Yucatan. The “Classic Maya States” thrive. Cities like Tikal, Calakmul, and Palenque are dominated by royal temples, ballgame courts, images of war and humiliated prisoners, and complex calendars. All of this is absent in Teotihuacan from 300 AD onward, which, however, shows no evidence of top-down military, religious, or administrative leadership, and even lacks ballgames.
