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Itza Mayan Highlands

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The cities in the highlands were the first to be abandoned. This was an area where for over 16 centuries, the Itza Maya farmers were able to produce an abundance of food on mountainside terraces. It was from their ability to produce an abundance of agricultural surpluses that the great cities in the Maya Lowlands and in the Yucatan Peninsula were able to grow so large and prosperous. With the combination of natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, the addition of wars and then drought eradicated the abundance of food. The densely populated Maya lowlands were now stricken with famine. This caused more wars and greater starvation so that within the period of a century, most of the cities became abandoned. Some of

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