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I think the mayans left cause of the blue hole of there dissaperence...

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Actully... I think the "Mayans" left because of the blue of there dissaperence...

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Actully... I think the "Mayans" left because of the blue of there dissaperence...

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I believe that the maya"s  vanished through out the years because they were in the olden times so they probably died.

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I think the Mayans died because they couldn't find water and they swam across th blue hole and they got sucked up

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I think that the Mayans left because of a drought also because of all the attacks on all the city states.

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The Mayans were gone all because of a drought.

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The mayans vanished because of a drought and about the blue hole scientist has a lot of eveidence. And sometimes by sickness.

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I think what happened to the Mayans are invaders might have came and invaded maya and the had fled before other people got there and all they left was there pyramids and there history for us.

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i think what happen is that food went low and so did there water and so they had to go somewhere else

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The Scientists believe that the Mayans Left because of the drought and the blue hole told them everything they dug into the sediment and it was a drought the knew of the time the Mayans left

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THE MAYAN"S WHO PLAYED HOOKIE FROM   THE WORLD AND GOT SCIENTISTS AND THEORISTS ALL CURIOUS

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THE MAYAN"S WHO PLAYED HOOKIE FROM   THE WORLD AND GOT SCIENTISTS AND THEORISTS ALL CURIOUS

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I think it could probably have been that the animals in the place they were at  could have migrated somewhere else and the Mayan's could have went that way too but since they grew crops and didn't hunt the drought that scientists had discovered could have made it hard for their crops to grow and they had to adapt somewhere else probably.

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I think that they left their cities because of a drought. The water systems could have been too hard to use, so they left the cities.

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I think they vanished because of the drought the scientist say that they drilled down the water hole and saw that when the Maya were there so i think they vanished because of the drought.

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I think they had gotten out of their cities and villages because of low water resources and low food resources, and they had many enemies, for example one of them where the Tikals. The reason I have the enemy theory is because, after all Mayans had abandoned their homes, there were Copan and Takal markings all around.

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In my opinion, I think that the Mayans eventually had a really big drought and didn't have enough water for all the people to live off of so they might have left to another location

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The theory I think happened to the Mayans was that there was a big flood because their city was in between two rivers. So those two rivers killed many people. The Mayans didn't want that to happen again so they had to leave to a new area for a new city. The other theory I had was there could've been another village/city and attacked their city. And then they had to go to a different place so the would get attacked.

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i think the Mayans disappeared because of the blue hole. i think this because the scientists have lots of evidence to prove it. for example, they drilled into sediment that shows there was a drought that the time the Mayans were around. this could mean that the Mayans had to move bcause there wasnt enough water to live

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i think they left because the soil my have be used to much and there was not alot of new soil any more

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I think the Mayans abandoned their city because they were in a drought at there time and they did not have a water source near them

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I think the Mayans left because they had so much people and resource but they didn't have a water recourse causing them to gather there resources and leave they were also close to the coast line that is giant armadas of Spanish ships to arrive and make them flee and some parts of the Mayans homes were inside of rain forest can hold advanced sicknesses that not even the Mayans could have cured I think it is a mix of all of those reasons

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I think they disappeared from where they lived because the would were low on water resources. Or because there was just to many people living per square mile. I also think they disappeared cause they were scared of the spanish and they  didn't want to be hurt by them.

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What I think happened o the Maya was that there was a big flood and it had killed many and others had to evacuate.They could have also fled because of the heat and how less they had food and water to survive with.I think they probably went to a jungle.That is where they left to so they can grow crops and eat food and have plenty of water.

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I assume the Maya abandoned their villages because of low water resources/drought,  there were many enemies as neighbors, Tikal depended on engineering to make artificial reservoirs, and both the cities Palenque and Copan were vulnerable to attack from the nonMayans (mostly jealous of Palenque's wealth and power).

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I think that the Maya disappeared because of a drought.

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we think that the Mayans dissapeared because of the drought and because the food and all of the crops got ruin

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I think they left because they were running out of water and probably also loose food or crops.

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I think that the Mayans left because they probably wanted to live next to water and  more food resources

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I think they disappeared because they had ran into a drought also that some of them might be worried that they weren't  going to live much longer because the drought was holding them back . Also because they were pretty much all depending on an artificial reservoirs.

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I think that the Mayans disppered because they did not have a water source so they died of dehydration

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I believe that the myans had a drought and were scared of the Spanish, so they fled.

