History of the United States I / Unit 1 USH1 0007 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Burning the Codices
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The idea
Maya records were kept in glyphs in folding codices. In fifteen sixty-two Bishop Diego de Landa burned them, fearing that converts had reverted to their old faith.
In practice
Only a few codices surviving that fire.
Where people slip
When the Spanish arrived in the fifteen twenties they met little organised Maya resistance, the great centres having been abandoned long before.
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