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  1. At the time of the #SpanishConquest the #Maya had many #books painted on folding bark cloth, but Spanish #conquistadors and Catholic priests destroyed them whenever they found them.
    We’ll never know the full extent of Maya astronomical knowledge (...). What survives (...) represents just a fraction of what once existed. Yet even these fragments reveal a civilization whose astronomical sophistication matched or exceeded anything in the Old World at the same time.

    discoverwildscience.com/the-ma

  2. At the time of the #SpanishConquest the #Maya had many #books painted on folding bark cloth, but Spanish #conquistadors and Catholic priests destroyed them whenever they found them.
    We’ll never know the full extent of Maya astronomical knowledge (...). What survives (...) represents just a fraction of what once existed. Yet even these fragments reveal a civilization whose astronomical sophistication matched or exceeded anything in the Old World at the same time.

    discoverwildscience.com/the-ma

  3. At the time of the #SpanishConquest the #Maya had many #books painted on folding bark cloth, but Spanish #conquistadors and Catholic priests destroyed them whenever they found them.
    We’ll never know the full extent of Maya astronomical knowledge (...). What survives (...) represents just a fraction of what once existed. Yet even these fragments reveal a civilization whose astronomical sophistication matched or exceeded anything in the Old World at the same time.

    discoverwildscience.com/the-ma

  4. At the time of the #SpanishConquest the #Maya had many #books painted on folding bark cloth, but Spanish #conquistadors and Catholic priests destroyed them whenever they found them.
    We’ll never know the full extent of Maya astronomical knowledge (...). What survives (...) represents just a fraction of what once existed. Yet even these fragments reveal a civilization whose astronomical sophistication matched or exceeded anything in the Old World at the same time.

    discoverwildscience.com/the-ma

  5. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-

  6. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-

  7. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-

  8. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-

  9. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    🏺 www.heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-...

    Two indigenous communities tha...

  10. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    🏺 www.heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-...

    Two indigenous communities tha...

  11. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    🏺 www.heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-...

    Two indigenous communities tha...

  12. Archaeologists in #Mexico have identified two #Indigenous settlements that remained inhabited after the #SpanishConquest, shedding new light on the survival of native communities during the early colonial period:

    🏺 www.heritagedaily.com/2026/07/two-...

    Two indigenous communities tha...

  13. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #History
    #LatinAmerica
    #LittleIceAge
    #ClimateChange

    (19/19)

    ...the 16th century.

    How can this still/ever be resolved?

    //

    PS
    I'm sorry for the tedious page break, forced upon me by the Mastodon limit of 500k and the issue of counting handles, hyperlinks, as well as hashtags, too. 👎👎👎

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  14. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #History
    #LatinAmerica
    #LittleIceAge
    #ClimateChange

    (19/19)

    ...the 16th century.

    How can this still/ever be resolved?

    //

    PS
    I'm sorry for the tedious page break, forced upon me by the Mastodon limit of 500k and the issue of counting handles, hyperlinks, as well as hashtags, too. 👎👎👎

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  15. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #History
    #LatinAmerica
    #LittleIceAge
    #ClimateChange

    (19/19)

    ...the 16th century.

    How can this still/ever be resolved?

    //

    PS
    I'm sorry for the tedious page break, forced upon me by the Mastodon limit of 500k and the issue of counting handles, hyperlinks, as well as hashtags, too. 👎👎👎

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  16. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #History
    #LatinAmerica
    #LittleIceAge
    #ClimateChange

    (19/19)

    ...the 16th century.

    How can this still/ever be resolved?

    //

    PS
    I'm sorry for the tedious page break, forced upon me by the Mastodon limit of 500k and the issue of counting handles, hyperlinks, as well as hashtags, too. 👎👎👎

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  17. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (18/n)

    ...in particular in the present-day "developed" world.

    And yet another thought:

    Neither the biggest death bubble (WWII) im human history, nor any of the pandemics of the 20th and 21st century seems to have been able to cause a similar small "Ice Age" as did #TheGreatDying in...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  18. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (18/n)

    ...in particular in the present-day "developed" world.

    And yet another thought:

    Neither the biggest death bubble (WWII) im human history, nor any of the pandemics of the 20th and 21st century seems to have been able to cause a similar small "Ice Age" as did #TheGreatDying in...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  19. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (18/n)

    ...in particular in the present-day "developed" world.

    And yet another thought:

    Neither the biggest death bubble (WWII) im human history, nor any of the pandemics of the 20th and 21st century seems to have been able to cause a similar small "Ice Age" as did #TheGreatDying in...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  20. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (18/n)

    ...in particular in the present-day "developed" world.

