====== Land of Turkey and Deer / The Count of Years : How the Mayans Survived ======

//Land of Turkey and Deer// is an [[ancient and classical|ancient history]] Mesoamerican timeline created by [[offtopic:9 Fanged Hummingbird]]. 

Read the original first draft of the timeline [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=136973|here]] and the second draft [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=185958|here]].

Read the current version of the timeline - //The Count of Years// - [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250524|here]].

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==== Premise ====

Simple enough: What if the Mayans had survived and better weathered the string of catastrophes that led to the decline and fall of their once highly developed civilization during the first millenium AD.

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==== Awards ====

The timeline won the **"[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/127966/|Best Continuing Ancient Timeline]]"** category at the [[alternate history:2011 winners|2011]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]. 

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