Changes: Maya (minor native)

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This article is about the minor civilization in Age of Empires III. For the civilization in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, see Mayans.

The Maya are a Native American tribe featured in Age of Empires III. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.

Units

Maya Holcan Spearman: Maya barbed spearmen. Good against cavalry or buildings.

Medicine Man: Heals injured units. (only available in The WarChiefs)

Technologies

Maya technologies focus on boosting an allied economy and improving all hand infantry in combat.

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Maya Cotton Armor	300 wood 300 coin	Melee infantry gets +20% hit points
	Maya Calendar	120 wood 120 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather food 10% faster

In-game dialogue

Maya units speak the K'iche language, a Mesoamerican language which is spoken in the present-day Guatemala and, as with other modern Mayan languages, evolved from the original Proto-Mayan language.

Zah
Tabis
Outzca
Zaba
Cayashé (Attack)
Cocaya (Attack)

History

“

The Maya civilization arose in the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America, beginning around 1500 BCE. They were heavily influenced by the Olmec civilization of Mexico, which had developed a system of writing, a calendar, and a complex religion. Population growth was spurred by advances in growing and irrigating crops of corn, beans, squash, and peppers.

The period from 300 to 900 CE is known as the Classic Period of the Maya culture, which featured the construction of very impressive cities, advanced writing, astronomy, arithmetic, a complex political system of competing city states, and the Maya ball game pok-a-tok. They were able to measure very precisely the orbits of planets. They went through cycles of building, tearing down, and rebuilding on the foundations of the past. Although their remaining structures are of bare stone today, they were apparently once painted in very bright colors.

Beginning in 750 CE the Maya civilization went into decline for reasons not clear today. One opinion is that the population had expanded during a period of good climate, and trees had been widely removed to farm increasingly marginal land. Ecological changes led to massive crop failures, starvation, and war over decreasing food resources. By 830 construction had ceased and the cities were gradually abandoned. The Maya moved to smaller agricultural villages, and their great cities disappeared into the enveloping tropical forests.

