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Maya civilization

Small villages began to grow to form cities

750 BC
Petén, Guatemala

During the Middle Preclassic Period, small villages began to grow to form cities. Nakbe in the Petén department of Guatemala is the earliest well-documented city in the Maya lowlands, here large structures have been dated to around 750 BC.


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