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 * ﻿ Why: ** did this society end? Why did it start? Why is it the way it is... why that religion, beliefs system, culture, etc...

** Why Did this Society Start? **   The Mayans started as different civilizations, but soon became one complex culture through the development of things such as astronomy. (www2.truman.edu, 1) ** Why Did this Society End? **   The Mayan civilization collapsed from being abandoned. That is one thing that is agreed on by many people; however, why it collapsed there are numerous reasons for. Arthur Demrest’s theory is that the collapse was caused by warring states. Another theory, as proposed by William L. Fash, is that the upper class people started to demand to much from the workers, which started to annoy them and they refused to give the upper class what they wanted and needed to survive.