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The ancient Maya civilization extended throughout Central America and lasted for almost 3 centuries. Never ever combined into one enormous empire, the Maya regulated lots of city-states, likewise understood as “polities,” which developed when individuals settled in long-term towns and started to cultivate maize. The ancient Maya are popular for their pyramids and for their series of calendars — among which persuaded many individuals that the world would end in an armageddon on Dec. 21, 2012While the ancient political system collapsed in between A.D. 800 and 1000, the society did not. Today, more than 7 million Maya reside in their initial homelands and beyond.
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Kristina Killgrove is a personnel author at Live Science with a concentrate on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her posts have actually likewise appeared in locations such as Forbes, Smithsonian, and Mental Floss. Killgrove holds postgraduate degrees in sociology and classical archaeology and was previously a university teacher and scientist. She has actually gotten awards from the Society for American Archaeology and the American Anthropological Association for her science composing.
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