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i think the reason the Mayans disappeared is because most of their cities had no local water sources of water and the fact that they went through a drought probably is what killed them off

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I think that the Mayans disappeared because they ran into a huge drought and started running out of water, so the left and decided to search for a place where was water was easier to access, leaving behind an unforgettable legacy.

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I think the Mayans vanished because they didn't get as much water like California and maybe it was a big place so everyone was using water to stay alive and maybe they ran out of water and people started to die of thirst.

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Why did the Mayans disappeared?

I think the Mayans disappeared is that the blue holes sucked all the water so the Mayans had a drought and if they had a drought then they had no water so they all probably died of thirst

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In my opinion they left because of the source of water, there was a drought.

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Justin Klotthor                                                                                                                            .                                   Why did the Mayans leave

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Justin Klotthor                                                                                                                            .                                   Why did the Mayans leave

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I think they left because of the drought that caused a loss of food and they didn't want anyone to learn about all the things they learned.

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I think they disappeared because of the blue hole. It might of caused a drought and so that's why they didn't have enough water to be alive.

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I think that they left because they knew that the Spanish were coming and they had killed off a lot of people because of their games.

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I think the Mayans left their great cities because of droughts. The Mayans had to heavily depend on water reservoirs. When they run out of water they will be dehydrated and they would need to abandon their cities and find more water.

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Why did the Mayans leave there great cites

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Why did the Mayans leave there great cites

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i think they left because of a prediction that told of great danger. and a great lack of water...
and a big blue HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!

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I think they left because of the drought they had and not having that much food.

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I think they left because they did not what the Spanish to take their stuff are hurt there people. one other reason they might have left is they did not won to be killed by the neighboring city that they lost a battle to.

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why did they leave they didn't really have a clear reason and i wonder whyt

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They probably ran out of water or resources and had to leave because there were no resource to harvest.

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I think that the hospitals where overrun with people diagnosed with dangerous Illnesses and died. or they ran out of usable food and people to sacraface.

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The Mayans left because of the population density was to high for them so they decided to divide from each other and live separately from each other so they do not over populate. i also think they died of diseases or other things like lack of food or water.

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No one really knows the full truth behind this story. But I think they disappeared because they faced so many obstacles. Meaning they faced droughts, not enough water for their crops, and because of that people would start getting sick and weak if they didn't leave and find a better place with enough water to drink and for crops.Clearly, they had a good reason to leave from where they were staying.

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In my opinion i think that, after reading historical facts about the Mayans i strongly think that, when the Mayans disappeared it was because when they faced that huge drought. the drought may of caused a large lack of there crops not to grow, and there food. but when the Scientists found evidence for there disappearance in what they call the great blue hole and drilled the hole and dived in. this may be true that they have figured out why they all disappeared or this mystery is not solved to what happened to the Mayans.

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I think the Mayans disappeared because they didn't want people to attack the cities anymore and they didn't want to live like that at all they kepts running out of resources so they would starve or dehydrate so they had do make the decision fast so they decided to leave and maybe someone will find out were or how they disappeared

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In my opinion, I think the Mayans disappeared because of the huge drought they faced. The drought could have caused a large lack of food, or crops to live off of. Scientists found evidence of their disappearance in the great blue hole by drilling in the sediment and diving in. Maybe the scientists are correct and their theory is truly why the Mayans disappeared, or maybe the mystery has not yet been solved.

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I think the Mayans left because, The huge drought they had they couldn't do much with a drought there crops started dying. Scientists believe  that the blue hole was a the reason they left because the blue hole captured all the water from the rain . So they drilled down in the sediment and found the blue hole where people now go swimming so we believe that the blue hole is the cause and reason why mayans left.

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I think the Mayans left because they had a low leverage on water resources, which then they left and went to somewhere there is water.

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The Mayans had a huge legacy but disappeared randomly without a trace, but scientists have discovered a possible way they could have died. The blue hole in the middle of the ocean must have drain their water supplies, causing them to go to war over food and water, killing them of dehydration and/or being stabbed to death.

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The Mayans were an advanced civilization, but for an unknown reason, even to scientists, the Mayan civilization suddenly disappeared. I think the Mayans disappeared because of the lack of peace and resources. The blue hole in the Mayan territory also could have been involved, because it is one of the causes to the drought in the Mayan area. There is also evidence of many wars and battles that could be traced back to the Mayan disappearance.

