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Maya civilization

Mesoamerican former civilization
Thing historical_country Q28567

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
historical country, civilization, group, ancient civilization, pre-Columbian era[3][4][5][6]
Inception
2000 BC[7]
Continent
Central America[2]
Culture
Maya culture[17]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11][12]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1521[8]
Economy of topic
economy of the Maya civilization[31]
Has part(s) of the class
city-state[18]
Has works in the collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Musée du quai Branly, Musée de l'Homme[28][29][30]
History of topic
history of the Maya civilization[15]
Location of formation
Yucatan Peninsula[9]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject History, WikiProject Central America, WikiProject Mesoamerica, WikiProject Indigenous peoples of the Americas, WikiProject Mexico, WikiProject Guatemala, WikiProject Former countries[21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19][20]
OpenStreetMap tag
historic:civilization=mayan[10]
P14537
z6kydnb, zbwbqyc, zgym3qt, zj7w47h, zknqfdm, zq6svcw[32][33][34][35][36][37]
P14541
3Lt7SK[38]
Replaced by
Kingdom of New Spain[13]
Studied by
Maya studies[16]
Topic has template
Template:Maya[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Maya civilization en Mayan civilization ar مايا ar الحضارة المايانية cs Mayská civilizace da maya de Maya-Zivilisation el Μάγια en-gb Maya civilisation es cultura maya es imperio maya es Mayas es territorio de los mayas es territorio maya fa تمدن مایا fi mayojen korkeakulttuuri fr civilisation maya fr Maya fr Mayas he מאיה
🔖 Identifiers · 25
GND ID
4038108-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
El Castillo, Chichén Itzá.jpg ↗
ARTIC artist ID
44741
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300017061
BBC Things ID
4e239177-a69e-4826-9af0-ed5f6adea07d
BabelNet ID
00053946n
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.8974
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
514712
France 24 topic ID (French)
mayas
Freebase ID
/m/0d7v_
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
maya
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2164717
Show all 25 identifiers +13
KBpedia ID
MayaCivilization
Klexikon article ID
Maya
Krugosvet article (archived)
narody-i-yazyki/maiya
Museum-digital ID
19656
NDL Authority ID
00567539
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/988A32C7-3E15-45B8-9163-6812BD98B0EB
New York Times topic ID
subject/mayans
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
マヤ文明
Quora topic ID
Maya-Civilization
Topic's main category
Category:Maya civilization
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
maya
World History Encyclopedia ID
Maya_Civilization
Yale LUX ID
concept/7e46696d-aa3f-4935-a04a-522afda3eef9

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🔗 Connections
← Culture 125
Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, Uxmal, Copán, Calakmul, Quiriguá, Maya Ruins of Tulum +117 more
← Facet of 6
Maya architecture, Maya art, Maya stelae, history of the Maya civilization, Maya city, sacrifice in Maya culture
Has works in the collection 3
Art Institute of Chicago, Musée du quai Branly, Musée de l'Homme
Instance of 3
civilization, pre-Columbian era, ancient civilization
Maintained by WikiProject 2
WikiProject History, WikiProject Mexico
On focus list of Wikimedia project 2
Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Citizens 1
Ucha'an K'in B'alam
Continent 1
Central America
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Has part(s) of the class 1
city-state
History of topic 1
history of the Maya civilization
Location of formation 1
Yucatan Peninsula
Named after 1
Tren Maya
Things located in country 1
Ocomtún
Topic has template 1
Template:Maya
Topic's main category 1
Category:Maya civilization
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Maya civilization
← Creator 1
Mayan hieroglyphs
← Field of this occupation 1
mayanist
← Field of work 1
Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo
← Main subject 1
Lost Cities of the Maya
← Template has topic 1
Template:Maya
← Time period 1
Maya Ruins of Tulum
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Summary

Maya civilization is a historical country[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for Maya civilization include Tren Maya[39], a railway line[40], in Mexico[41].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Tren Maya[39], a railway line[40], in Mexico[41].

Related Entities

Musée du quai Branly

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3Lt7SK
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1521-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category → Category:Maya civilization
    P14537 → z6kydnb, zbwbqyc, zgym3qt +3
    Dissolved → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14537: z6kydnb, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294227646|Maya Civilisation (#294227646)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8060|‎BBC Bitesize"
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