Today, more than seven million maya live in their original homelands of mesoamerica and in countries all over the world. It is known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script). Major change all over mesoamerica began after 2000 bce in the preclassic or formative period.
Two thousand years ago, the ancient maya developed one of the. Tourists who go to southern mexico and northern central america often visit the startling remains of the cities of the maya. But, while their ancient cities were abandoned long ago, the maya.
The maya civilization (/ ˈmaɪə /) was a mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. Today, descendants keep maya history alive—a sign of resilience. The ancestral maya dates back 4,000 years, around 2000 bce. The maya are the indigenous mesoamerican people occupying a nearly continuous territory in southern mexico, guatemala, and northern belize.
The maya is probably the most famous civilization among the classical civilizations of mesoamerica.