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Gupta Empire India's Golden Empire
Between 200-900 AD, the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula developed a sophisticated, sedentary civilization that produced: elaborate pyramids that were used for religious purposes, a refined pictorial/phonetic hieroglyphic writing system, a complex number system, an advanced calendar, and astronomers who could chart the movement of the planets and stars. The Mayan civilization developed separately and independently from the civilizations of Afro-Eurasia, with which it is often compared. The Maya mysteriously disappeared. Scholars now believe that drought, deforestation, depletion of natural resources, soil exhaustion, and constant warfare caused the fall of this civilization. The sedentary civilizations found in the Americas ultimately made Spanish domination in the Americas possible after the Encounter.

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Palenque Tikal Copan Chichen Itza Mayan Civilization Cities of Interest
 
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  • Inca and Aztec Empires of the Americas
     
  • Early River Civilizations

 

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