FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mayan Government. The Mayans developed a hierarchical government ruled by kings and priests. They lived in independent city-states consisting of rural communities and large urban ceremonial centers. There were no standing armies, but warfare played an important role in religion, power and prestige.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maya society was rigidly divided between nobles, commoners, serfs, and slaves. The noble class was complex and specialized. Noble status and the occupation in which a noble served were passed on through elite family lineages.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Maya states were initially governed by simple chiefdoms. By the Classic Period, Maya governance had taken on the form of powerful centralized leaders who legitimized their authority through their political connections and their divine lineages.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Maya were never a true empire existing under the rule of just one king. Instead, like the ancient Greeks, they were a collection of independent city-states. A city-state consists of a city and the surrounding farmland. Sometimes city-states also include smaller villages nearby.