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100
Olmecs
The decline of the Olmecs -
400
Teotuhuacan influence
Teotuhuacan’s dominations spreads to the Maya highlands. Also the Mayan culture spreads to the Maya highlands. -
500
Tikal
The city of Tikal is considered one of the Mayans greatest cities. New ideas such as weaponry are being introducted -
May 10, 600
Tikal's population
The civilization of Teotihuacan is destroyed. Tikal is now one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica. -
Dec 17, 751
Trade
rade stars to decrease and conflict between cities start to begin. -
Period: Jan 11, 1200 to Jan 11, 1400
Some citiies gain power
Mayan cities in between Belize and Northern Yucatan gain power. -
Oct 18, 1502
Spanish Arrive
The Spanish make their first contact with Mayans -
Period: Jan 11, 1550 to
Spanish Missionaries
Spanish missionaries begin in Belize and start to spread. -
The end of the great Mayan civilization
Last Mayan kingdom is taken in control by the Spanish. Small villages of Mayan people still are alive. -
Tikal's Decline
One of the Mayan’s greatest cities, Tikal, starts to lose power and begins to decline. -
Abandoned
Tikal is officailly abandoned -
Decline everywhere
Decline of many Mayan cities and reasons are unknown. Some ideas include foreign invasion, crop failure, drought, natural disasters and many more.