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Maya Postclassic

Type Event Region Central America Time c. 1331–1340

In the 1330s CE, Maya civilization was in the Postclassic period (c. 950–1539 CE), with the Mayapan alliance dominating politics on the Yucatán Penin…

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  1. c. 1331–1336Mayapan · Yucatán PeninsulaMayapan, as the political center of the Yucatán Peninsula, was jointly ruled by prominent families such as the Cocom; vassal city-states paid tribute to the alliance and participated in religious assemblies, and the city contained a round temple modeled on the layout of Chichén Itzá.
  2. c. 1333–1338Maya Coast, Caribbean Sea · MexicoMaya merchants sailed along the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Honduras, trading jade, obsidian, salt, cotton cloth, and cocoa; trading posts such as Potonchán linked inland city-states with maritime routes.
  3. c. 1334–1340Guatemalan Highlands · GuatemalaHighland Maya peoples such as the K'iche' and Kaqchikel maintained independent chiefdoms, preserving hieroglyphic books (codices) and Long Count calendar knowledge, while maintaining intermittent contact with the lowland city-states of the Yucatán.

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