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Polity Americas

Maya chiefdoms and states

2000 BCE – 1521 CE · 3,521 years

Mesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Maya chiefdoms and states's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 9 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 323 BCE to 400 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

323 BCE 9 snapshots · 101 years unattested at the widest 400 CE
323 BCE300 BCE200 BCE100 BCE1 BCE100 CE200 CE300 CE400 CE

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Chichen Itza

600 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Chorrera

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries

1200 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Americas

Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2000 BCE and 1521 CE.

1700 BCE Poverty Point 1200 BCE Ha'amonga 'a Maui 1100 BCE Pulemelei Mound 900 BCE Chavín de Huántar 600 BCE Tikal 600 BCE San Agustín Archaeological Park

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Moses Figure · Egypt / Sinai / Canaan 1391 BCE – 1271 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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