Why Did The Mayan People Fall

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Garrett Monk February 12 2011 1) There were many different geographic regions where the Mayan people lived. They lived in dense tropical forests; rain forests, river valleys, natural sinkholes, and caverns. Mostly there were two general zones. First and less known is the Highlands, second was the lowlands which was made up of two parts. The west which lays a plain made fertile by the erosion of the volcanic mountains behind it. The rest was east of the mountains and water supply dictated locations of most Maya lowland communities. 2) Religion played an enormous role in Mayan society and daily life. It determined most of the form of the cities centres and laid down the rules for much of what went on there. They really looked up to the god and often had human…show more content…
Some people still believe that these predictions will come true, like the one about the world ending in 2012. There is evidence that they used both bark paper and a kind of parchment for other purposes. The Maya’s did some simple mathematic such as multiplying, adding, and subtracting, but they were written in a variety of styles depending on who was doing the calculations. 9) There are many ways which people believe how the ancient Mayan society collapsed. It could have been due to sickness, foreign invasion, soil exhaustion, and famine. But most people believe that it just collapsed on its own due to lack of central government. Economic problems, power struggles, and straight abandonment. There is clear evidence that some of the cities were abandoned probably from lack of resources, but each city left for their own reasons. We will never truly know why this ancient society collapsed, but there are many
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