What did the Mayan civilization accomplish?

The ancient Maya, a diverse group of indigenous people who lived in parts of present-day Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, had one of the most sophisticated and complex civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. Between about 300 and 900 A.D. read more

This achievement is all the more extraordinary as the Maya did not seem to have used the wheel for transporting stone. There are dozens, if not hundreds of Maya sites spread across Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, including quite a few that have yet to be excavated, and presumably some yet undiscovered. read more

The Mayan civilization made major accomplishments in astronomy, agriculture, engineering and communications including building elaborate cities without modern machinery and developing one of the world's first written languages. They also discovered how to grow beans, corn, squash and cassava in places that were not conducive to plant growth. read more

The ancient Maya civilization existed in the region of present day Mexico and Central America from at least as early as 2600 BC till the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. They were part of the Mesoamerican civilization, which comprised of a number of indigenous cultures in the region. read more