Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tino kaupapa o te ao Maya, i horapa puta noa i Mesoamerica, i hītori i te rohe o Guatemala o nāianei. I te rau tau 16, ko te nuinga o tēnei rohe
I riro i nga Paniora, a, i kiia hei waahanga o te rangatiratanga o New Spain. I whiwhi motuhake a Guatemala i te tau 1821 mai i Spain me Mexico. I te tau 1823 ka uru a Guatemala ki roto i te Federal Republic of Central America, i whakakorehia e 1841.