FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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____ In the 1930s, Sylvanus G. Morley of Harvard, probably the most celebrated Mayanist of his day, espoused [argued for] what is still the best-known theory:The Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of their environment. They exhausted their resource base, began to die of starvation and thirst, and fled their cities en masse, leaving them as silent warnings of the perils of ecological hubris [overconfidence] ____ Charles C. Mann, 1491:New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus According to this passage, what was a major question Morley was trying to answer about the Mayas in the 1930s?
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Why did the Mayas abandon their cities?
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How did religious beliefs affect the Maya economy?
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What was the structure of the Maya governments?
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Why were the Maya so powerful?
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1930s, Sylvanus G. Morley of Harvard, probably the most celebrated Mayanist of his day, espoused [argued for] what is still the best-known theory: The Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of their environment.
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