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Post Classic Mayas - Coggle Diagram
Post Classic Mayas
Major cities
Include
Chichen-Itza
Uxmal
Mayapan
In northern Belize
Santa Rita
Colba
Lamanai
In Guatemala
Tayasal
Zacpeten
After the Classic Period Collapse
The great cities of the southern lowlands
Were abandoned
The remaining Mayans
Took their civilization to the northern Yucatan where they settled
Territory
They built new cities
Occupy Locations Surrounded by deep ravines
One the new cities is Q'umarkaj
Mayan cities expanded
Chichen-Itza and Mayapan
Chichen-Itza dominated the Yucatan
During the earlier years of the Post-Classic
After the decline of Chichen-Itza
Mayapan become dominant
Life and society
continued with a change
From the deep religiosity of the Classic period
To a more secular society
focused on
Economic growth
Prosperity
Maritime trade
Around the Yucatan
Grew during the later years of the Post-Classic
From 1250
To the coming of the Spanish