Later Mayan City-States

State · 850–1546 CE · at its largest around 1450 CE

Maya city-states of the Postclassic period in Yucatán and the highlands, such as Chichen Itza and Mayapan, which lasted until the Spanish conquest.

On its lands while it lasted

• Maya civilization (c. 2,000 BCE – c. 1697 CE): Civilization of southern Mexico and Central America known for its writing system, calendar, astronomy and monumental cities; Maya peoples still live in the region.
• Tikal (c. 400 BCE – c. 900 CE): One of the largest Classic Maya cities, in the rainforest of Guatemala, with towering temple-pyramids; a dominant power of the Maya lowlands until its decline in the 9th century.
• Chichen Itza (c. 600–1200 CE): Large Maya city in Yucatán, dominant in the Terminal Classic and Early Postclassic, known for the El Castillo pyramid and its great ballcourt.
• Classic Maya collapse (c. 800–950 CE): Decline and abandonment of many Classic Maya cities of the southern lowlands during the 8th–10th centuries, linked to warfare, drought and political breakdown.
• Dresden Codex (c. 1200 CE): Maya bark-paper book of astronomical tables and almanacs, including Venus cycles and eclipse predictions; one of the few Maya codices to survive.

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