The Maya Empire which includes areas that we now know as southern Mexico, western Belize and Guatemala peaked on its development with population of up to 16 million. That’s far more than previously thought. It was formerly believed that the Maya culture peaked with a population of around 7 to 11 million people spread across the territory 95,000 square km. The latest research builds on the 2018 analysis and has resulted in a 45% jump in the new population estimates of Maya civilization. The new estimates now range from 9,5 million to 16 million people in the late period from the year 600 to 900. In this article the author analyse the reasons why the Mayan culture experienced a breakdown more than 1,000 years ago. These reasons are established in the context with the influence of climate on the course of history and the vulnerability of mankind in the in the terms of transformations caused by climate change.
