Part one of term paper
The Maya are probably the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Originating in the Yucatan around 2600 B.C., they rose to prominence around A.D. 250. Mesoamerica spans five countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. They inherited a lot of their ideas from the Olmec. The Maya developed astronomy, ca ...

Part two of term paper
... each with a rural farming community and large urban sites built around ceremonial centres. It started to decline in A.D. 900. The geography consists of tropical rain forests, a series of rivers, and good,rich soil. The tropical rain forest stretches from northwestern Honduras, through the Peten region, and into Belize and the Chiapas. This became the heart of Classic . The rivers originate in the mountains and flow towards the Pacific Ocean on the west coast, and towards the Gulf of Mexico in the s ...