Maya culture and a movement to preserve Maya languages and traditions.