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Vanishing Mayan Civilization  By the year 500, Mayan cities had
been in existence for more than three hundred years and the Maya
had reached a high in economic prosperity. It is estimated that
two hundred years later the Mayan population peaked. Then,
between the years 750 and 900, one Mayan city after another was
abandoned and much of the Mayan population disappeared. The last
of the hieroglyphic writing erected in the city of Copan (Copán)
was dated as the year 800. The last hieroglyphic writing in the
city of Piedra Negras is dated 810. The last writing on a stele
in Tikal is dated as 869. Abandoned cities, where Maya had
thought their gods dwell