Replaced by Mitla city state if New Frontier Pass is purchased. The names listed are default names players can change their cities' names if they choose. The first city founded is the Capital, and the names of future cities are chosen at random from the list below. Click here for our comprehensive article on the Mayans.Mayan cities are cities that can be founded by the Mayan civilization in Civilization VI and its expansions. This article is part of our larger resource on the Mayans culture, society, economics, and warfare. The Post-Classic era continues through the coming of the Spanish until the conquistadors finally subjugated the Yucatan in 1697. The Maya Indians lived in Mesoamerica and spanned five modern day. Their main sites include Tayasal, Zacpeten and Q’umarkaj, city of the K’iche (or Quiche) Maya who produced the Popol Vuh, a fascinating collection of historiography and Mayan myths. Maya Empire for Kids - Geography of the ancient Maya Civilization Illustration. The Yalain, Ko’woj and Itza Maya peoples remained in Guatemala’s Peten district. Gradually the Maya once again began building, establishing cities such as Chichen Itza, Tula, Uxmal, Edzna and later, Mayapan. The Maya writing system continued to be used up to the Spanish Conquest but then this 'pagan' text was prohibited. The 9th century saw a change in location for major Maya sites as they moved from the lowlands to the Yucatan peninsula. The Maya system of writing would go on to influence that other great Mesoamerican civilization the Aztecs who would build upon the progress made by the Maya by incorporating even more phonetic elements into their writing.
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The Classic era collapse will be explored in full in another article.
During the 9th century, the Maya once again experienced a societal collapse and many major cities in the lowlands were abandoned. The Maya developed a complex hieroglyphic writing during these centuries. Stepped pyramids commanded city centers along with expansive palaces of the rulers. The Maya developed long distance trading networks with Teotihuacan, the Zapotec peoples and the Caribbean island-based Tainos. Intensive agriculture fed the large populations. Monumental building projects created such important Maya cities as Tikal, Palenque, Copan, Caracol and Calakmul. Most Maya were commoners, deeply involved in agriculture and construction. They formed a hierarchy with a king at the top supported by a noble class of warriors, scribes and priests. During these centuries, the Maya developed a more stratified society with farmers, traders, craftsmen and hunters. Maya scholars date the Classic era from A.D.
100, the Mayan people left their cities, although the reason for this decline is not known. Other important Maya sites of this time include El Mirador, Nakbe and Cival. and glyphs of the earliest Maya writing to 300 B.C. There archeologists have dated murals to 100 B.C. One of the oldest Pre-Classic sites is San Bartolo in the Maya lowlands. Scholars debate the beginning of Maya civilization, but generally place the first settlements around 1800 B.C. The strength of Maya culture and civilization is evidenced by the great span of time it dominated Mesoamerica, over 3,000 years. The Maya were not a single group of people rather they were different tribes, clans and families of people, speaking a variety of Mayan languages who all shared strong cultural ties and traditions.
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