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Maya City-State Wars

250 BCE – 900 CE

Maya city-states waged sophisticated wars for over a millennium, with Tikal and Calakmul as rival superpowers in a complex system of alliances, vassalage, and ritual warfare.

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Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Over a millennium of warfare among rival Classic Maya polities, dominated by the Tikal–Calakmul superpower rivalry and a web of proxy conflicts that shaped Classic Maya civilization.

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Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Chorrera Polity · Americas 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE Curonian Spit Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Rwenzori Mountains Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Etna Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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