The Mayans had a period of decay after the classical period, in the 10th century, but a new period of prosperity began a century later, in which there were great foreign influences in the Mayan culture, mainly the Toltec, but the basis of civilization, the language of the general population, writing and religion (even with Toltec and other peoples influence) were Maya. It was these Mayans that were found by the Spaniards (in fact, there is an important error in the game, because the Mayan architecture presented in the game is a classic Mayan architecture, and in the game, a post-classical Mayan architecture should appear, which was even more similar to that of the Zapotecs… people who also unfortunately use classical Mayan architecture in the game. In fact, the Mayan pyramid presented is correct, it is post-classical. The other constructions are all typically classical… ). There was great Mayan resistance to the Spaniards. The Mayan territory, with its dense jungles, was more difficult to invade. Nejpetén, the last Mayan city, fell only in 1697, into the hands of Spain! Even though the cities were much smaller than the Mayan cities up until the 1400s, they held up very well, partly because they were small kingdoms, or city-states. Some Mayan warriors wore hardened cotton armor, like the Aztecs, and used latex as reinforcement. They used poisons! They had catapults with which to hurl stones or bee hives at enemies. The Mayans already had metallurgy, yes! Since the classical there are bells, copper, that they used, and in the post classical period, they learned from the Toltecs, Mixtecs, and perhaps from peoples of Central America, new techniques of working copper, copper and gold alloys, silver and gold. Only they didn’t use metals to make weapons, like the Aztecs, but arsenicated copper axes have already been found in Mayan territory, using the Purepecha technique. Whether they managed to trade or produced it is difficult to know. This “arsenic bronze”, is almost as hard as tin bronze, and does not corrode like copper. They had ingenious ways to defend themselves! It would be interesting to see them in the game yes. At the very least, if they don’t appear, the architecture is corrected and the classical structures can be used as ruins in the sets, and that elements such as Mayan slings, blowguns and bee catapults are added as native units.
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