As early as 1500 BCE the Maya had settled in villages and were practicing agriculture. The Classic Period of Mayan culture lasted from about 250 CE until about 900. At its height, Mayan civilization consisted of more than 40 cities, each with a population between 5,000 and 50,000. During the Post-Classic Period (900–1519), cities in the Yucatán Peninsula continued to flourish for several centuries after the great cities of lowland Guatemala had become depopulated.
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