Which of these BEST describes the Mayan political organization? A) They were united under one all-powerful king. B) They were united under one all-powerful priest. C) They were a federation of tightly-linked states. D) They were states united by trade and political alliances.

The correct answer is D) They were states united by trade and political alliances.

The sentence that BEST describes the Mayan political organization is "They were states united by trade and political alliances."

The Maya were never unified under a single form of government, king or priest. No. They were independent city-states that only governed in their own city-state, never beyond its region. The Mayan started to inhabit the territories of the Yucatán Peninsula in México, approximately in 1800 BC. They also lived in some territories of what today is Belize and Guatemala. They were expert astronomers and created calendars to measure time and the movement of the stars and the Sun.