Northern Yucatán · Post-Classical Era
Postclassic Maya (Chichén Itzá era)
The Maya world after the classic collapse
900 CE – 1524 CE · 624 years
The northern Maya world that flourished for centuries after the southern lowland cities of the Classic era were abandoned.
Where it sits on the calendar
Government
City-state
Writing system
Maya hieroglyphic script
Estimated peak population
2,000,000
How it ended
Invasion or conquest
Traits
Monumental architecture Irrigation agriculture Standing army Long-distance trade Astronomical record-keeping Urban planning Seafaring Bronze metallurgy Iron metallurgy Codified law
How Postclassic Maya (Chichén Itzá era) ended
Final independent Maya polities fell to Spanish conquest in the 16th and 17th centuries.
See other civilizations that fell the same way →Notable for
- Chichén Itzá's astronomically aligned pyramid
- Continued use of Maya script after the southern lowland collapse
- Extensive coastal trade networks
Who else was alive at the same time
7 other civilizations in this dataset overlap with Postclassic Maya (Chichén Itzá era)'s 624-year span.
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