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mayans also grew beans, squash, avocados, pears, sweet potato's, guava, chili peppers, papayas and tomatoes. Mayans used a farming technique called milpa,also known as the slash and burn technique.the Mayans would burn down the land that was covered and the cut down the remaining foliage. This technique posed a problem because the land wouldn't last very long. The Mayans cycled through different areas to keep a stable farming.
The classical Maya society flourished from 300- 600 AD.  How were the Mayas so successful at farming in their environment? They developed a system of clearing the dense rain forests (slash and burn) and then built raised fields that caught and held rainwater.