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The Maya were one of the best known civilizations of Mesoamerica. Starting in the Yucatan from around 2600 BC to 250 AD they expanded their boundaries around southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize, and Western Honduras. Building of earlier inventions and ideas of their earlier civilization the Olmec the Maya developed high interest in astronomy, calendrical systems, math, and hieroglyphic writing. The Maya were famous for their highly decorated architecture like temples, pyramids, palaces, and observatories, all of these were built without metal tools, beasts of burden, or the wheel. Farming was another thing they were skilled at. They were also equally skilled as weavers and potters, and cleared routes through jungles and swamps to foster extensive trade with distant peoples.