FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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the Spaniards conquered
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It is a mystery
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Olmecs took their land
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hurricane destroyed their civilization
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scholars have suggested a number of potential reasons for the downfall of Maya civilization in the southern lowlands, including overpopulation, environmental degradation, warfare, shifting trade routes and extended drought. It’s likely that a complex combination of factors was behind the collapse.
Detailed explanation-2: -By around 900 CE, the Maya cities were mostly deserted. Some people remained, but without enough people to take care of them the great Maya cities fell into ruin. That’s why the Maya are called “the mysterious Maya”-nobody knows why they migrated, or why they left some people behind in the cities.
Detailed explanation-3: -1 The End of the World Mass media hysteria and dramatic movies have suggested that the end of the world is nigh, but one of the mysteries of the Mayans recently dispelled is that they don’t believe the world is coming to an end at all.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the Mayan people never entirely disappeared-their descendants still live across Central America-dozens of core urban areas in the lowlands of the Yucatan peninsula, such as Tikal, went from bustling cities to abandoned ruins over the course of roughly a hundred years.