I am fascinated by the ancient empires of the Olmecs, the Mayans, the Incas and the Aztecs & have begun again to study them in earnest for the last month or so...while reading, researching, gazing at pictures of ruins, artwork & religious artifacts of these ancient peoples a question arises within me...these people built brick cities, giant effigies as well as sophisitcated systems for sanitation and irrigation...they maintained trade routes with their neighbors, adorned themselves meticulously...they had paper , a writing system and extensive libraries...they had an intense intimate connection with their world and everything in it... Through whose eyes were they UNCIVILIZED? My answer...NO ONE I have concluded that there is NO WAY that anyone fleeing from the Dark Ages and plague infested nightmare of Europe came into contact with beautiful peaceful powerful wealthy thoroughly spiritual people and thought Look At These Savages... the ancient Meso Americans were a largely metropolitan people living in large booming well built and well maintained cities are we to believe that adventurous sailors, themselves of several different ethnicities and backgrounds were put off by the body paint or piercings or different ways of dress that they discovered after having travelled thousands of miles from their home? I mean who sets out to discover "new " lands and expects to find folks there just like the ones they left back home...NO ONE I do not think any adventurer, mercenary, professional sailor or pirate looked upon the ancient MesoAmericans as Savages.... more to come... |
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