'' Maya Warriors ''
Inhoud:
- 42 figuren in 12 standen
Afmeting: 23mm
The Maya were a people that inhabited an area that roughly equates to modern Guatemala, Belize and south-eastern Mexico. In the third century they established a very sophisticated civilisation which endured for around 600 years, known today as the Classic period. After that the civilisation went into decline, with many of the tribes and cities being ruled by outsiders, and by the 16th century there were still many small Mayan states, all competing with each other and frequently at war. When the Spanish came they could provide no united defence, yet this fragmentation also meant complete conquest was extremely difficult, and it would take very many years of bloodshed before the Spanish finally overcame all the tribes, killing and selling into slavery many thousands.
