The Rise and Fall of Maya Cities
- Pre-Classic era: c. 2000 B.C.E. to 250 C.E.
- Classic era: c. 250 to 900 C.E.
- Post-Classic era: c. 900 to 1521 C.E.
- The conquest
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The Mayas (pronounced MY-uhs) were never a single group of people. The amazing fifteen-hundred-year civilization consisted of multiple groups who shared religion, arts, writing, scientific advances, and many other cultural traits, but who never lived under one unified government. Rather, the Maya civilization consisted of the rise and fall of a series of independent city-states (independent self-governing communities consisting of a single city and the surrounding area) and smaller cities, each with its own line of rulers. There were many Maya histories...
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