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497
mayan civilizaation was started
2600 B.C. the mayan civilization was started -
498
the earliest solar calender
400 B.C. The earliest known solar calendars were carved and used by the maya -
499
the rise and fall of cerros
50 B.C. the city of cerros is built and is abandoned 100 years later no one knows why -
500
the city of tikal
500 The first greatest mayan city was announced tikal -
Apr 21, 899
the fall of tikal
899 tikal is abandoned -
Apr 21, 1244
the mysterious fall of chichen itza
1244 The Itzá abandon Chichen Itza for reasons unknown -
Apr 21, 1283
mayapan bcomes a capital
1283 Mayapan becomes the capital of yucatan -
Apr 21, 1441
mayapan rebellion
1441 There is a rebellion in maypan and is abandoned in 1461 -
the yucaton maya stand up
1847 The Yucatan Maya rise up against the Mexican government, rebelling against the miserable conditions and cruelty they have suffered at the hands of the whites. The rebellion is so successful that the Maya almost manage to take over the entire peninsula in what has become known as the War of the Castes -
woman get nobel peace prize
1992 mayan woman speaks against the extermination of the maya and wins the nobel peace prize
