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The Mayans lived for over 2500 years before their collapse.
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The Mayans did not have very many cities or stone structures during this time. They mainly focused on agricultural advancements and housing improvements.
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The Mayan civilization starts out in Southern Mexico as a heavily agriculturally based society. They start grouping together and they start to build houses and eventually cities.
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Around this time the Mayans had formed a stable civilization capable of building stone structures and cities. So naturally this is when they started building the first of the Mayan temples/pyramids.
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During this time the Mayans had many cities and many more inventions and advancements in technology. This was the peak of the Mayan empire before its collapse.
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The Mayans are now a very large civilization with over 40 cities with more than 2 million people. They have made many technological and scientific advancements.
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The Extensive use of resources over many years leaves the Mayans with few resources left. With a major drought setting in the Mayans start dying out. With not enough access to water and food to sustain an overpopulated empire the Mayan cities are abandoned.
