Why did the Mayan civilization come to an end?
By the beginning of the 8th century, the Maya civilization was at its peak, constructing and maintaining cities of such size that future researchers speculated that they could have been constructed by the Lost Tribes of Israel or the phoenicians. However, only 150 years later, the thriving Classic Maya civilization was in a state of collapse, undergoing one of the most destructive social and demographic shifts in human history. Despite this, the Maya would not succumb to Spanish conquest until 1697, almost two hundred years after the Aztec and Inca eras. The Maya story is a tale of triumph and tragedy, where ancient empires are destroyed but new powers emerge.
