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What happened to the Maya?

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Nobody actually know what happened to the Maya, all we know is...snap...their gone. There are some pretty weird theories. One is that the Mayans were taken by a UFO. That has about a 1 in a million chance that that happened. But there is no evidence against it so it could have happened. Also, the Mayans believed they could turn into an animal - and maybe they just stayed that way?! Also, the Mayans could have just - disappeared! Vanish from existence! None of these are very likely, but there is no evidence against it.

What is more likely, is the Mayans abandoned their cities around 900 CE (Common Era), but no one knows why. There is no evidence of war, or draught, for their items were turned on their side so it wouldn't mess up the top. We are still trying to figure out why.

I hope this answered your question, I am sorry if it did not.

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No one knows for sure, even today. However, the most accepted theory is that over exploitation of their Natural Resources led to a drought that lasted for more that 20 years an decimated the population to the point that the civilization fell in disarray, and only small, isolated groups of people remained.

You can see a brief example of this in the Mel Gibson film "Apocalypto", when they raze large patches of land to expand their already decaying civilization. One note though: the Mayans were already gone when the Spanish landed in Mexico, in the XVI century. What remained by that time were small city-states that where easily conquered by the Spanish Conquistadores.

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