Research Paper On Mayan Civilization

IntroductionThe Mayan Civilization is located in Mesoamerica. The Mayan Civilization was created in A.D. 250 and existed during the classic period, of A.D. 250 to 900 and still exists today. The Mayan was also known as the Classic Maya." The Mayan area was almost the whole of Mexico. It covered countries during the Classic Maya such as Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan Peninsular states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatan. This was only the Southern part. It also covered today 's countries such as Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Western Honduras. The Mayan Civilization was the largest civilization in Mesoamerica. It had vast and many different landscapes. Landscapes from mountain regions such as the Sierra Madre, to the Semi-arid plains of Northern
The ironic thing is that other civilizations near the Mayan Civilization, fell victim to the same thing, and around the same time. An example is the Teotihuacán civilization, which was once the most powerful city in Mexico was burned and deserted after 650 A.D. Another example is the Oaxaca, the great Zapotec, the center of Monte Albán was overturned in 900 A.D., about the exact the same time the Mayan civilization collapsed. This is to say that foreign invasion played a major key role in the reason the Mayan civilization collapsed. Other foreign countries were interested in the Mayan culture. The Mayan culture was a major influence. Some of the things that influenced other countries are the Mayan art, literature, calendrics, astronomy, since the Mayans had knowledge about these things. It is said that the Mayan people came up with their own form of art, literature,
There has been historical evidence about the Spanish conquest. The collapse, and been mentioned in some Spanish chronicles. In the last years of the remains of the Mayan civilization, the Mayan king, had found capital after the abandonment of Chichen Itza." (Gallenkamp on page 179). Hunac Ceel, a ruling lord, had established a dictatorship which had brought most of Yucatan under his jurisdiction. Yucatan was a city in the Mayan Civilization. It had been one of the remaining cities in the Mayan civilization after the collapse. This city was governed for almost 200 years by one of the most influential centers in the peninsular, which are: Mayapan, Chichen Itza, and Uxmal. There had been conflict between the three. But during this time, when the Spanish had arrived to Yucatan, and found out that there were still habitats from the other Mayan cities were there, the Spanish purposely brought diseases, such as malaria, and yellow fever, which caused the habitats to evacuate. After this incident, the habitats that chose to stay were influenced by the Spanish. This influence gave the Spanish an advantage over the Mayans, which caused the Mayans their civilization. This also brought many changes upon the civilization. The Spanish conquest, led to the imposition of Catholicism, and several establishment of European forms of organization, especially politically. The Spanish had