Explain how the Peten region proved beneficial for the Mayans to settle?

The environmental factor was responsible for establishing of Mayan settlement in the Peten region.

Explanation:

The Peten region is situated in Guatemala and becomes one of the centers of the Mayan empire. The region began to flourish before its decline after the arrival of the Spanish during the late 1400s.

The region is covered with dense tropical rainforests, and the Mayans relied on slash and burn agriculture. In slash and burn agriculture, people cleared forest land to plant corn the other plant for survival. In the Peten region, the Mayan used the canals to reuse the rainwater.