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Civilization of The Native America
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Civilization of The Native America
Charles C. Mann argues against the widespread notion that Native American societies
had little to no impact on their lands before the European contact. He uses the example of the
Maya people who experienced a population rise that was as rapid as was their decline. The Maya
have been widely broadcasted as people who overexploited the resources in their lands without
the thought to ensure that these resources kept reproducing (Ydstie, 2005). When they had
exhausted these resources, they began to die of hunger and thirst. Charles C. Mann explains that
the Maya had a long-lasting impact on their lands as they preserved the forest around them for
the wild animals which are demonstrated by the state that Europeans found them (Ydstie, 2005).
The people did not domesticate animals and the scientist believes that was down to the fact that
they were a keystone species who needed to take care of their surroundings than they looked
after themselves (Ydstie, 2005). Mann further reveals that the Maya were eliminated by disease
and not hunger and thirst as is believed.
The relationship between the Taker Native Americans and the Leaver Native Americans
was that of predator and prey and master and slave. This is demonstrated by the capture of
Leaver Native Americans (the uncivilized tribe) by the Taker Native Americans (the civilized
tribe) where they are chained and taken into slavery. The uncivilized tribe is made to construct
temples in the Mayan Kingdom of the Civilized Taker Native Americans. This scene along with
the build-up to the rest of the movie indicates that civilization already existed before the invasion
of Europeans into America. The fact that the Mayan kingdom was aware of slavery as a way of
gaining workers to work on their behalf along with the fact that the slaves were using actual
Civilization of The Native America
<Author name>
<Institutional affiliation>
<Course number and name>
<Instructor name>
<Assignment due date>
, 2
Civilization of The Native America
Charles C. Mann argues against the widespread notion that Native American societies
had little to no impact on their lands before the European contact. He uses the example of the
Maya people who experienced a population rise that was as rapid as was their decline. The Maya
have been widely broadcasted as people who overexploited the resources in their lands without
the thought to ensure that these resources kept reproducing (Ydstie, 2005). When they had
exhausted these resources, they began to die of hunger and thirst. Charles C. Mann explains that
the Maya had a long-lasting impact on their lands as they preserved the forest around them for
the wild animals which are demonstrated by the state that Europeans found them (Ydstie, 2005).
The people did not domesticate animals and the scientist believes that was down to the fact that
they were a keystone species who needed to take care of their surroundings than they looked
after themselves (Ydstie, 2005). Mann further reveals that the Maya were eliminated by disease
and not hunger and thirst as is believed.
The relationship between the Taker Native Americans and the Leaver Native Americans
was that of predator and prey and master and slave. This is demonstrated by the capture of
Leaver Native Americans (the uncivilized tribe) by the Taker Native Americans (the civilized
tribe) where they are chained and taken into slavery. The uncivilized tribe is made to construct
temples in the Mayan Kingdom of the Civilized Taker Native Americans. This scene along with
the build-up to the rest of the movie indicates that civilization already existed before the invasion
of Europeans into America. The fact that the Mayan kingdom was aware of slavery as a way of
gaining workers to work on their behalf along with the fact that the slaves were using actual
