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What were Mayan polities?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Each city-state was ruled by a bureaucracy of priests. the highest of being the king, and then the class of royal priests who dealt with the daily things. And lastly at the bottom of the "food chain" were the commoners, peasants and slaves. Most of the laws were enforced by the Mayan armies. Disruptions in the economy of the Mayans, such as crop failures created imbalances in Mayan polity. Problems would arise when the basic needs like food and shelter, weren't met.

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