The Mayan civilization seem to fall apart around the ninth century. My theory for this collapse is that for a long period of time, a horrible drought swept over the Yucutan Peninsula. At first the Mayans didn't mind because of the underground canals of water that flowed throught their empire. But after so long, the canals started drying up. With no major lakes or rivers to get water from, the people couldn't drink or get water to grow their crops. Eventually their supplies ran out and the Mayan people couldn't survive any longer, so a major portion of the population died, therefore killing the great empire of the Maya.Thursday, November 6, 2008
Mayan Collapse
The Mayan civilization seem to fall apart around the ninth century. My theory for this collapse is that for a long period of time, a horrible drought swept over the Yucutan Peninsula. At first the Mayans didn't mind because of the underground canals of water that flowed throught their empire. But after so long, the canals started drying up. With no major lakes or rivers to get water from, the people couldn't drink or get water to grow their crops. Eventually their supplies ran out and the Mayan people couldn't survive any longer, so a major portion of the population died, therefore killing the great empire of the Maya.
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They didn't have the underground canals until they went north.
yeah they lived for a long time after the flod.
that is a good point
sad to say, I agree with Raoul. They only had under ground canals till the north. And how do you explain all of the other clues we found out yesterday??
A drought over all of the Yucatan? Not that likely...
I suppose this is sort of beleivable .
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