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    During the late 15th century, many powerful European Nations, headed by Catholic Monarchies emerged and consolidated their control and hold over large fragments of land and peoples throughout the peninsula. As these nations expanded; new trade routes and technologies exchanged hands, leading to improved standards of living, this resulted in extensive population growth. This meant that these nations had to compete for limited resources and space in order to sustain their people. Many of these…

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    The Maya Civilization

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    The Maya were an advanced civilization that existed in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, northern Honduras, and El Salvador. They were positioned in one geographic area covering the Yucatan Peninsula; this smart choice of area indicated that the Maya were aware and looked to remained somewhat protected from invasion by other Mesoamerican groups that could come in from northern areas. Unlike some other indigenous populations of Mesoamerica, the Maya were not one united empire, but…

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    Cozumel Research Paper

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    Located ten kilometers off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the diminutive Cozumel, also known as the Island of Swallows, is an underwater marine park that protects the delicate balance of its spectacular coral reefs and its diverse marine life. Whether urban legend, historical fact, or still contested “truth”, many believe that a Frenchman and undersea explorer by the name of Jacques Cousteau put Cozumel on the map when he declared the region the most beautiful scuba diving area in the…

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    to its source—in order to map trade routes during the Classic, Terminal Classic, and Postclassic periods. The results show that Classic trade relied mainly on inland networks, but there were emerging coastal routes, particularly along the northern Yucatan Peninsula, which, by the Terminal Classic period, were transporting large amounts while the inland routes saw great decline (Golitko et al., 2012, 511-514). This shows the shift towards coastal routes had begun before societal collapse, an…

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    Mayan Social Structure

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    civilization toward the northern Yucatan where they settled. The Post-Classic…

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    they might have formed a more complex and modern government, although unlikely. For one thing, without Spanish involvement there is no reason the Incan and Aztec could not continue expanding. It is likely to happen considering the importance of the Yucatan peninsula for trade, it be the next target. That is if the Aztec Empire didn’t collapse or start to lose power. One of the things exploited by the Spanish was resentful vassals inside the Aztec Empire, whether in a few centuries or decades a…

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    obligation to right these crimes, a crime committed against God is a crime committed against the crown. Las Casa gives conversion the ability to save someone's soul from damnation. While the friar were in the kingdom of Yucatan they were able to influence the people of Yucatan to convert into Christianity. The local chief brought their idols they formerly worshiped to be burned so they may fully commit to the Christian faith. The nobles “voluntarily subjected themselves.. to the Spanish Crown”…

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    the rest of the lion too. That is basically what the Mexican meant to the Spanish 1847 The Yucatán Maya rise up against the Mexican government, rebelling against the miserable conditions and cruelty they have suffered at the hands of the whites. The rebellion is so successful that the Maya almost manage to take over the entire peninsula in what has become known as the War of the Castes. The Mayans in Yucatan start rebelling against the government because of bad…

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    Tikal Influence On Maya

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    while Tula has 12 , both of which are remarkably similar in style. Hitherto it is probable that trade links were established between the two kingdoms limiting the effects of the drought enabling them to last a few decades longer than the other Yucatan poleis of Puuc and Coba who didn’t have such links. Moreover the speed of the decline was potentially dramatically increased on the regions where the Maya people who fled the hubs from Petexbatun inhabited, like Dos Pilas, as they went to…

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    the use of hieroglyphic writing all occured during the end of the Terminal Classic era. However, the series of droughts that occurred during the Maya collapse affected people in various different ways. In particular, people living in the northern Yucatán were only somewhat dependent on seasonal rains, whereas others heavily depended heavily on seasonal rains. And so many archeologists have suggested that ideology and political organization must be considered when examining Classic Maya social…

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