Middle Ages
Later Mayan City-States
- Period
- AD 850 – AD 1546
- Duration
- approx. 696 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1450
- Area (max.)
- approx. 189,000 km²
Period and duration
Later Mayan City-States — according to the map data from AD 850 to AD 1546, roughly 696 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Later Mayan City-States — greatest extent around AD 1450: the mapped borders then cover about 189,000 km², roughly 0.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 849)
After
- Spanish Empire
- Itza Mayans
Neighbours around AD 1450
The largest states in the region at the same time:
No neighbouring states in the map data.
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1450 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Later Mayan City-States on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.