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The Maya were an ancient civilization located in and around the

Peninsula. Their culture came of years before the Aztec civilization.

The Maya were ruled by a collection of city-states, or . Giant buildings

called dominated the cities. Each city-state tried to gain more influence

through . We consider the Maya a single civilization

because they shared very similar .

Maya writing is made of symbols that represent . They had

of symbols that they used to write words. We have learned much about

the Maya from their writing, which has been found on stone, wood, pottery, and in a type of

book called a . Stone columns, called , are

covered in writing that traces the histories of families and wars.

To better understand their , the Maya made many

scientific and technological advances. They made detailed charts of the in

the sky, without using ! A key constellation was the

cluster, which they considered to be the home of their

ancestors.

The finished conquering all of the Mayan polities by the 17th

century, but people of Mayan descent still live in the same region of the world today.