Focusing on the Mayan city-states of Central America (circa 200-900 CE) and Harappan civilization of the Indus River (circa 3,000 BCE-1,700 BCE), identify the definitive features of their cultures and explain the most plausible reasons for the collapse of those cultures.

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5. Focusing on the Mayan city-states of Central America (circa 200-900 CE) and Harappan civilization of the Indus River (circa 3,000 BCE-1,700 BCE), identify the definitive features of their cultures and explain the most plausible reasons for the collapse of those cultures.   

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The Maya civilization stretched over southeastern Mexico and northern central America. It reached its peak at around 6 century A.D and was one of the prominent native societies of Mesoamerica. The Harappan civilization is one of the earliest and most advanced civilization of the ancient world. Mohenjodaro and Harappa are the two major cities that characterize this civilization that began around 2600 BC.

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