The Maya Empire was not one unified nation. The Maya Empire was a collection of independent cities (city-states). Kids learn about the government and kings of the Maya civilization.
How powerful city-states ruled over the lands. Jul 20- Unlike the Aztec Empire, the Maya had no central controlling government. Rather, each Maya city-state had its own individual ruling family that . The government was the kings and the rulers; One family was the leaders; Once the king dies,The king’s son will take his place.
Of course, the highest in the Mayan social structure were the kings. Next were the priests and nobles, merchants and artisans. The Mayan government featured control of government operations and political affairs primarily at the state level; individual city-states derived leadership from . Nov 20- In this lesson, we explore the Mayan civilization of Southern Mexico and Central America.
A rich and culturally-vibrant civilization, its sudden. Much of what we now know about ancient Mayan government came from the ancient manuscript called Chilam Balam.