{"id":19395,"date":"2023-12-11T02:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T10:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ronperrier.net\/?p=19395"},"modified":"2023-12-11T02:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T10:57:47","slug":"the-collapse-of-the-maya-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ronperrier.net\/2023\/12\/11\/the-collapse-of-the-maya-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"THE COLLAPSE OF THE MAYA CIVILIZATION"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What really caused the collapse of the Maya civilization?<\/h1>\n

Power struggles? Drought? Overpopulation? Whatever happened to the Maya remains a mystery\u2014with clues hidden in the jungle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TEMPLE IN TIKAL<\/span><\/p>\n

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Above the thick tree roots of the Pete\u0301n jungle rises Temple V of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, in present-day Guatemala. The 187-foot-high structure stands to the south of the Central Acropolis and was built around A.D. 600.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BY <\/span>ANA GARC\u00cdA BARRIOS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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PUBLISHED AUGUST 10, 2023 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
Maya civilization once stretched across a vast territory in Mesoamerica, in what is today southern Mexico and Central America. It was home to thriving cities and thousands of people, but over the course of two centuries, major cities would be emptied, with their grand temples abandoned and vivid artworks unfinished.Much like its ending, the exact beginning of\u00a0Maya culture<\/a>\u00a0has been difficult to pin down. Many scholars believe it first coalesced sometime between 7000 B.C. and 2000 B.C. after hunter-gatherers from South America moved into Mesoamerica and settled there. Sometime around 4000 B.C., cultivation of corn, their staple crop, exploded, allowing Maya culture to flourish and expand.<\/p>\n
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