What You Probably Don’t Know About the Ancient Mayans

Published on January 18, 2018
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Their Population

At the height of their civilization, the Mayan population reached as high as 2,000,000 people. But that didn’t mean that they were all at peace with each-other.

Their Population

Their Population

Civil War

Throughout history, experts believed that the Mayas didn’t fight each-other more than with a few short battles. But recently after a hurricane in the region, archaeologists uncovered new evidence which tells of mass civil war which resulted in the death of thousands of their own people.

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Civil War

Civil War