From Dark to Light — Mel Gibson's Apocalypto: An Allegory of Child Trafficking, Torture, and Ritual Sacrifice
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The Mystery of the demise of the Mayan civilization is a black hole in history. I am fairly certain that the people rose up against their leaders, annihilated them, and subsequently abandoned the entire "Civilization."
I mean that region is Christian and Spanish speaking for a reason, too, minus in small tribes and communities where they maintain their Mayan dialects.
Yeah the movie ends with the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors. Not much mystery there.
Which is entirely historically inaccurate because the Mayan civilization collapsed around 800 AD
Actually not quite. There were Mayans around when the Spanish conquered them in the early 1500s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Maya
Semantics. Incans, Mayans, Aztecs. They're all Mexicans ;)
Not to mention that they were not a collective group. Maya is an umbrella term for the different groups in that area.
Hence why so many different languages exist. Even in tiny Guatemala there are something like 21 different Mayan languages, mostly in regions where many speak very basic or no Spanish (and cannot write)
I served a mission in Veracruz, Mexico when I was still Mormon back from 02-04 and the main dialect for the natives around there if I remember correctly was Naguatl.
There’s a reoccurring demise of civilizations dating back to the beginning of time.
They get too big, and too corrupt.
When the main character gets taken to the big city, it’s a cesspool of immortality like that of Sodom and Gomorrah