// Antiquity
Mayan City-States
- Period
- 247 BC – AD 849
- Duration
- approx. 1,095 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 299
- Area (max.)
- approx. 380,000 km²
Period and duration
Mayan City-States — according to the map data from 247 BC to AD 849, roughly 1,095 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
Mayan City-States — greatest extent around AD 299: the mapped borders then cover about 380,000 km², roughly 0.3% 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 (248 BC)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
- Later Mayan City-States
Neighbours around AD 299
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Zapotec Civilization
- Teotihuacan
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 299 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Mayan City-States on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.