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The Maya is one of the most known civilizations of Mesoamerica. Originally in Yucatan. They rose familiarity around 250 A.D.
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Starting around 2000 B.C. the Mayans were in the hunter-gather stage of there civilization. They gathered crops like maize (corn), beans, and other vegetables. The domestication of animals also started in dogs and turkeys.
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The Mayan calendar has several different cycles or counts (kind of like our count 365 days in a year). They had different calendars used for longer and shorter periods of time. The Mayan Calendar dates the whole way back to the 500 B.C.
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In 250 A.D. the Mayans had more than 40 cities.This included Tikal, Uaxactún, Copán, Bonampak, Dos Pilas, Calakmul, Palenque and Río Bec. The population eventually reached 2,000,000.
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From 250 A.D to 900 A.D. five women became queens of their city-states. This would usually happen if there husbands were rulers and then died, and they didn’t have a heir to the throne. It could also be if the King and his wife had perished and they had only a daughter, but it was very uncommon.
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During the years of 300-900 A.D. the mayans had more of cultural achievement.The Mayans made a complex, hierarchical society in different classes and jobs. Kings and centralized governments had their own territories to control but sometimes lost gain of that territory.
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In 400 A.D. the atlatl, a spear like weapon the Mayans quickly adopted. They used this as their main long distance weapon. The Atlatl increased their accuracy, force, and range.
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Between 600 to 900 A.D. the Mayans often fought wars. This was surprising because archeologists thought the Mayan were peaceful people. Although the Mayans were fully capable to fight in wars.
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Lady K’abel A.KA. Lady Snake Lord was a very important women. During 672-692 A.D. she was the military ruler of El Peru-Waka. Her being known as Lady Snake Lord tells us she was a member of the powerful nake dynasty of Calakmul.
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Mayans abandoned there cities by 1000 A.D. in bout the 9th century. This is about when the spanish arrived, and the Mayans lived separated and scattered all over. After that, the great Mayan cities were left behind and overgrown. Only four books out of 1500 years of writing are still around today.