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I think that the Mayans left because they didn't have  much water and resources, which lead them to a drought and also lead to the blue hole.

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Why did they leave all their cities behind???

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Why did they leave all their cities behind???

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No one knows why they all abandoned their cities. Some theories are that they left because of drought issues or because they ran out of their trade rout supplies. These might be true but we don't know for sure yet.

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For some reason when the Mayans were living they just abandoned their cities IDK why. But scientists believe that they left because of a blue hole that creating a drought.

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I think the Mayans left because there was not that many water resource, and they faced a drought, which made them leave the place because they did need water and they didn't have that many.

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I think they left because they had no source of good local water.

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The Mayans left because of a huge drought they had. Scientists went diving in the blue hole drilled into the sediment and found times of historical drought matching up to when the Mayans disappeared. Since they had no water they couldn't water there crops so they all died and they had nothing to eat or drink

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why do they leave all the cities behind???

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why do they leave all the cities behind???

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how did every city that they end up going to have a drought?, and how many cities did they even go to.Where did they go they just randomly disappeared???

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The Mayan civilization could have collapsed for a number of reasons like not having enough food but in my opinion, i think they didn't have a good water source and they were in a drought, therefore the Mayans territory was abandoned.

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I think the disappeared because their crops kept getting flooded with water so they had to find new farming ground but then the blue whole kept taking all of their water so they might've found a location hidden from everyone. They probably sheltered their new home so they're hidden and the rain doesn't flood their crops.

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Did They Disappear or Hiding Somewhere Sacret?

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Did They Disappear or Hiding Somewhere Sacret?

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I think they Disappeared Because they ran out of water from the blue hole and ran out of water for there only food source crops or maybe they just got flooded by the water that kept pialing up more and more over all the years and a big flood came and wiped out a lot of people over time so maybe they just dident want to stay there anymore so they just ended up moving away from there cities and finding somewhere else to started to build somewhere else so they they dont lose everybody and grow more food.

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My theory on how the Mayans disappeared. 

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My theory on how the Mayans disappeared. 

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I thought the Mayans disappeared because of their lack of water.The Mayans did not have a lot of technology,like water filters,so the Mayans probably went to search for water,or died of thirst.

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i think the Mayans dispersed because of their lack of water they had barley any water at all they had some rivers but that was it and plus they got attacked a lot

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What I think is that maybe the mayans were running out of something so like they had a drought or they run out of stones to make their pyramids or statues and they went to look for it but mostly I think it was a drought because In aviseo it talked about a blue hole and probably something happen to that so that is what I think

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To me, I think the Mayans disappeared because of the blue hole. I think it was the blue hole for one reason. I think they could've gotten in a really bad drought and left and probably didn't survive. I also think it was because since it was really big, it might've attracted other people and they attacked them and the Mayan's didn't win. My last reason is that since they lived around a lot of nature and wild life that the animals might've give them a bad disease or the wildlife attacked them as well

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I think that the Maya disappered because they might not have enough resource like water and food or in war.

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In my opinion I think the Mayans disappeared by either the drought or even by war. Honestly if it up to me like it is now then I would say they vanished or disappeared by the drought and that's my best bet. If they all died by war then that's pretty amazing well not really because then all the families and the fathers and maybe even the new born were killed by whoever and thats my second reason on how they all been assassinated.

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I think the Mayans slightly died off and then they scattered into small villages. They might have died off due to small wars that we yet to discover or maybe even lack of food and water.

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I believe the Mayans disappeared for two reasons. One, because of the "Blue Hole." The "Blue Hole" was a big hole on the bottom of the ocean sucking in all of the Mayan water causing a huge major drought killing off a ton of Mayans. Secondly, I believe the Mayans disappeared due to warfare. For example, it says in Mr. Alarcio's slideshow that the Palenque city had frequent, frequent battles with non-Mayan groups.

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I believe the Mayans disappeared because if the droughts. I also think that their villages got contaminated by the wild animals and got a diease.

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I think the Mayans disappeared because they didn't want people to attack the cities anymore and the Great Blue hole may have caused them to have a really bad drought and they didn't want to live like that anymore and all the resources cept down and down and they would starve or dehydrate so they had do make the decision fast so they decided to leave and maybe start a knew village that know one knows about and someday the scientist will find out were or how they disappeared.

