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Ancient Maya Timeline

By alex.shaw
  • First Mayans
    1100 BCE

    First Mayans

    The first hunters and gatherers settled along the pacific coast and then expanded into the central highlands.
  • First Farming and Trade
    800 BCE

    First Farming and Trade

    Village farming and trade becomes established throughout the region.
  • Writing
    700 BCE

    Writing

    Mayan writing is developed in Mesoamerica.
  • Calendars
    400 BCE

    Calendars

    Earliest solar calendars are invented from stone.
  • Social Structure Adapts
    300 BCE

    Social Structure Adapts

    The social structure adapts to include knights and nobles as rulers.
  • Pyramids
    100 BCE

    Pyramids

    The first pyramids are built.
  • Tikal
    450

    Tikal

    The citystate of Tikal dominates the tropical lowland of the central lowland.
  • Sites Abandoned
    800

    Sites Abandoned

    Sites in the tropical rainforest and lowlands while northern lowland sites flourish.
  • Europeans
    1502

    Europeans

    First contact with Europeans made.