mayan timeline

By cmurphy23
  • mayan civilizaation was started
    497

    mayan civilizaation was started

    2600 B.C. the mayan civilization was started
  • the earliest solar calender
    498

    the earliest solar calender

    400 B.C. The earliest known solar calendars were carved and used by the maya
  • the rise and fall of cerros
    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
  • the city of tikal
    500

    the city of tikal

    500 The first greatest mayan city was announced tikal
  • the fall of tikal
    Apr 21, 899

    the fall of tikal

    899 tikal is abandoned
  • the mysterious fall of chichen itza
    Apr 21, 1244

    the mysterious fall of chichen itza

    1244 The Itzá abandon Chichen Itza for reasons unknown
  • mayapan bcomes a capital
    Apr 21, 1283

    mayapan bcomes a capital

    1283 Mayapan becomes the capital of yucatan
  • mayapan rebellion
    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

    woman get nobel peace prize

    1992 mayan woman speaks against the extermination of the maya and wins the nobel peace prize