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Many people have very distinct theories , but mine matches up with what scientist believe is evidence. I believe, that the Mayans disappeared because of their drought, which is now just known as the "blue hole", because they say that the sediment that was drilled matched up with the Mayan times. So I'm going with the evidence provided to me and believe that this was all caused by a drought and there truly was no one who could stop that from happening and this all could of started before their own life span so from the time they were created this could've all been happening little by little concluding to a disappearance that is truly unknown, and everything you can do is assume what could've ever happened back then.

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In my opinion  the Maya abandoned their city because of there drought and I believe their population  died out. Also the "blue hole" had some major impact they could have gotten more water and lived in a new place they must have at least lived  somewhere and didn't tell anyone where they were.

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I think the reason why they disappeared is because they did not have lots of water due to the drought they had and another reason is that they might had not so many resources they needed probably  because of the lack of water they were  getting  and last is that they probably most of the Maya population was killed because of the war .

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I mainly think that the Mayans disappeared because their villages either got infected by a or many diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. also they could have been taken over by their enemies, but the enemies preserved their buildings  because they were well designed, and they wanted to design their structures the same way. They also could have possibly had a drought and their water source deminish to less than what could sustain a Mayan village

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I believe the mayans could have disappeared by war. I think they could have had a plan to get more resources they were lacking by going to another civilization and attacking them, when they attacked, the unaware civilization could have retreated the area and came back with weapons and beat them.

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I think the Mayan's disappeared because of the lack of water, so droughts. In the video about the blue hole the first thing they talked about was the drought they had there, so that's also why I believe that they abandoned Maya. They could've also disappeared because of the blue hole. Scientists went down to the blue hole and drilled holes into it. They found out that the sediment rock from there was also about the same time that the Mayan society disappeared.

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I believe that the Mayan society disappeared because of lack of water. In the sources provided by Mr. Alarcio it says that they had great  big oceans and a gulf besides them, but they didn't have enough consuming water. In the video the blue hole it first talked about how a big drought happened around the same time the Mayans disappeared. To me that sounds suspicious.

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In my personal opinion, after reading different historical facts about the Mayans disappearance I strongly believe that they disappeared because of the major drought. The Mayans had plethora of food and crops and they as well had very fertile land, but as soon as the drought started happening they started to lose all their crops and livestock. This caused different types of conflicts all around the Mayans. Some cities were running out of food and other important resources, and others still had plenty but not for long. The Mayans were still not getting enough water which affected everyone and caused them all to vanish and find another place to settle in. All of their food supply had ran out and this all affected the trade as well. People didn't really have a reason to stay so they disappeared out of the Mayans.

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I personally that the Maya disappeared because of a drought. They didn't have enough water, they had to go get water somewhere else. They had to get water from somewhere else since there was a drouht and they hardly had enough water

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I personally think that the maya faded away because there wasn't enough everyday resources such as water. Also because the population died out.

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I personally think that the Mayans had many different causes for their disappearance. To begin, the first reason why the Mayans left is the "Blue Hole". I believe that this is one of the reasons the Mayans disappeared is because it was sucking in water and caused a drought. Furthermore, the second reason is that they had many wars. I believe this because in the text that was given to us on our slide show it says, " Among Copan's most famous ruler was Gopher, who was eventually captured by forces from archrival Quiriqua, a Maya city downstream that battled with Copan over long-distance trade routes. Recent excavations at Copan have revealed a residential area for the cities nobles, including the home of the scribe who seem to have been the relative of the king." I believe that this means when the king was captured that the city fled. In conclusion, I think that many things lead up to the cause of the Mayans disappearance. Although I believe that there were many things to cause the Mayans to leave, war and lack of water are the top to reasons why I believe that the Mayans fled/disappeared.

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I believe they disappeared because of erosion to there huge cubey pyramids and they could-int keep fixing them and over years the jungle took them over and so they all split up and went into a bunch of tiny villages.another why may have bin war with other tribes and just maybe them-self's. and ya they may half gone cuss of the drought

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I think the reason the Mayans vanished was that they could have had a very bad drought causing them to evacuate their homes and try to find a new place to live.  If they were looking for a new place to live something could have happened to them like animals attacking, sickness, a lack of water, or they could have been violent wars as well.  And those are the reasons on why I think the Mayans vanished.