Mayan Civilization

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Mayan Civilization
2. MayanRuins.com: Photographic Tour of Mayan Ruins 
3. Jaguar-Sun: Archeology of the Ancient Mayan Civilization
4. NOVA: Lost King of the Maya | Map of the Mayan World
5. Mayan History: Mundo Maya Online
6. National Gallery of Art: Courtly Art of Ancient Maya
7. Authentic Maya: Guatemala: Cradle of Mayan Civilization

Mayan Civilization History

• National Geographic Magazine: The Maya Glory and Ruin 
• Civilization.ca: Mayan Civilization
• Washington State University: The Mayas
• One World Journeys: Mayan History Timeline

Mayan Civilization Culture

• Mexico Connect: Maya Numerals and Calendar
• Calendars Through the Ages: Mayan Calendar
• Mesoweb Resources: Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs (8.5 MB)  
• Famsi: Maya Hieroglyphics Study Guide
• World Museum of Man: Mayan Period
• FolkArt.com: Mayan Folktales
• Mesoweb Resources: A New Palenque Ruler
• Crystalinks.com: Mayan Codices
• Wikipedia: Mayan Languages

Mayan Civilization Religion

• Wikipedia: Mayan Mythology
• Wikipedia: Bloodletting Rituals in Maya Culture
• MusesRealm.net: Mayan Deities
• Mesoweb Resources: Maya Creator Gods (2 MB) 
• Civilization.ca: Maya Astronomy

Mayan Civilization Architecture

• All Empires: Cities of the Old Kingdom of Maya
• Welcome to Chichen Itza
• Brooklyn Museum Library: Photo Gallery
• Copan Honduras

Mayan Civilization Timeline

Early Pre-Classic Maya

• 2000 BC: Rise of the Olmec civilization from which the Mayan culture is derived. Village farming in Mayan regions.

Middle Pre-Classic Maya

• 700 BC: Mayan writing starts
• 400 BC: First solar calendars

Late Pre-Classic Maya

• 300 BC: Rule by nobles and kings starts
• 100 BC: City of Teotihuacán founded

Early Classic Maya

• 400: Teotihuacán dominates and end of Mayan culture begin in some areas
• 500: Tikal becomes first great Mayan city

Late Classic Maya

• 600: Teotihuacán destroyed. Tikal becomes largest city
• 683: Emperor Pacal dies, buried in the Temple of Inscriptions at Palenque
• 751: Mayan trade declines, conflict increases
• 869: Tikal construction stops
• 899: Tikal is abandoned

Post Classic Maya

• 900: The northern cities in Yucatán thrive and Puuc style is developed in Uxmal, Kabah and Labná
• 1200: Northern cities start to become abandoned
• 1224: Itzá settle in the abandoned city of Chichén Itzá. They leave for unknown reasons in 1244.
• 1263: Itzá start building the city of Mayapán and it becomes capital of Yucatán in 1283
• 1461: Mayapán abandoned; warring groups compete to rule
• 1517: Spanish arrive in Yucatán bringing diseases like smallpox, influenza and measles

Colonial Period

• 1519: Hernán Cortés explores Yucatán and meets Itzá the last of the free maya in 1924
• 1528: Spanish begin conquest of northern Maya
• 1541: Spanish conquer the Maya and establish a capitol city at Mérida in Yucatán in 1542
• 1697: Capital of Itzá in the Petén taken by Spanish
• 1712: Maya of the Chiapas rise against Mexican government
• 1847: Yucatán Maya rise against Mexican government so successfully that they almost take over the whole peninsula in the War of Castes

Mayan Civilization Major Events

• The following links are to Wikipedia:
• Classic Maya Collapse
• Spanish Conquest of Yucatán
• Caste War of Yucatán

Mayan Civilization Historical Figures

• Some of the following links are to Wikipedia:
• Sak K'uk'
• Pacal the Great
• Mesoweb.com: K'inich Ahkal Mo' Nahb' III
• Gonzalo Guerrero
• Francisco de Montejo
• Mahalo's Guide to Hernán Cortés

Mayan Civilization Photos and Videos

• YouTube & Google Video: Mayan Civilization Search
• Google Image Search: Mayan Civilization
• Yahoo! Image Search: Mayan Civilization
• Florida Museum of Natural History: Images of the Maya
• YouTube: Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza (Time 3:30)
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Mayan Civilization Maps and Media

• National Geographic Magazine: Maya Rise and Fall Interactive Map
• The Mayan Ruins Page: Mayan Maps and Background
• Mayan Map: Major Mayan Sites
• Nasa: Earth Observatory: Mayan Mysteries
• The New York Times: "Discovering How the Maya Fed the Multitude"(2007)  
• ViewZone: The Real Doomsday? December 21,2012 

Mayan Civilization Books and Research

• Amazon.com: Mayan Books | Mayan DVDs
• Maya Caves: The Vanderbilt Upper Pasión Archaeological Cave Survey
• University of Texas at Austin: Mesoamerican Research
• Center for Maya Research
• European Association of Mayanists

Mayan Civilization Blogs and Message Boards

• Ancient Worlds: Maya Message Board 
• BibliOdyssey: Mayan Civilization Bas Reliefs at Palenque
• Dans Blog: Similarities of Chinese Medicine and Mayan Healing
• Tribe: Mayan Civilization 

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