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The Timeline of the Mayan Civilization

  • The Beginning
    1800 BCE

    The Beginning

    The earliest recorded existence of the Mayan Civilization was around 2000-1800 BCE when farms and villages started to pop up around the land.
  • Pyramids Are Built
    100 BCE

    Pyramids Are Built

    The building of pyramids in the Mayan civilization begins and starts to enrich their religion and culture.
  • Golden Ages
    250

    Golden Ages

    The Mayans enter their golden ages and start developing culture and art which led them to be a complex civilization
  • Tikal Falls
    560

    Tikal Falls

    Tikal, one of the original settlements of the Mayan civilizations is taken down by allied nearby city-states.
  • The End
    1517

    The End

    The Spanish explorers arrive and just around that time the last of the Mayans fall due to unknown causes and the Mayans aren't seen from again.