great cities lest they all starve. 
Monday, November 9, 2009
Maya collapse
My collapse theory is that the Maya simply farmed themselves out of power to feed their city-states, war efforts and religion. They were organized into city-states that fought endlessly, and required a lot of food to feed the warriors. These city-states also required vast amounts of food to feed the people living there. Maize (corn) was considered sacred, and every man had to plant a blood crop, maize seeds doused in blood from when his umbilical cord was cut. Crops had a great value to the Maya, so they toiled the soil so much that it lost its fertility, forcing them to abandon their great cities lest they all starve.
great cities lest they all starve.
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I think your theory is the good one (I used almost the same one) and you have good pictures to back up your points!
ReplyDeleteI loved your choice of pictures and i liked how you expained your theory.
ReplyDeleteGreat usage of pictures, and this is a very realistic theory.
ReplyDeleteI think that your theory could have happened and I like how much thought you put into it.
ReplyDeletethis theory makes sense with my own. nice job!
ReplyDeleteMills
I like how you explained about the warriors to feed. I also agree with your unfertile land theory.
ReplyDeletedefinantly possible
ReplyDeletereally gets you thinking
Very good, and very possible. I mean really why not?
ReplyDeletethis theroy sounds full of evidence and good information, also the pictures were very informative.
ReplyDeletenice job of putting different theories together.
ReplyDelete10/10