The Fall Of The Mayans And The Incas

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“What experience and history teach us is this—that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.” G. W. F. Hegel. This German philosopher told us that just because people know about the past does not mean that people will act differently to change the future. All empires rise and fall; this is just part of the past and present world as we know it. The Greeks fell because of warring city states. Egyptians created one of the most recognisable and awe-inspiring constructions ever, the Pyramids, but still the empire fell and is lost to history. The Mayans and the Incas, considered by many of the Native Americans to have been the most powerful tribes in the Americas, fell and were never