the maya

  • the start of the Mayan civilization
    7000 BCE

    the start of the Mayan civilization

    They started out farmers that grow maize,beans and other vegetables and also hunted turkeys
  • Mayan vs. the confederation
    1000 BCE

    Mayan vs. the confederation

    The maya defeated the confederation and ruled for 200 years
  • Mayan cities
    750 BCE

    Mayan cities

    These large cities had huge temples which made a complex trade system The temples had elaborate stucco facades on them
  • Mayan cities destroyed

    Mayan cities destroyed

    A widespread of political collapse in central Maya region which lend to internecine warfare and the abandonment from cites and the fall of Nojpeten the last Mayan city in 1697
  • ideas about Mayan cities

    ideas about Mayan cities

    J. Eric S. Thompson had an idea that the Maya cities are empty causes and this made a lot of advancers curios about them