The descendants of the Maya referred to here may also be the descendants of the Aztecs and Incas, and they may also be the successors of the Maya.
Both imperial civilizations have been destroyed, so it is impossible to tell which of their ancestors is.
Maya civilization disappeared, and their essence such as hieroglyphics, astronomy, calendars and other knowledge did not survive.
Mayan descendants did not know the words left by their ancestors, nor did they have any knowledge of calendar astronomy.
Maya society was once very prosperous. Farmers cultivate marginal fields, terraced fields and swamp rice fields to produce food that can support the population explosion.
Craftsmen use flint, stone, bone horns and shells to make works of art, make cotton cloth, carve words on stone tablets, and draw pottery and murals. There has been a trade in goods, and people need goods that each other needs.
Mayan civilization has also made great achievements in mathematics, calendar and astronomy.
For example, in mathematics, 0- 10, Maya used a point, a horizontal line and a shell symbol representing zero to represent numbers.
When archaeologists study the Maya digital system, they find that their digital expression is similar to an abacus.
They use three symbols: a point, a horizontal line and a shell symbol representing zero-it can represent any number. A similar principle applies to today's computers? Binary? Let's go
This counting method can be used for astronomical figures. In the carved stone pillars found in Girigua, Guatemala, figures of 90 million years and 400 million years were recorded.
But Mayan tribes did not live in peace, and their wars and struggles were cruel. During the period of 300-700 A.D., the Maya nobles in the neighboring Pilia city-states have been fighting for power and profits.
This is also a common problem of human beings. There are tribes, then countries, and then power struggles.
However, the Mayan war seems to be a terrible sports competition: soldiers attack other cities with spears and sticks as weapons, with the aim of capturing prisoners and giving them to their priests as a gift to worship the gods, which is a symbol of Mayan society's worship of the gods.
American director mel gibson's film Revelation truly shows the Maya and the Mayan Empire, and can feel the cold-blooded cruelty of the Maya struggle.
Since the 7th century, Mayan society has gradually declined. With the increase of political marriage, other royal brothers except the eldest son are excluded.
Some princes left their homes to look for new cities, while others stayed to fight for inheritance. This kind? Fighting in a hole? From fighting for sacrifices to fighting for jewelry, luxury goods, kingship and beauty.
Endless struggle, loss of life, interruption of trade, destruction of cities and rural areas. In the end, only 10% people survived.
In 76 1 a.d., the fall of the palace in Pyrrhus Duluth can be regarded as a node of the decline of Mayan society.
Las Douspis is the central city-state within 0/500 miles of Fiona Fang/Kloc. It was attacked by enemies from the neighboring city of Tomareto.
Archaeologists found a hole there with 13 heads of men aged between 8 and 55, which proved that the city was extinct when it was occupied.
What did the victors do after the massacre? Closing ceremony? , smashed the throne, smashed the temple, smashed stereotyped writing (these precise details are recorded on the stone stereotyped writing).
Some nobles from dos Pilars fled to nearby Aguadica, a natural fortress in a huge valley. They stayed there for 40 years and were finally captured and destroyed by the enemy.
In 800 AD, Aguadica was already a ghost town. After 820 AD, the traditional ruling class collapsed, and the middle and lower Maya abandoned the rainforests that had been built in countless cities for thousands of years and never returned to the birthplace of this civilization.
The disappearance of Mayan civilization, apart from internal struggle and foreign aggression, did not create the next social level, entered the feudal monarchy, and could not keep up with the times.
The Mayan city-state is similar to the primary slave country in the ancient world in social development.
That is, Mayan society is a slave society, the ruling class of society is priests and nobles, and the king is hereditary, in charge of religious etiquette and stipulating the date of farming.
The middle class members of society are ordinary agricultural workers and craftsmen from all walks of life. At the bottom of society are slaves, generally from prisoners of war, criminals and debtors, who can buy and sell freely. This group is huge.
The rulers of Maya were both religious priests and political leaders. They have mastered the observation, research and calculation of the laws of distant celestial bodies, as well as the knowledge of words and mathematics.
This collapse of high-level personnel led to the loss of this knowledge and the annihilation of cultural beliefs and civilizations.
The destruction of Mayan civilization has become history, but the warning it provides is worth remembering forever.
Many ancient nationalities in history have experienced environmental disasters and social disasters, but their cultural beliefs and belief systems have not been broken and kept pace with the times.
Such as our Chinese civilization. After being invaded many times, throwing energy has been self-reliant and revived.