FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE INCA CIVILIZATION
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They were conquered by Cortez and the Spanish army
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Pizarro tricked their emperor and stole their gold
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They abandoned their cities and disappeared
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They died from a mysterious disease
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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: -A severe, prolonged drought created an agricultural crisis that swept all of the Maya kingdoms into history. That’s the popular narrative for the fall of the ancient Maya.
Detailed explanation-3: -From the late eighth through the end of the ninth century, something unknown happened to shake the Maya civilization to its foundations. One by one, the Classic cities in the southern lowlands were abandoned, and by A.D. 900, Mayan civilization in that region had collapsed.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Classic Maya collapse is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in archaeology. Urban centers of the southern lowlands, among them Palenque, Copán, Tikal, and Calakmul, went into decline during the 8th and 9th centuries and were abandoned shortly thereafter.