The Mayan apocalypse

You survived the Mayan apocalypse, or at least transitioned to the next baktun, number 14 according to the Mayan calendar. What real lessons does this [ancient:national] culture hold? First and foremost, the Maya are a case study in [adaptation:prediction] . Their complex civilization of powerful city-states collapsed, and the jungle retook those urban centers. But the Mayan people endured, today being the principle ethnic population of parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. European invaders did not end the era of the Mayan city-state. Although it was descendants of those Europeans who [came:bottomed] up with this apocalypse mumbo-jumbo. Research shows that what laid low Mayan society was something more [insidious::indigenous] climate change. A subtle shift in weather patterns brought less rain and the Mayan civilization was simply unable to cope with a prolonged dry period punctuated by several severe droughts. Given that our highly complex [civilization:nationalization] is also facing climate change,