Maya are mainly distributed in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western Honduras and El Salvador. Although in the Neolithic Age, it made great achievements in astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, art and writing.
Maya civilization was formed around 1500 BC, and an early slave country was established around 400 BC. It reached its peak in the 3rd to 9th century, and15th century was destroyed by European colonists such as Spain. Since then, the Mayan civilization has declined rapidly and has been lost in the tropical jungle for a long time.
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In the history of ancient world civilization, Mayan civilization seemed to fall from the sky and suddenly declined at the most glorious moment. /kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, Spanish colonists set foot on the land of Central America and came to Maya tribes.
Translator Maya introduced his civilization to Spanish Bishop Lando. Lando thought it was the work of the devil and ordered it to be burned. After this catastrophe, the Mayans suddenly disappeared, and their splendid culture became a mystery.
American diplomat Steven's travel documentary "Gap and Yucatan Peninsula in China and America" aroused people's enthusiasm for studying Mayan culture, and many people devoted themselves to studying the catastrophe in Spain in the middle of16th century.
There are only four Mayan classics and some stone tablets and murals. Stay. For hundreds of years, these three Mayan classics have attracted countless people to decipher Mayan characters like gobbledygook, and in the end they are all sighing.
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