Bryan Derkson
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that can be traced back to around 1800 BC (probably earlier, although it would be several centuries before they built large cities) and it lasted until the end of the 17th century AD. The Classic Period—and the peak—of the Maya was between c. AD 250 and c. 900.

The Maya civilization was never a single united kingdom, rather many kingdoms that shared some, but not all, of the same traditions....