Chapter 3 Summary Forest of Kings

Brice Hayden September 16, 1999 Professor Lorenz The main focus of the 20th century, or ever before that, is that we have made most of the singular inventions of mankind. However, another more fundamental form of invention existed. If we look at the Maya as a culture without many significant advances, they had few technological wonders. They were a Stone Age people lacking rudimentary developments such as the use of metal and the domestication of beasts of …

…Cerros had fallen to ruin. The question of why Cerros failed haunts archaeologists today. A major problem may have been the balance of power in the respected bloodlines of the peoples. Certain generations of people took control and their control may not have been rightly asserted. Another cause may have been that the people of Cerros couldn’t cope with a large-scale society. No one can ever be sure, but we sure like to guess.