Historical Overview Section
Initially established during the Pre-Classic period (c. 2000 BC to AD 250), according to the Mesoamerican chronology, many Maya cities reached their highest state of development during the Classic period (c. AD 250 to 900), and continued throughout the Post-Classic period until the arrival of the Spanish.
Shortly after their first expeditions to the region, the Spanish initiated a number of attempts to subjugate the Maya who were hostile towards the Spanish crown and establish a colonial presence in the Maya territories of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Guatemalan highlands. This campaign, sometimes termed "The Spanish Conquest of Yucatán", would prove to be a lengthy and dangerous exercise for the conquistadores from the outset, and it would take some 170 years and tens of thousands of Indian auxiliaries before the Spanish established substantive control over all Maya lands.
Unlike the Aztec and Inca Empires, there was no single Maya political center that, once overthrown, would hasten the end of collective resistance from the indigenous peoples. Instead, the conquistador forces needed to subdue the numerous independent Maya polities almost one by one, many of which kept up a fierce resistance. Most of the conquistadors were motivated by the prospects of the great wealth to be had from the seizure of precious metal resources such as gold or silver; however, the Maya lands themselves were poor in these resources. This would become another factor in forestalling Spanish designs of conquest, as they instead were initially attracted to the reports of great riches in central Mexico or Peru.
The last Maya states, the Itza polity of Tayasal and the Ko'woj city of Zacpeten, were continuously occupied and remained independent of the Spanish until late in the 17th century. They were finally subdued by the Spanish in 1697.
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- Essex Miniatures - Aztec and Inca Ranges
- Gladiator Miniatures by Fighting 15's (Gladiator Games) 38-strong Aztec's and Enemies range including Mayans and Zapotecs
- Minifigs UK Aztecs & early Incas in their Renaissance ranges
- Irregular Minis 2 Aztecs (new range)
- LKM/QRF (Feudal Castings & Friekorps ranges) Aborigine Warriors may work for some ranges, as may figures without guns from the Seminole war and the French and Indian/Seven Years war ranges
- Tin Soldier Aztecs & Conquistadores
- East Riding Miniatures Grumpy's Tupi range in the UK
- Fighting 15’s stock Eureka Miniatures Amazonian and Meso-Americans in the UK
- Eureka main site Mound Builder Era North Americans, Hawaiians, Amazonians
- Khurasan Chimichec range
- Miniature Wars
- MY Miniatures Hawaiians, Maoris, Inuit Eskimos (!)
- Bloodaxe Miniatures Hawaiians, as sold by ERM in the UK
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Name of Army / Date
800AP used by Dave Fairhurst to win Britcon & The Worlds in 2014
Post Classical period
- IC + 3TC one has to be an ally
- 3 x 6 MF impact, sword,javelin ,protected superior,undrilled .one is an ally
- 3 x 6 as above but drilled
- 3 x 8 MF LS, B protected,average,undrilled .one is an ally
- 1 x 6 MF LS,B. protected average undrilled
- 2 x 6 LF. S average
- 1 x 6 LF B average
- 1 x 6 LF JLS average
800AP used by France at ITC 2012
- 1 Commoners MF Protected Average Undrilled Bow Light Spear - 8 6 48 2 4
- 2 Commoners MF Protected Average Undrilled Bow Light Spear - 8 6 48 2 4
- 3 Slingers LF Unprotected Average Undrilled Sling - - 6 4 24 2 3
- 4 Slingers LF Unprotected Average Undrilled Sling - - 6 4 24 2 3
- 5 Commoners Ally MF Protected Average Undrilled Bow Light Spear - 8 6 48 2 4
- 6 Commoners MF Protected Average Undrilled Bow Light Spear - 8 6 48 2 4
- 7 Holcan Ally MF Protected Superior Drilled Javelins Impact Foot Swordsmen - 4 10 40 1 3
- 8 Nobles and military societies Ally MF Protected Superior Undrilled Javelins Impact Foot Swordsmen - 8 9 72 2 5
- 9 Nobles and military societies MF Protected Superior Undrilled Javelins Impact Foot Swordsmen - 6 9 54 2 4
- 10 Holcan MF Protected Superior Drilled Javelins Impact Foot Swordsmen - 6 10 60 2 4
- 11 Holcan MF Protected Superior Drilled Javelins Impact Foot Swordsmen - 6 10 60 2 4
- 12 Nobles and military societies MF Protected Superior Undrilled Javelins Impact Foot Swordsmen - 8 9 72 2 5
- 13 Nobles and military societies MF Protected Superior Undrilled Javelins Impact Foot Swordsmen - 8 9 72 2 5
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