Maya civilization (Spanish: civilizaci ó n Maya; English: Maya civilization [6]) is a rainforest civilization distributed in southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. Although he was in the Neolithic age, he made great achievements in astronomy, mathematics, agriculture and art.

The Mayan civilization, the Inca civilization and the Aztec civilization are the three major civilizations in America.

According to the Central American chronology, the Mayan history is divided into pre classical period, classical period and post classical period. The pre classical period (1500 B.C. - 300 A.D.) is also called the formative period. The invention of the calendar and characters, the establishment of monuments and the construction of buildings are all in this period; The classical period is the heyday (about the 4th century to the 9th century). In this period, the use of characters, the establishment of monuments, the construction of buildings and the development of art reached its peak; In the post classical period (about the 9th century to the 16th century), during this period, the city states such as chichen Itza and usmar rose in the north, and the culture gradually declined (weakened). The Maya never had a unified and powerful empire like China, ancient Egypt and other civilizations. In its heyday, the Maya region was divided into hundreds of city states. However, the Maya States belonged to the same cultural circle in terms of language, writing, religious beliefs and customs. In the 16th century, the Aztec empire, the successor of Maya culture, was destroyed by the Spanish Empire.

Maya civilization is the ancient Indian civilization in Latin America and the outstanding representative of the ancient Indian civilization in America.

On August 5, 2018, British and American researchers found new evidence related to drought and the decline of Maya civilization