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The 75 pages that link to Maya civilization, each with the reason it gives.

• MesoamericaBroader topic: Maya history spans many centuries and several parts of the region.

• MexicoRelated: Maya societies developed across southern Mexico and remain present there today.

• Maya calendarNarrower topic: The calendar was used and adapted across Maya communities and periods.

• Maya peoplesRelated: Ancient Maya civilization is a major part of Maya history, but it is not identical to present-day communities.

• TeotihuacanCompared with: Unlike Teotihuacan, many Maya cities preserve named rulers and dynastic histories.

• Indigenous peoples of MexicoBroader topic: Its long history provides context for present-day Maya peoples without equating them with ancient states.

• Yucatán PeninsulaNarrower topic: The peninsula was a major center of Maya society, before and after Spanish conquest.

• GuatemalaNarrower topic: Maya cities and communities formed Guatemala’s precolonial foundations and remain part of its society.

• Maya kingshipNarrower topic: Maya kingship was one governing tradition within this broader civilization.

• Mesoamerican chronologyRelated: Maya history supplies much of the evidence behind the Classic-period model.

• CivilizationBroader topic: Its history shows that complex urban societies developed beyond the Old World.

• JaguarRelated: Jaguars held religious and political significance in many Maya societies.

• NixtamalizationRelated: Maya communities used nixtamalized maize as a staple food.

• HondurasRelated: Maya civilization flourished at Copán, one of the most important archaeological sites in Honduras.

• Maya astronomyNarrower topic: Its long history and regional societies formed the setting for Maya astronomical practice.

• TikalNarrower topic: Tikal was one of the largest cities within this broader civilization.

• PalenqueNarrower topic: Palenque was one of its Classic-period political centers.

• Chichen ItzaNarrower topic: Chichen Itza was a major city within the wider Maya world.

• CopánNarrower topic: Copán was one of its major southern cities.

• Maya archaeologyNarrower topic: Archaeological evidence reveals the varied societies grouped under this broad historical label.

• Maya codicesNarrower topic: Codex making belonged to the wider intellectual and artistic traditions of Maya societies.

• Maya Long Count calendarNarrower topic: Maya communities developed and used the Long Count across different periods and regions.

• Mexican national identityBroader topic: Maya history and living communities complicate any identity reduced to a single Indigenous origin.

• MexicanidadBroader topic: Maya histories show that Indigenous Mexico cannot be reduced to the Aztec past often used in national symbolism.

• QuetzalcoatlRelated: Maya feathered-serpent figures invite comparison, but are not simply identical to Quetzalcoatl.

• Wild turkeyRelated: Archaeological evidence links turkeys to Maya communities and ritual life.

• CenoteRelated: Maya settlements developed around cenotes in the water-scarce northern lowlands.

• Maya artNarrower topic: Its cities, courts, and communities shaped the settings and audiences for Maya artworks.

• Maya numeralsNarrower topic: The numeral system was created and used within Maya society.

• Maya mythologyNarrower topic: Maya mythic traditions developed within changing societies spanning many regions and centuries.

• CancúnRelated: Cancún’s regional setting includes Maya communities, heritage, and archaeological sites.

• ChiapasNarrower topic: Chiapas contains major Maya cities and remains home to Maya peoples.

• Kʼicheʼ peopleNarrower topic: Kʼicheʼ history belongs to the wider, internally diverse Maya world.

• Pre-Columbian eraBroader topic: Its cities and intellectual traditions developed over centuries before European contact.

• BelizeRelated: Maya communities built cities across the territory that is now Belize.

• CocoaRelated: Maya communities cultivated cacao and consumed cacao drinks.

• Dresden CodexNarrower topic: The codex emerged from the intellectual and scribal traditions of Maya civilization.

• Hot chocolateRelated: Maya communities used cacao in beverages and ritual contexts.

• Maya architectureNarrower topic: Architecture emerged within Maya communities and changed alongside their political histories.

• Mesoamerican civilizationsBroader topic: Its long history and hieroglyphic records show the region’s cultural diversity.

• OlmecsCompared with: Comparisons with the Maya test broad claims that later civilizations directly inherited Olmec institutions.

• SapodillaRelated: Maya communities chewed chicle, linking the tree’s latex to a longstanding regional practice.

• Spanish conquest of the MayaNarrower topic: The conquest targeted many distinct Maya societies rather than a single unified empire.

• Quintana RooRelated: Maya communities and archaeological sites form a deep layer of the state’s history.

• Theobroma cacaoRelated: Maya communities cultivated cacao and used it in drinks and rituals.

• UxmalNarrower topic: Uxmal belonged to the Maya world and shared its urban and ceremonial traditions.

• 2012 phenomenonNarrower topic: Historical Maya records do not support the popular claim that their civilization predicted a 2012 apocalypse.

• History of GuatemalaNarrower topic: Maya societies formed the region’s deep precolonial history and remain central to Guatemala’s identity.

• History of MexicoBroader topic: Maya societies flourished in parts of present-day Mexico before and after Spanish conquest.

• John Lloyd StephensNarrower topic: Stephens's books helped popularize knowledge of its ancient cities.