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Gallery

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+{{For|minor civilization in [[Age of Empires III]]|the civilization in [[Age of Empires II: The Conquerors]]|Mayans}}
-{{Infobox Civ
+{{Infobox civilization
-|civ         = Maya
+|Name = Maya
-|flag        = [[File:MayaSettlement.jpg|200px]]
+|Image = Maya_Icon.png
-|caption     = A Mayan settlement, with allied defenders present.
+|Caption = The Maya Trading Post icon
-|game        = [[Age of Empires III]]
+|Intro = {{AoE3Icon|Vanilla}} ''[[Age of Empires III]]''
-|continent   = South America
+|Continent = Central America
-|unique      = Maya holcan spearman
+|Unit = [[File:Maya_Holcan_Spearman.png|22px]] [[Maya Holcan Spearman]]<br/>[[File:Medicine_Man.png|22px]] [[Medicine Man]] <small>(in ''[[Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs|The WarChiefs]]'')</small>
-|techs       = Maya warrior societies<br />Champion Maya<br />Maya cotton armor<br />Maya calendar
+|Tech = [[File:Maya_Cotton_Armor.png|22px]] [[Maya Cotton Armor]]<br/>[[File:Maya_Calendar.png|22px]] [[Maya Calendar]]
-|maps        = [[Orinoco]]<br />[[Sonora]]<br />[[Yucatán]]}}
+|Map = [[Orinoco]]<br/>[[Sonora]]<br/>[[Yucatán]]
-{{for|the Age of Empires II article|Maya}}
+|Native = 1
+}}
+The '''[[Wikipedia:Maya peoples|Maya]]''' are a [[Native Americans|Native American]] tribe featured in ''[[Age of Empires III]]''. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a [[Trading Post]] at their Trading Post site.
+== Units ==
-The '''[[Wikipedia:Maya peoples|Maya]]''' are a minor civilization in ''[[Age of Empires III]]''.
+:[[File:Maya_Holcan_Spearman.png|22px]] [[Maya Holcan Spearman]]: Maya barbed spearmen. Good against cavalry or buildings.
+:[[File:Medicine_Man.png|22px]] [[Medicine Man#Native|Medicine Man]]: Heals injured units. <small>(only available in ''[[Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs|The WarChiefs]]'')</small>
-== Overview ==
+== Technologies ==
+Maya technologies focus on boosting an allied economy and improving all hand infantry in combat.
-The Maya are available as allies on the [[Orinoco]], [[Sonora]] and [[Yucatán]] maps. Once a [[Trading Post]] is built at their camp, a player can recruit [[Maya Holcan Spearman|Mayan holcan spearmen]] and research available upgrades.
+{| class="wikitable"
+! style="width: 5%;" |[[Age]]
-== Upgrades ==
+! style="width: 25%;" |Technology
-Maya upgrades focus on boosting an allied economy and improving all hand infantry in combat.
+! style="width: 10%;" |Cost
+! style="width: 60%;" |Effect
-'''Maya cotton armor''' (Discovery Age): All hand infantry gain 20% hit points.<br />
+|-
-'''Cost''':{{Resources|wood=300}}, {{Resources|coin=300}}
+| rowspan=2 |{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
+|[[File:Maya_Cotton_Armor.png|22px]] [[Maya Cotton Armor]]
-'''Maya calendar''' (Discovery Age): Inreases villager gather rate for food by 10%.<br />
-'''Cost''': {{Resources|wood=120}}, {{Resources|coin=120}}
+|{{Resources|br=1|wood=300|coin=300}}
+|Melee infantry gets +20% [[hit points]]
+|-
-'''Maya Warrior Societies''' (Fortress Age): Maya attack and HP raised by 25%.<br />
+|[[File:Maya_Calendar.png|22px]] [[Maya Calendar]]
-'''Cost''': {{Resources|wood=200}}, {{Resources|coin=150}}
+|{{Resources|br=1|wood=120|coin=120}}
+|[[Settler]]s, [[Coureur des Bois|Coureurs des Bois]], [[Settler Wagon]]s, and [[Villager (Age of Empires III)|Villager]]s gather [[food]] 10% faster
-'''Maya Champions''' (Industrial Age): Maya attack and hitpoints raised by 40%.<br />
+|}
-'''Cost''': {{Resources|wood=400}}, {{Resources|coin=300}}
-=== Usefulness ===
-* Maya cotton armor is especially useful with civilizations featuring strong hand infantry units.
-**The [[Spanish (Age of Empires III)|Spanish]] have many cards boosting their hand infantry in combat, combined with the [[Missionary (Age of Empires III)|unction]] aura the upgrade can prove very powerful for their [[Rodelero]]s, pikemen, and holcan spearman mercenary shipments.
-**The [[Dutch]] [[Halberdier (Age of Empires III)|halberdier]] can benefit greatly from this upgrade.
-**The [[Japanese (Age of Empires III)|Japanese]] [[Samurai (Age of Empires III)|samurai]] can use this upgrade to great effect due to their very high anti-building damage in the [[Colonial Age]].
-*All native tribes can only be upgraded to Legendary/Exalted status at the [[Town Center#Age of Empires III|town center]] or [[Capitol]], they can be upgraded to Elite/Disciplined or Champion/Honored for free through some [[Home City]] shipments.
-*Civilizations can remove the upgrade gold costs, or cut the upgrade costs in half depending on their home city cards.
 == In-game dialogue ==
+Maya units speak the K'iche language, a Mesoamerican language which is spoken in the present-day Guatemala and, as with other modern Mayan languages, evolved from the original Proto-Mayan language.
-Mayan language has evolved into many separate branches of the original proto-Mayan.
+* ''Zah''
-:''Zah''
+* ''Tabis''
-:''Tabis''
+* ''Outzca''
-:''Outzca''
+* ''Zaba''
+* ''Cayashé'' (Attack)
-:''Zaba''
-:''Cayashé'' (Attack)
+* ''Cocaya'' (Attack)
-:''Cocaya'' (Attack)
 == History ==
 {{quote|The Maya civilization arose in the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America, beginning around 1500 BCE. They were heavily influenced by the Olmec civilization of Mexico, which had developed a system of writing, a calendar, and a complex religion. Population growth was spurred by advances in growing and irrigating crops of corn, beans, squash, and peppers.<br/><br/>The period from 300 to 900 CE is known as the Classic Period of the Maya culture, which featured the construction of very impressive cities, advanced writing, astronomy, arithmetic, a complex political system of competing city states, and the Maya ball game pok-a-tok. They were able to measure very precisely the orbits of planets. They went through cycles of building, tearing down, and rebuilding on the foundations of the past. Although their remaining structures are of bare stone today, they were apparently once painted in very bright colors.<br/><br/>Beginning in 750 CE the Maya civilization went into decline for reasons not clear today. One opinion is that the population had expanded during a period of good climate, and trees had been widely removed to farm increasingly marginal land. Ecological changes led to massive crop failures, starvation, and war over decreasing food resources. By 830 construction had ceased and the cities were gradually abandoned. The Maya moved to smaller agricultural villages, and their great cities disappeared into the enveloping tropical forests.}}
-==Gallery==
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
-<gallery widths="200" perrow=2 captionalign="center">
+MayaSettlement.jpg|A Maya settlement with allied defenders present
-Mayatradeicon.jpg|Maya trade icon, slight color variations compared to the holcan spearman icon.
+Mayatradeicon.jpg|Alternate Maya Trading Post icon, note the slight color variations compared to the Holcan Spearman icon
+Maya Concept Art.png|Maya Concept Art
 </gallery>
+{{-}}
 {{Civilizations (AoE3)}}
 [[Category:Age of Empires III]]
-[[Category:Native Americans]]
+[[Category:Native American civilizations]]
-[[Category:Maya]]
-[[Category:Minor civilizations]]