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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

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

• 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.

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

• KukulkanNarrower topic: Modern images of Kukulkan often stand for a much broader and diverse Maya past.

• Mesoamerican architectureNarrower topic: Maya communities developed distinctive temple, palace, and city-building traditions.

• Classic Maya collapseNarrower topic: The regional decline affected particular cities and institutions, not the continued existence of Maya peoples.

• Miguel Ángel AsturiasNarrower topic: Its histories and cultural traditions inform the mythic worlds Asturias built.

• Yax Nuun Ahiin INarrower topic: Tikal’s dynastic history belongs to the broader Maya civilization.

• Candelaria CavesNarrower topic: Maya communities used the caves within the region’s wider cultural landscape.

• Chan Imix KʼawiilNarrower topic: Copán’s court belonged to this wider civilization.

• Crystal skullNarrower topic: Ancient Maya culture is frequently—but falsely—invoked as the source of famous skulls.

• History of BelizeNarrower topic: Maya communities built major settlements in the territory now called Belize long before European colonization.

• History of HondurasNarrower topic: Maya communities built Copán, the best-known ancient city within present-day Honduras.

• Kʼinich Janaabʼ PakalNarrower topic: Pakal’s kingship belonged to the Classic-period Maya world of city-states and dynasties.

• MayanismNarrower topic: Mayanism takes its central cultural references from this civilization, though often through modern reinterpretation.

• Usumacinta RiverNarrower topic: River access supported settlement, exchange, and political power in the Maya lowlands.

• Yax Ehb XookNarrower topic: Tikal’s dynasty emerged within the wider history of Maya societies.