Analysis Of The Collapse Of The Classic Maya

n “The Collapse of the Classic Maya”, Lucero talks about the Classic Mayans which took place in Mesoamerican around the years 250-950 C.E (Lucero p.814). His main focus on the article is about: political power, water control, and the collapse of the Classic Mayans. He claims that water control led to the demise of the Mayan civilization which was associated with political powers. Not only that but there were three levels of Mayan civic-ceremonial center: regionals, secondary, and minor. This power came from a relationship between center location, seasonal water supply, the amount of agricultural land, and settlement density (Lucero p.814). In the larger regional civic- ceremonial centers, the Mayan people lost total power in which they ended

He states worldwide slavery happens in places such as Indonesia, Africa, China and other places. For each place, slaves are being describes and label as animal and monster. Slavery within children began in ancient Geek and Roman. So for both Greek and Roman, child and slaves both fell under the power of the father or owner. Other places such as in ancient India the wife, son and the slaves did not have any rights to own a property. Another issue that Miller discuss was the fear of slave sexuality. In the Greek and Roman, slaves didn’t have the right make a family since slave were own by masters and couldn’t act on their own. It also stated that the sexuality of the female slave is seen as threatening and that they lack legal or socialized sexual character. Slaves as animals are considered to be “dangerous sexuality to the perception of the slave as nonhuman, which can be found in animal characteristics.” The slaves can fall into two section, either a wild animal or the slave is now more or less controlled and without power. If the salve is a monster it is seen mixed with the slave’s nature and a natural animal making him tame. The last point Miller make is the power of

Lucero article is about the collapse of the Maya civilization due to climate change and the effects of political power and water control. The other article talks about the psycho-social perceptions of slavery. Miller points out a few main idea that involves slave as a child, fear of slave sexuality, contempt, and fear: the slave as animal and monster and power of ambiguity. These two articles are connected through the power of control. You notice that for the Mayra’s the more power the ruler had, the more control he had over the people. On the other hand, slaves were considered the lowest class of the system. Until this day on you can still see people controlling other people in order to be satisfied and