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The Fall of the Ancient Maya

Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit

Aug 6, 202654:33Society & Culture

What happens when a civilisation at its peak begins to fail? Historians have long been fascinated by the Maya Collapse in the 9th century: why the great cities of Mesoamerica were abandoned, why their populations disappe...

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The Fall of the Ancient Maya is an episode from Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit. What happens when a civilisation at its peak begins to fail? Historians have long been fascinated by the Maya Collapse in the 9th century: why the great...

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