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I believe the Mayans declined due to war, this is why

Massive Fortifications

Massive graves with most of the deaths caused by spears to the throat

Many depictions showed war and writing talked of war

I believe that it was one of the two reasons

Outside threat that is bigger than the Mayans themselves and can jeopardize their land

Religious reasons as the gods might have forced to spread their civilization

I believe that a civilization to fall, as first of they lose and that makes then lose all their resources and their home. They lost their people and may not be able to rebuild their civilization. War leads to changes that affect everyone as a whole and some may be not good.

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they fought for material goods. People think they fought to please the Nature Gods

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Deforestation was are part of their decline because they used the slash and burn technique for farming

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I think they killed themselves because Archeologists found 45 skeletons.

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The Mayans were a group of kingdoms and were separated, each kingdom had its own king. All the kingdoms were the Mayans though. Warfare could have struck down the Mayan Civilization because Mayans made human sacrifices declined the population. People were killing each other for the nature gods because it was believed that human blood and organs appealed to the nature gods. This leads to warfare in the name of god.- Sriram

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Historian first believed that the Mayans were a peaceful tribe, but later found evidence that they fought a lot. One evidence of this is there is mass fortification around their cities.

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Mayans were heavily involved in warfare which could be the cause of their downfall.

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Yesterday, the point that the Mayans contribued largely to deforestation within their area was brought up. With previous knowledge, I made the inference that the Mayans could have been brought down by plague because they didn't have the herbal medications that needed to be retrieved from the forest areas.

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Mayan leaders would demand their followers bring them materials such as land and water which often caused disputes.

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Mayan decline was caused because of their warlike behavior. The Mayans also were seen as a pacifist society at first but then slowly were recognized as a war induced society. The Mayans were very loyal to their gods and would do anything to sacrifice the people to the gods. The Mayans created huge stone walls most likely because they had lots of enemies.

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I learned that the Mayan's were thought to be kind people at first but soon was discovered as people of war. They made fortifications to protect them from enemies.

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Mayans were warlike, and that caused them to fall. War with other people and themselves broke apart their society.

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The Mayan decline was likely from warfare.

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The Mayans had never been unified, always separated. Their warfare was irresolvable as they frequently fought against the same enemy. This could have caused their civilization to fall apart.

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They had an appetite for war.

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People think they fought to please the Nature Gods. Stone monuments, Ceramics, and Paintings depicting war.

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I learned that a reason the Mayans might have become more warlike because of religious purposes. They might have done it in order to please the Gods.

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Mayans kept fighting over resources, land, and/or religion.

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one thing i learned is each Mayan place had its own leaders so they could have fought a lot that lead to their downfall

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The Mayans had an appetite for war. It is possible that they fought in the name of their gods.

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The Mayan king was killed and he looked like he was killed by being a sacrifice

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I learned that Mayan leaders were obsessed with war, causing them to be warlike.