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1. Creating “the Maya”
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“Creating ‘the Maya’” begins with the paradox that the people we call Maya never thought of themselves as such. There was no unified Maya state, empire, or language. Historically, scholars have divided ancient Maya history into three periods: Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic. The ancient Maya were repeatedly “discovered” by the West since Columbus in 1502, and despite widespread beliefs about the decline of the Maya at the end of the Classic era and the real impact on population wrought by disease and invasions, Maya communities and cultures persisted. The recent disaster film 2012 rekindled interest in the belief attributed to the Maya that the apocalypse would happen in that year.
Title: 1. Creating “the Maya”
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“Creating ‘the Maya’” begins with the paradox that the people we call Maya never thought of themselves as such.
There was no unified Maya state, empire, or language.
Historically, scholars have divided ancient Maya history into three periods: Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic.
The ancient Maya were repeatedly “discovered” by the West since Columbus in 1502, and despite widespread beliefs about the decline of the Maya at the end of the Classic era and the real impact on population wrought by disease and invasions, Maya communities and cultures persisted.
The recent disaster film 2012 rekindled interest in the belief attributed to the Maya that the apocalypse would happen in that year.
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