Can anyone tell me (serious question) why the Mayans (and Incas/Aztecs/etc) are heralded as some great civilization? As far as I can tell (and admittedly I’ve done little investigation) they couldn’t do in 900 AD what the Minoans had done in 2000 BC (yes, I stubbornly still say BC) or what the Egyptians were doing in 3000 BC.
Why were they so behind the rest of the world? Is it just further evidence that life started around the Fertile Crescent and it took that long to disperse out? And is it further evidence of how long life had to be around before they were advanced enough to, say, create a civilization like the Minoans or Egyptians? (Or is it evidence that a supernatural power, I.e. God, must have enlightened them - otherwise they’d be as backward as the Mayans after 2000 years?)
Furthermore, what’s the deal with acting like the Mayans are so great? PC bs? Pushing it on us to prop up the idea of flooding illegals into the States? Bc, frankly, after as much time as they had they should’ve been able to come up with something better than what they had. So I see no reason to be impressed. Then again, I may just be ignorant and racist. Which is why I’m asking.
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UnknownCitizen ago
Aliens obvi. Orrrrrr one can take a more academic approach and examine tangible things the differ between great civilizations and the when and how of it. I can’t go into great detail because that would be an exhausting exercise but a primary example would be natural infrastructure. South America has very little in the way of natural infrastructure like planes, rivers, harbor, bays, etc. Brazil is a prime example of the issues that is still causing. Sure, they have tons of water up in the Amazon, but a vast majority of their most fertile natural planes nearly completely lack rivers. So you grow all those crops and can’t get them anywhere to feed people. You may think people could live on the planes but there is very little in the way of salt and easily accessible protein sources. Read up on Salt. It was basically oil before we discovered geology. It was extremely rare (could only be found in known desposits above ground, farmed at sea or consumed through other animals) and required by a person to stay alive. Generally a civilization solves these issues through trade but it’s a bit of a catch 22 on the road situation, especially if they are constantly rained out and muddy as they are in South America. There’s very little in the way of farm lands along the coast. Add to these issues having to fight EVERYONE the second you got ANYTHING accomplished and yeah it makes sense why they were so far behind.