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An American professor who studied the Mayas has come up with a new theory about the sudden end of their empire. According to Professor Richard Hansen , an archaeologist at the University of California , the collapse of the Mayan civilization in central American was brought about by the Mayans themselves .
Their object was to display their wealth and power by making their buildings and decoration as beautiful as possible. This involved using large quantities of lime , which they put on the walls to make them smooth. Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a process which requires intense heat, and they therefore had to cut down huge numbers of trees . This affected the quality of the soil , and it became almost impossible to farm.
Professor Hansen , who has just returned from an excavation in the El Mirador region of northern Guatemala , told a meeting of archaeologists in Philadelphia that the Mayas , having made this mistake in the 3rd century , repeated it 600 years later, at which time it proved fatal. Increasing food shortages among the Mayas created a Central American equivalent of the Peloponnesian War which ravaged ancient Greece . However, unlike the Greek civil war, which only lasted for 27 years , the Mayas wars went on for many centuries and left many of their great cities and temples ruins

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An American professor who studied the Mayas has come up with a new theory about the sudden end of chúng empire. Professor Richard theo Hansen, an archaeologist at the University of California, the collapse of the Mayan civilization in Central American was Brought about by the Mayans Themselves.
Their object was to display wealth and power by making có có buildings and decoration as beautiful as possible The . This INVOLVED using large Quantities of lime, put on the walls mà chúng added to make smooth. Tại, the creation of lime is a process requires intense heat mà, and therefore had to cut down chúng huge numbers of trees. This quality of the soil the AFFECTED, and it became almost impossible to farm.
Professor Hansen, who has just trả from an excavation in the El Mirador region of northern Guatemala, told a meeting of archaeologists in Philadelphia rằng Mayas, having made ​​this mistake in the 3rd century, 600 years later repeated it, it proved fatal at mà time. Increasing food shortages Among the Mayas created a Central American equivalent of the Peloponnesian War ravaged Ancient Greece mà. Tuy nhiên, unlike the Greek civil war, only lasted for 27 years mà, the Mayas Went on for many centuries wars and left many cities and Temples of chúng great ruins