Maya

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The '''Maya''' are an indigenous peoples from [[Central America]] and southern [[Mexico]], particularly [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], Honduras, El Salvador, and the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]. Their civilization spanned across most of the region, including several small islands throughout the [[Caribbean|West Indies]], and after their decline many of their temples were left in ruin.

The Maya also constructed a number of stone columns, known as [[Mayan stelae|stelae]], that revealed the location of hidden keys spread throughout the region. These keys would unlock a door hidden under a temple in the Maya city of [[Tulum]] and grant access to a set of armor created from collected pieces of [[First Civilization]] [[Shards of Eden|metals]].<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==History==
During the [[Age of Discovery]], [[Hernán Cortés]] came into contact with two Spaniards, {{Wiki|Gonzalo Guerrero}} and {{Wiki|Gerónimo de Aguilar}}, living with the Maya. The two men spoke a Mayan language, which would allow them to translate, in tangent with a native Nahuatl speaker, what Cortés wished to say.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Rome: Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>

By 1715, the Aztecs and Maya had come into contact with the [[Assassins]] and, thanks in part to a mutual wish for freedom from oppression, formed an alliance of sorts. Such was the unity that a number of natives had joined the Order, including [[Ah Tabai]] - a Maya who had obtained the rank of [[Mentor]]. At some point before the 1660s, the [[Caribbean Assassins|local Assassin branch]] had headquartered itself in the old Mayan settlement of [[Tulum]].<ref name="AC4" /> Another Maya settlement, [[Chichen Itza]], was built on top of a First Civilization [[Temples|temple]].

By the later part of the 18th century, the [[Templars]] were transporting [[Slavery|slaves]] from [[Cuba]] and [[Louisiana]] to excavate the site, though their prize, the [[Prophecy Disks|Prophecy Disk]], was ultimately claimed by the Assassin [[Aveline de Grandpré]] in 1772.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

The [[Captain Kidd's Sawtooth Cutlass|sword]] of the privateer [[William Kidd]] was hidden in the ruins of [[Cerros]], modern day [[Belize]], before being recovered by [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] in 1774.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The {{Wiki|Mesoamerican Long Count calendar}} was the inspiration for the 21 December 2012 date of the [[2012 coronal mass ejection|catastrophe]] that [[Desmond Miles]] works to prevent in the games.

==References==
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[[Category:Indigenous peoples of the Americas]]
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