Why did the Mayan civilization came to an end?

Question

HELP!!

Answer 1

Although there is no universally accepted theory to explain Mayan decline, current theories generally have to do with some sort of ecological disaster such as disease or famine or are due to invasion from neighboring cultures.

Answer 2

The Apocalypse in present day circumstances mean "revelation on the proper of the age". The Mayan civilization has suggested that the global will witness severe mess united statesin 2012, December. notwithstanding the Mayan calculations are very suitable and precise that the fashionable scientist fails to compete them. i imagine there does no longer be any end yet there should be new starting up. yet definite, if in any respect they flow incorrect then they're going to lose some appreciate yet that's no longer going to ensue.

Answer 3

Mayan civilization came to an end?

I have thousands of friends and neighbors who would be very surprised to hear that! It was doing fine an hour ago.

To judge another civilization solely on ancient stones and pottery, while ignoring everything else around you, is foolish. Open your eyes.

Mayan civilization is, and has always been, what the Maya people make it. They are not done yet.

Answer 4

the only reason the maya fell because in 1521 the spanish came and took over mexico and all that so they try to unifted maya but it was impossible for them because they had to go throght was for that to happen to them but they lost and the people that they had fought they had ketp them and using them to pleasce the gods and hoping that they will win but they didn't

Answer 5

collapse refers to the decline and abandonment of the Classic period Maya cities of the southern Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica between the 8th and 9th centuries. In popular culture, the phrase refers to the commonly-held notion that all Maya cities (in all areas) were abandoned at this time and that their people “disappeared.” In this, the phrase is a misnomer, because the Maya people did not actually disappear and, although many of the southern Maya centers did decline and were subsequently abandoned, other cities continued through this transitional period while new ones were founded.[edit] Theories concerning the "collapse"
For reasons that are still debated, the Maya centers of the southern lowlands went into decline during the 8th and 9th centuries and were abandoned shortly thereafter. Archaeologically, this decline is indicated by the cessation of monumental inscriptions and the reduction of large-scale architectural construction.

Although there is no universally accepted theory to explain this “collapse,” current theories fall into two categories: non-ecological and ecological. Non-ecological theories of Maya decline are divided into several subcategories, such as foreign invasion, peasant revolt, and the collapse of key trade routes. Ecological hypotheses include environmental catastrophe, epidemic disease, and climate change. A final theory proposes that the Maya decline was related to the consequences of Maya activities and their impact on the local environment. These activities are largely related to agriculture, and include clear-cutting and general deforestation.


[edit] Foreign invasion
The archaeological evidence of the Toltec intrusion into Yucatán in Seibal, Peten supports the theory of foreign invasion. However, most Mayanists don’t believe that foreign invasion was the main cause of collapse; they postulate that no one military defeat can explain or be the cause of the protracted and complex Classic collapse process.


[edit] Peasant revolt
Archaeological evidence indicates that Maya building projects and expansion was at its peak from c. 730 to 790, with constant enlargement and building. The majority of the burden was placed on peasant workers in the cities. One theory attributes the collapse of the classic Maya to a hypothesized revolution among these lower classes. As life became more burdensome, work began to undermine the religious development and collective enterprise of ordinary people. The increased burden of work is what many believe caused Maya people to abandon their values and revolt against the elite of society. This would explain the abrupt collapse of elite functions as well as unfinished buildings, and ceremonial centers. Peasant revolt also explains the evidence of the burning of temples and smashing of thrones. It is believed that once the elite lost ceremonial centers they no longer had the power to sway people with religion through demonstrations and sacrifices. Peasant revolts throughout the empire would have happened slowly and at different times, which explains the gradual decay of Maya culture and power from c. 750 to 1050. However, even though the internal revolt theory may be convincing, it still has its flaws. It is not directly documented in the surviving written record. Also, some have trouble crediting that a religious ideology strong enough to lead to the impressive surviving monuments would have been abandoned so violently and abruptly.


[edit] Collapse of trade routes
It is also possible that the decay of the Maya is related to the collapse of their intricate trade systems, especially those connected to the northern city of Teotihuacán. Teotihuacán abruptly declined around c. 650 to 700, the fall of this city is believed to have contributed to the sudden change in Mayan economic and trade functions in the highlands, which resulted in a ripple effect of decline across the entire empire. Mayan kings relied heavily on tribute from the city of Teotihuacán as essential to their dominance and control of subjects. It is also believed that as cities grew in the late classic (c. 700 to 900), periods, they could no longer sustain themselves and were forced to become more specialized. As cities became more specialized they relied more heavily on trade. However, Mayans were not equipped to handle trade at such a magnitude because the absence of the wheel and beasts of burden made it difficult to move heavy amounts of goods from one place to another.


[edit] Environmental catastrophe
The catastrophic event theory focuses on one or more natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, as the cause of the collapse of the Mayans. However, the lack of archaeological evidence makes it unlikely that a single natural disaster caused the long collapse. At the same time, several successive natural disasters, each of less than catastrophic proportions, might have caused the collapse.


[edit] Epidemic disease
The disease theory is also a contender for explaining the Mayan collapse. Widespread disease could explain the rapid depopulation of the classic Maya civilization and the lack of recovery over the long run. But the difficulty of getting archaeological evidence makes this theory not universally accepted.


[edit] Climate change
A still further theory is that rapid climate change and severe drought contributed to the Classic collapse, based on the evidence of the Lake Chichancanab. This evidence, found in shells recovered from Lake Chichancanab (in modern Quintana Roo state in Mexico) by a team from the University of Florida, suggests that the area suffered the worst drought in 7,000 years in the 9th century. This meteorological event is apparently connected to that of northern Europe, which suffered extremely low temperatures around the same time (the same connection between drought in the Maya areas and extreme cold in northern Europe was found again at the beginning of the 20th century). This evidence seems to support the theory that an unusually severe drought leading to a catastrophic decimation of the population was the driving force behind the collapse of Maya civilization


[edit] Environmental impact
The ecological theories of Mayan decline usually focus on the worsening relationship between Mayan civilization and agricultural conditions in the late classic period. The archaeological evidence has shown that the majority of Mayan agriculture was dependent on a simple slash-and-burn system. Based on it, the hypothesis of Soil Exhaustion was advanced by O.F. Cook in 1921. Similar assumptions are erosion and intensive agricultural and Savanna grass competition. Advocates of an ecological underpinning for the collapse point out that this does not in any way preclude simultaneous revolts, wars, disasters, or diseases, caused or exacerbated by the ecological strain.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_collapse"

Answer 6

Due to the death of the Dynasty !