![]() ![]() One of the most advanced indigenous cultures of the ancient Americas, the Mayans began as hunter gatherers and migrated into the Yucatán around 2500 B.C. Trade activities (agribusiness, textile and apparel production, furniture manufacturing, etc.) represent about 21 percent of the economy, followed by finance and insurance at 19 percent, manufacturing at 13 percent, transportation and communications at 10 percent, agriculture and livestock at 7 percent, construction at 6 percent and mining at 1 percent. Today, service-based companies account for about 23 percent of the state’s economy. Because it was relatively isolated from the rest of Mexico until recently, the state developed its own unique culture. Mayans flourished and established one of their greatest cities, Chichén Itzá, in what is now Yucatán.
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