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It's a shame how much was lost from some of these civilizations after colonialism. So much cool stuff gone forever.
by unitindex 3mo ago
It's a shame how much was lost from some of these civilizations after colonialism. So much cool stuff gone forever.
- applicative 3mo ago[flagged]
- throwaway_7274 3mo agoOnly four Maya codices survived destruction by the Spanish…
- applicative 3mo agoExactly zero of what must have been countless thousands of codices, whole limitless libraries, survived the reciprocal destruction of the Mayan polities.
- applicative 3mo agoNo cultural destruction visited by the Spaniards on the Mayan peoples can hold a candle to the destruction visited, centuries earlier, by the Mayans upon themselves, and from which their spectactular civilization never recovered.
- deleted 3mo ago[deleted]
- kci225 3mo agoWhile overly confident, your response is not factually correct. Are you familiar with Francisco de Montejo, a Spanish conquistador who burnt innumerable Mayan historical documents etc? Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo
- applicative 3mo agoThe Spaniards can have been as nothing compared to the Mayans themselves. The composition of these codices was at its peak hundreds of years earlier and zero survived the reciprocal annihilation that had not a trace of influence from the Spaniards who were under direct Arab colonial domination that was to last longer than any in the post columbian period.
- kci225 3mo agoSo I guess that answers my question.
- lioeters 3mo ago> We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction. > -- Yucatan Before and After the Conquest (1562) written by Bishop Diego de Landa who hosted mass book burnings
- suzzer99 3mo agoIronically though, de Landa's curiosity about the Maya language ultimately led to its translation in modern times. Without the written 'alphabet' that he had a Maya scribe write down for him at the time, it's likely that Maya script would still be a mystery cipher.