The mayan world was not primitive - it was powerful, advanced, and far ahead of its time. Hidden beneath dense jungles and towering stone cities lies a story of kings, gods, science, and an empire that rose to greatness... before collapsing into silence. In the history of mayan civilization, you will uncover the truth behind a culture that mastered astronomy, built monumental pyramids, and developed one of the most sophisticated writing systems of the ancient world. Discover a plethora of topics such as oOrigins oMaya religion and medicine oThe classic period oWeapons and warfare oThe spanish conquest oMaya writing oAnd much more! There are still many mysteries about the maya. At one point in their history, several major maya cities were abandoned and left to the encroaching jungle while their people relocated to more inhospitable areas in the yucatán. There are many theories, but no one is entirely certain why this happened. We also don't know why the maya made important advances in the fields of mathematics and medicine and yet failed to develop, for example, the wheel or metalworking.