Explain Mysterious Disappearance of the Mayan Civilization
No one can say for certain what happened to the Mayan people, but theories abound and include varied possible alternatives to explain the abrupt and mysterious disappearance of the Mayan
Maya people were an ancient group of people that encompassed of the northern Central Americans and the Native Americans. The Maya group of people mostly established their homes in the present Guatemala located in Mexican. The Maya history rose to become prominence in A.D. 250 because of the Mesoamerican civilization that mostly noted for well written languages. The Maya community was also well known for their art, astronomical systems and mathematical and architecture. The Maya community is also well known for developing calendars and epigraphy so as to make them easier for human usage (Hervik, 2002).
There are various theories that are actually used to explain the mystery concerning the disappearance of the Maya people. Some of these theories encompass of the ecological hypotheses theory and foreign invasion theory. The ecological hypotheses theory explains that epidemic diseases and change in the climate are the main aspect that led to disappearing of the Maya people. When the climate started to change, it was difficult for the Maya people to adapt to the change. Other epidemic diseases that lacked cure also caused death to the Maya community. Matthew Restall in his book elaborates, that the foreign invasion theory also suggests that the introduction of new communities and societies such as Spanish people also lead to the disappearing of the Maya people (Hoffman, 2005). This was because of wars and conflict that lead to death of large numbers of the Maya people.
According to Francisco Montejoa historian, the ecological hypotheses theory vividly explains the mysterious disappearing of the Maya people. Because of the change in climatic conditions and epidemic diseases, the Maya people reduced in numbers and disappeared. Extreme cold temperatures which caused diseases caused death to the Maya people. For this case, a large number of the Maya people died. However, not all the Maya people disappeared since in the current world, there are still small numbers of the Maya people (Men, 2010).
Reference
Hervik, P. (2002). Mayan people within and beyond boundaries: social categories and lived
identity in Yucatán, London: Routledge
Hoffman, M. (2005). The history of the Maya: using computational skills in problem solving,
New York: The Rosen Publishing Group
Men, H. (2010). The 8 Calendars of the Maya: The Pleiadian Cycle and the Key to Destiny,
Chicago: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co, 2010
