Maya city‑states

E600281

Mesoamerican polity city-state political entity

The Maya city-states were independent, often rivalrous urban centers in Mesoamerica, each ruled by its own king and serving as political, religious, and economic hubs of Maya civilization.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Classic Maya	1
Maya city‑states canonical	1
Maya dynastic kingdoms	1
Maya polities	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesoamerican polity ⓘ city-state ⓘ political entity ⓘ
architectureFeature	ballcourts ⓘ causeways ⓘ palaces ⓘ pyramids ⓘ stelae ⓘ
conflictsWith	other Maya city-states ⓘ
culturalSphere	Highland Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ Lowland Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn	craft production ⓘ jade trade ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ obsidian trade ⓘ tribute ⓘ
engagesIn	alliance formation ⓘ dynastic warfare ⓘ interregional trade ⓘ tribute extraction ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	3rd century ⓘ 4th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ 7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
governedBy	hereditary rulers ⓘ kings ⓘ
hasCapitalType	ceremonial center ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	dynastic kingship ⓘ hierarchical society ⓘ inter-city warfare ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ often rivalrous ⓘ politically independent ⓘ urban centers ⓘ
hasFunction	economic hub ⓘ political hub ⓘ religious hub ⓘ
hasPoliticalStructure	court-centered polity ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
includesExample	Bonampak NERFINISHED ⓘ Calakmul NERFINISHED ⓘ Caracol NERFINISHED ⓘ Chichén Itzá NERFINISHED ⓘ Copán NERFINISHED ⓘ Dos Pilas NERFINISHED ⓘ Palenque NERFINISHED ⓘ Quiriguá NERFINISHED ⓘ Tikal NERFINISHED ⓘ Uxmal NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaxchilán NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Mayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
partOf	Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicesReligion	Maya religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStructure	commoners ⓘ nobility ⓘ priests ⓘ specialist artisans ⓘ warriors ⓘ
timePeriod	Classic Maya period NERFINISHED ⓘ Postclassic Maya period ⓘ Preclassic Maya period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesCalendar	Haabʼ calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Count calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzolkʼin calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Maya script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maya stelae → associatedWith → Maya city‑states ⓘ

Mesoamerican Long Count calendar → usedBy → Maya city‑states ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classic Maya

Maya lowlands → wasCenterOf → Maya city‑states ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maya dynastic kingdoms

Spanish conquest of Central America → opponent → Maya city‑states ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maya polities