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Anecdote: Why did the Mayan civilization disappear? Rarely wiped out by aliens?

Mayan Civilization

By tannie rustyPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

Why did the Mayan civilization disappear?

The Mayan civilization first appeared in the Neolithic Age in 1500 BC, mainly distributed in today's southeastern Mexico Vitima, El Salvador and other areas.

The Mayan civilization was a group of ancient Indians.

An ancient and wise tribe, the history of the Mayan civilization is divided into pre-classical, classical and post-classical periods.

The reason why the Mayan civilization is well-known is because they made 5 predictions that shocked the world, predicted the demise of the Mayan civilization, predicted the appearance of planes and rockets, predicted the appearance of Hitler, the demon of war, and predicted the appearance of the world war. The eruption, which predicted the destruction of Earth on December 21, 2012, of which the first four predictions have been fulfilled.

But the fifth prophecy has so far not been fulfilled.

From the 4th century AD to the 9th century AD, which is the classical period of the Mayan civilization, the Mayan civilization was at its peak.

At that time, the Mayans were astonishing in their attainments in astronomy, mathematics, agriculture and art.

To give an example from astronomy, they used a complex formula to calculate that the time for the earth to revolve around the sun is 365.2420 days, which is different from the 365.24 we calculated by using the calculation. The difference between 22 days is only 0.0002 days, which is about 18 seconds.

This seems very incredible today. This has also made the Mayan civilization a topic that people have talked about for hundreds of years.

But by the 15th century AD, the glorious Mayan civilization gradually declined, and in just a few decades, the Mayan civilization was completely submerged in the long history.

Some people say that the Mayan civilization perished because they revealed their secrets and were punished by God.

Some people say that the demise of the Mayan civilization was an alien invasion.

in order to find answers.

Scientists risked their lives to go deep into the Mayan ruins in the virgin jungle.

Ultimately, they came up with the following possible reasons through extensive research:

1. Population explosion theory

The Mayan civilization developed over thousands of years. It has grown from a small tribe with a population of only tens of thousands to a super tribe with a population of millions or even tens of millions.

However, the places where the Mayans lived were mostly virgin jungles with lush trees. The place with the open platform has few tens of millions of people, and it is rugged among the narrow woods, which caused a lot of pressure on the society at that time, and problems and contradictions also followed.

For example, food shortages, poor living environment, etc., over time, the Mayan civilization gradually declined and annihilated.

2. The theory of geological disasters

The place where the Mayan civilization was located at that time was the intersection of two different geological belts, and the geological environment was very complex. Not to mention the mutual extrusion between two different bags, which makes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions often occur in that area. These natural disasters are destructive, lasting for a long time, and also show periodicity.

Some of the volcanoes at that time are still likely to erupt again today.

In the face of natural disasters, human beings are insignificant. Today's human beings cannot effectively resist natural disasters such as earthquakes and active volcanoes, let alone the Mayans hundreds of years ago.

3. Alien invasion

Speaking of alien invasions, people thought that the advanced civilization of the Maya at that time was attracted to aliens.

The aliens thought that the Mayans would threaten them, so they came to Earth and wiped out the Mayan civilization in one fell swoop.

But later this statement was gradually denied by people, and more people believed that the Maya were invaded by surrounding tribes and led to their demise.

Although the Mayans were highly academically accomplished, they were not good at fighting.

In order to compete for the advanced achievements of the Mayans, the surrounding tribes invaded the Mayan tribes.

The Mayan invaders, who faced ill-fated wars, defeated the Mayans effortlessly.

This can also explain the Mayan civilization, why the negative is so fast?

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