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This article is about the minor civilization in Age of Empires III. For other uses, see Maya. |
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 Javelineer: Archaic heavy infantry. Good against cavalry and buildings. (Replaces Maya Holcan Spearman)- Healer: Heals injured units.
Technologies[]
Maya technologies focus on boosting an allied economy and improving all hand infantry in combat.
| Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Maya Cotton Armor
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175 wood 175 coin |
Hand infantry and foot archers get +20% hit points |
 Maya Calendar
|
120 wood 120 coin |
Villagers gather food from huntable animals, Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 10% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 10% faster | |
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 Maya Pyramids
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400 wood 400 coin |
Ships 1 American Citadel Travois |
Strategy[]
The Maya are a minor civilization useful for several strategies. The Maya Calendar technology improves hunting and agriculture gathering by 10%, which helps economically both early and in the middle and end of the game. It is especially strong for civilizations with good hunting capacity (Lakota) or agriculture (the Japanese and Aztecs). Maya Cotton Armor gives all hand infantry and foot archers +20% hit points, which is useful for civilizations with strong hand infantry or foot archers.
The Maya Holcan Javelineer is a ranged infantry unit with a fast Rate of Fire and a melee multiplier against cavalry, and the Healer is a support unit. This being in especially useful for Asian civilizations that do not have their own healers. The Maya Pyramid provides a defensive structure that, although is not as powerful as a European Fort, provides defense of an important area. The Maya cover the three basic strategies (boom, turtle, and rush).
In-game dialogue[]
Maya units speak the Kʼicheʼ 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.
- Select 1 Zaba
- Select 2 Tabis
- Move 1 Outzca
- Move 2 Zah
- Attack 1 Cayashé! - Attack!
- Attack 2 Cocaya! - Attack!
Changelog[]
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 13.18214, Maya Pyramids was added to the technology roster.
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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