The Maya were a very great empire, that spanned a long amount of time. They managed for themselves very nicely, yet they suddenly collapsed. Nobody knows why this happened, but
here is my theory.
(Copan jungle)
My opinion is that the Maya were starved to death from the rainforest dying out. This combines with another theory in saying that the Maya then overfarmed the land. In that case, the erosion would be proved true because overfarming caused erosion. Since they might not have known what the erosion was coming from, they would have left their cities, possibly even believing the erosion was a sign from the gods, and moved into the jungle, and then starved out.
(Eroded area)
However, in the Copan valley, there are still about the same number of people descended from the Maya as there were Maya then, which means that the starvation might not have been that bad.
(Maya Skull from Copan)
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very possible idea, nice pictures.
ReplyDeleteI liked all the pictures!
ReplyDeletegood theory. You used good pictures
ReplyDeleteNice Theory and good proof. Myth Plausible.
ReplyDeleteReasonable explanation of Maya collapse. The pictures are helpful to prove your point
ReplyDeleteI like your theory, it seems quite plausable, although it isn't my theory
ReplyDeleteawesome pics to defend your theory
ReplyDeleteThese pictures show your theory really well. The poll results support your theory.
ReplyDeletePossible explanation of the collapse. The pictures are helpful
ReplyDeleteGood theory and explanation. Good pictures too.
ReplyDeleteGood theory, supported by various clues
ReplyDeleteGood point expailining your point and providing pictures though I think your thorey is inconpleat!
ReplyDeletec;ear and complete with good evidence.
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