2012 = Mayan Calendar + biblical armageddon

[mike]

Most likely because of the mayans mysterious disappearance as an entire civilization. heres an example, http://mayanarchaeology.tripod.com/id2.html

"All of the Mayans did not disappear; although millions did vanish, all at once, about 1,200 years ago, in the ninth century AD. "

Its the link you posted and quoted from..............................

Youve cherry picked one line and ignored the rest of the data

Here is your quote in its entirety........

All of the Mayans did not disappear; although millions did vanish, all at once, about 1,200 years ago, in the ninth century AD. There are many, many Mayans living today, principally in Guatemala. There are approximately 5 million Mayans living today in Guatemala and southern Mexico. There are approximately 20,000 of them living in southern California. These fled the Guatemalan persecution by the army in the 1980's.
More recent investigations into the mass disappearance in the 9th century presents fairly conclusive data that this is what happened to millions of Mayans: In the Tikal area of Guatemala, there are relatively no rivers or lakes. Careful examination of this city shows that the area surrounding the temples and the plaza is slopped, sending the rain "run off" into deep reservoirs, one of which is about 125 feet deep. First, meteorologically, it has been determined that when the northern Atlantic area turns extremely cold, that the normal tropical rain band of Central America is pushed further south, into the northern part of South America. Secondly, scientific investigations of the ice in the far north, using ice
"coring" techniques have shown that the deep core corresponding to the 9th century A.D. shows an extremely low ammonia content, which indicates a time of extreme cold in the north Atlantic. Thirdly, three geologists taking "core" samples from a lake bottom in the Yucatan area of Mexico, found a white colored band which indicated a time of extremely low moisture.
Fortunately, within the white band, a seed was found. This seed was sent to be "dated". Its date showed it was 1,200 years old; the 9th century AD; the exact time when millions of Mayans disappeared, and their construction stopped. What happened to the Mayans? The answer seems to be that a prolonged drought resulted in no drinking water, nor water for plants and animals. Millions of them died of thirst and hunger.
Their majestic culture, along with the building of further great pyramids stopped.

If anyone is guilty of dis information here its you, you cherry picked one line about millions disapearing, and ignore the data as to why they did, then use this cherry picked data to create a "mystery" where none exists

Thats deliberate disinfo

 

[HotSoup]

If you actually think im going to read your troll post your wrong. There are many books you can rent from the library to read up on factual information. A library card costs like, a dollar.

 

[mike]

Thats fine, im sure everyone else can see the reality here, I'm quoting from a link you posted, youve cherry picked one part of the data in order to create a "mystery" that doesnt exist.

Not reading all the data data seems to be where youve gone wrong here

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The Classic Maya Collapse refers to the decline and abandonment of the Classic Period Maya cities of the southern Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica between the 8th and 9th centuries. This should not be confused with the collapse of the Preclassic Maya in the 2nd century AD. The Classic Period of Mesoamerican chronology is generally defined as the period from AD 300 to 900, the last 100 years of which, from AD 800 to 900, are frequently referred to as the Terminal Classic.<SUP id=cite_ref-0 class=reference>[1]</SUP> The Classic Maya Collapse is one of the biggest mysteries in archaeology. What makes this development so intriguing is the combination of the cultural sophistication attained by the Maya before the collapse and the relative suddenness of the collapse itself.
The highly advanced Maya centers of the southern lowlands went into decline during the 8th and 9th centuries and were abandoned shortly thereafter. Archaeologically, this decline is indicated by the cessation of monumental inscriptions and the reduction of large-scale architectural construction. A number of Maya cities, however, did not collapse, and Maya civilization continued until 1697 when the Spanish conquered Tayasal, the last independent city-state. In fact, after the "collapse," the Maya of the northern Yucatán prospered, and the Chichen Itza state built an empire that briefly united much of the Maya region. Because parts of Maya civilization unambiguously continued, a number of scholars strongly dislike the term "collapse."<SUP id=cite_ref-1 class=reference>[2]</SUP> Regarding the proposed collapse, E. W. Andrews IV went as far as to say, "in my belief no such thing happened."<SUP id=cite_ref-2 class=reference>[3]</SUP>
Some 88 different theories or variations of theories attempting to explain the Classic Maya Collapse have been identified.<SUP id=cite_ref-3 class=reference>[4]</SUP> From climate change to deforestation to lack of action by Mayan kings, there is no universally accepted collapse theory, although drought is gaining momentum as the leading explanation.<SUP id=cite_ref-4 class=reference>[5]</SUP>