My Maya timeline

By Marco Gallardo
  • 2000 BCE

    Pre-classic Period (2000 BC to 250 AD)

    The Maya civilization to 250 AD when the Maya
    civilization began its golden age.
  • 700 BCE

    700 BC - Mayan writing first starts to develop.

  • 400 BCE

    400 BC - The first Mayan calendars are carved into stone.

  • 250

    Classic Period (250 AD to 900 AD)

    The Classic Period is considered the golden age of the Maya city-states.
  • 400

    400 AD - The city-state of Teotihuacan becomes the dominant city and rules over the Maya highlands.

  • 600

    600 AD - The city-state of Caracol becomes a major force in the land.

  • 900

    Post-classic Period (900 AD to 1500 AD)

    Although the southern city-states collapsed, the Mayan cities in the northern part of the
    Yucatan Peninsula continued to thrive for the next several hundred years during the
    Post-classic period.
  • 925

    925 AD - The city-state of Chichen Itza becomes the most powerful city-state in the region. It will rule for the next two hundred years.

  • 1500

    Colonial Period (1500 AD)

    the arrival of the Spanish
  • 1517

    1517 AD - The Post-classic period comes to an end with the arrival of the Spanish and conquistador Hernández de Córdoba.

  • 1519

    1519 AD - Hernan Cortes arrives and explores the Yucatan Peninsula.

  • 1541

    1541 AD - Many of the Maya city-states are conquered by the Spanish.