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Chichén Itzá, Mexico Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Mesoamerica Mesoamerica

Chichén Itzá, Mexico

Chichén Itzá, Mexico
The city of Chichén Itzá, on the northern Yucatán peninsula, became a center of Maya civilization in the Postclassic Period, after ad 900.
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Astronomy, History of; Observatory; Mexico; Native Americans of Middle and South America; Maya Civilization; Caste War of the Yucatán; Mesoamerica
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