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How did the Maya survive?

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by redwood

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Incredibly interesting.
Amazing to think at the very moment Europe was entering the Dark Ages, the Vikings were starting to raid, and Muhammad was having his visions, this civilization had built something comparable to what the Roman Empire had done in italy..

by ljsprague

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>Some Maya cities were established hundreds of years before the founding of Rome, and they included significantly larger architecture that still stands.
The Pantheon is qualitatively different than the massive pyramids the Maya built.

by 1234letshaveatw

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There must be incredible pressure on historians to be contrarians. Who is going to pay any attention if you are like "yeah, I've been employing novel techniques and new tech and discovered that all the stuff everyone has been saying is spot on" Not criticizing this article in particular but I am skeptical of this sort of stuff because I feel like the outcome of the research is predetermined.

by jasonpeacock

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1491 is a great book about the history of the Americas before Columbus.
https://a.co/d/03l04Lvv

by ViktorRay

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The title is clickbait but the article itself is highly informative and interesting to read. Highly recommend it.

by domoregood

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by javier_e06

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by agentzed

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