This timeline is based loosely around a few timelines found on the internet, namely: <br><br>http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/jaguar/mayan_timeline.html<br>http://www.mayan-traveler.com/timeline.htm
Tikal is abandoned
898
Teotihuacan destroyed
599
An unknown event destroys the civilization at Teotihuacan, along with the empire it supported. Tikal becomes the largest city-state in Mesoamerica, with as many as 500,000 inhabitants within the ci...
Maya culture begins to disintegrate
399
The Maya highlands fall under the domination of Teotihuacan, and the disintegration of Maya culture and language begins in some parts of the highlands.
The decline of the Olmecs
99
City of Teotihuacan is founded
Nov 30, 1599
The city of Teotihuacan is founded and for centuries is the cultural, religious and trading center of Mesoamerica.
Writing is developed in Mesoamerica
Nov 30, 1599
Copan settled
Nov 30, 1599
Earliest traces of settlement at Copan in Honduras. Copan was an important Maya city that reached it's Zenith later in the later Classic Period
Maya Civilization Begins
Nov 30, 1599
Creation of the (Mayan) World
Nov 30, 1599
The creation of the world takes place, according to the Maya Long Count calendar.
First hunter-gatherers settle
Nov 30, 1599
The first hunter-gatherers settle in the Maya highlands and lowlands.
Dipity
