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The ball court of the Mayan city of Copan. The game was popular across Mesoamerica and the objective was to put a rubber ball through a hoop placed on the side walls.

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Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished. Original image by Adalberto Hernandez Vega. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 15 September 2013 under the following license: Creative Commons: Attribution. This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licensed under Attribution.

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The ball court of the Mayan city of Copan. The game was popular across Mesoamerica and the objective was to put a rubber ball through a hoop placed on the side walls. Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished. Original image by Adalberto Hernandez Vega.

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Tikal was located in Guatemala and had lots of natural resources to use. The Mayans were able to build an important Mayan city from they ground up. There were 4 temples in Tikal and each one was an incredible work of architecture for their time. The Mayans had 1 temple with 9 levels to represent the 9 levels of Xibalba.

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published on 24 September 2014

The Caracol or Observatory of Chichen Itza, Mexico. Constructed prior to 800 CE, this Maya building was used as an astronomical observatory, especially of Venus.

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Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished. Original image by Daniel Shwen. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 24 September 2014 under the following license: Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

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by Daniel Shwen published on 24 September 2014 The Caracol or Observatory of Chichen Itza, Mexico. Constructed prior to 800 CE, this Maya building was used as an astronomical observatory, especially of Venus. Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished. Original image by Daniel Shwen.

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This city/state has an incredible ball court as well as multiple pyramids/temples. One of the temples is called the temple of warriors. This temple has carvings of warriors ad a sacrificing area. This city/state participated i water trade routes so they could get goods from places far away.

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The central plaza of Tikal, Guatemala. The Maya city flourished between 300 and 850 CE. On the left is the North Acropolis whilst on the right is Temple I, the tomb of Jasaw Chan K'awiil (r. 682-734 CE).

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Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished. Original image by chensiyuan. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 05 October 2014 under the following license: Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

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The central plaza of Tikal, Guatemala. The Maya city flourished between 300 and 850 CE. On the left is the North Acropolis whilst on the right is Temple I, the tomb of Jasaw Chan K'awiil (r. 682-734 CE). Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished.

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This city state had only a few structures unlike the other city states. Some of these structures include pyramids, a ball court, and a heiroglyphic stairway. The Copans created pottery that was sold and became very popular,

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The Palace building of Palenque. With the northern half and tower dating to c. 721 CE, the structure is one of the most complex in Maya architecture and its square tower is unique in Mesoamerican sites.

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The Palace building of Palenque. With the northern half and tower dating to c. 721 CE, the structure is one of the most complex in Maya architecture and its square tower is unique in Mesoamerican sites...

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Palenque was one of the most powerful Maya cities that lasted hundred of years. There were many structures and the city is located next to a dense forest. This city had 3 major pyramids, the Temple of inscriptions, the temple of the sun,and the Temple of the Jaguar.