HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF YUCATAN AND OF THE ITZAS

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into eight periods. The first seven of these periods we shall discuss
briefly in this opening chapter; the eighth will furnish the subject
matter for the remainder of the book. The dates given should be
regarded as merely approximate.

                                           APPROXIMATE DATES PERIODS
  PERIODS                                             A.D.

  I     Migratory period                                 ?-200
  II    Golden Age or Old Empire                       200-600
  III   Colonization period                            450-700
  IV    Transitional period                           700-1000
  V     Renaissance or League period                 1000-1200
  VI    The period of the Toltec mercenaries         1200-1450
  VII   Disintegration                               1450-1541
  VIII  Period of wars with Spain                    1519-1697