The Mayan culture

The group of pre-Columbian peoples who ruled Mesoamerica for 18 centuries is known as the Mayan culture or Mayan civilization, from the Pre-Classic Period (2000 BC – 250 AD) of the continent, until the Post-Classic Period (900-1527 AD). .), when the Conquest of America took place. It was one of the most outstanding civilizations in all of original America. They left behind an important set of ruins and a cultural legacy that inspired later cultures, part of which still survives.