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2600 b.c. is when the maya became a civilization. They used bricks and covered the pyramids with limestone. Using the bricks and limestone they built their civilization.
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400 b.c. the mayans started to make calendars. The calendars were made of stone. Some of the mayans carved in days for the calendars.
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400 a.d. The mayans highlands are now ruled by the city-state of Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan has become the dominate city. The city has become the rulers of the highlands.
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900 a.d. the Mayans civilization collapsed. The break down of the mayans civilization broke down. Buildings and other structure came tumbling down.
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1441 this is when the people rebelled against the mayans. The city was now abandoned. People left and did come back.
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1523 is the year when the spanish conquest the mayans. The mayans were starting to build up their civilization again. Spain had made a trip to the land where the mayans had been for years.
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1541 many maya city-states are over ruled by Spain. The spanish has conquered the city-states. Spain now rules this land.
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1542 spain has now found a new city. The city of Merida is what Spain is going after. Spain is now
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1695 lost in the jungle is one of the ruins of the Tikal. They are discovered by a spanish priest. The priest speak spanish mainly.
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The Mayans still live today in 2018. Where they live is in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the western edges of Honduras and El Salvador. Some of the Maya groups that live today are the Lacandon of the Chiapas rainforest.
