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Maya built incredible cities hidden in the rain forests of Central America. Their civilaztion was at its peak for 750 years but about 1,000 years ago the cities were abandoned.

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Archaeologist think that a disaster (volcano, earthquake) hit them; diseases brought by invaders spread through the population; the population was too big which put too much pressure on the environment.

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It used to be a great city, but 1,200 years ago, invaders came killed the city´s leaders and throw their bodies in the water. They also killed the king and queen.

The city´s population must have been scared beacuse they escaped into the rain forest.

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Tikal is one of the greatest Maya cities. 1,300 years ago about 55,000 people lived there and had about 3,000 major buildings.

But its people left.

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Archaeologist think that:

Tikal might have a had a drought making it hard to grow food.

War with neighboring cities made Tikal week.

Maya believed thier leaders were gods. So when there was a problem like no rain or no protection, people started to question thier power.

The community might have fallen apart.