    And yet another thought:

    Neither the biggest death bubble (WWII) im human history, nor any of the pandemics of the 20th and 21st century seems to have been able to cause a similar small "Ice Age" as did #TheGreatDying in...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  21. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (17/n)

    ...America was 10 percent of the world’s population before #Columbus. If that were true today, 👉there would be 700 million in the Indigenous world.👈" Imagine that.

    Besides, carbon use per person has increased dramatically, ...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  22. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (17/n)

    ...America was 10 percent of the world’s population before #Columbus. If that were true today, 👉there would be 700 million in the Indigenous world.👈" Imagine that.

    Besides, carbon use per person has increased dramatically, ...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  23. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (17/n)

    ...America was 10 percent of the world’s population before #Columbus. If that were true today, 👉there would be 700 million in the Indigenous world.👈" Imagine that.

    Besides, carbon use per person has increased dramatically, ...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  24. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (17/n)

    ...America was 10 percent of the world’s population before #Columbus. If that were true today, 👉there would be 700 million in the Indigenous world.👈" Imagine that.

    Besides, carbon use per person has increased dramatically, ...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  25. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (16/n)

    ...we see from this study is 👉the scale of what’s required [to battle anthropogenic #ClimateChange], because #theGreatDying resulted in an area the size of France being reforested👈 and that gave us only a few parts per million."

    Picture this:

    "Indigenous...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  26. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (16/n)

    ...we see from this study is 👉the scale of what’s required [to battle anthropogenic #ClimateChange], because #theGreatDying resulted in an area the size of France being reforested👈 and that gave us only a few parts per million."

    Picture this:

    "Indigenous...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  27. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (16/n)

    ...we see from this study is 👉the scale of what’s required [to battle anthropogenic #ClimateChange], because #theGreatDying resulted in an area the size of France being reforested👈 and that gave us only a few parts per million."

    Picture this:

    "Indigenous...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  28. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (16/n)

    ...we see from this study is 👉the scale of what’s required [to battle anthropogenic #ClimateChange], because #theGreatDying resulted in an area the size of France being reforested👈 and that gave us only a few parts per million."

    Picture this:

    "Indigenous...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  29. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (15/n)

    ...the 1500s cannot be balanced until large-scale vegetation regeneration in the Americas is included. 👉#TheGreatDying of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas resulted in a human-driven global impact on the Earth system👈 in the two centuries prior to the Industrial Revolution.”

    And what...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  30. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (15/n)

    ...the 1500s cannot be balanced until large-scale vegetation regeneration in the Americas is included. 👉#TheGreatDying of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas resulted in a human-driven global impact on the Earth system👈 in the two centuries prior to the Industrial Revolution.”

    And what...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  31. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (15/n)

    ...the 1500s cannot be balanced until large-scale vegetation regeneration in the Americas is included. 👉#TheGreatDying of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas resulted in a human-driven global impact on the Earth system👈 in the two centuries prior to the Industrial Revolution.”

    And what...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  32. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (15/n)

    ...the 1500s cannot be balanced until large-scale vegetation regeneration in the Americas is included. 👉#TheGreatDying of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas resulted in a human-driven global impact on the Earth system👈 in the two centuries prior to the Industrial Revolution.”

    And what...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  33. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (14/n)

    ...the #LittleIceAge?👈
    And was that a result of “natural forces” or because of the “large-scale #depopulation of the Americas after European arrival, subsequent land use change and secondary succession...”?!?

    The authors say their study shows that the “global carbon budget of...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  34. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (14/n)

    ...the #LittleIceAge?👈
    And was that a result of “natural forces” or because of the “large-scale #depopulation of the Americas after European arrival, subsequent land use change and secondary succession...”?!?

    The authors say their study shows that the “global carbon budget of...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  35. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (14/n)

    ...the #LittleIceAge?👈
    And was that a result of “natural forces” or because of the “large-scale #depopulation of the Americas after European arrival, subsequent land use change and secondary succession...”?!?

    The authors say their study shows that the “global carbon budget of...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  36. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (14/n)

    ...the #LittleIceAge?👈
    And was that a result of “natural forces” or because of the “large-scale #depopulation of the Americas after European arrival, subsequent land use change and secondary succession...”?!?

    The authors say their study shows that the “global carbon budget of...

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  37. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (12/n)

    ...approximately 90% of the population of the Americas that would be at least 10% of the global population in 1500 (430-500 m 6))--👉that would be the relatively biggest extinction-level event of humanity in historic times!👈

    Mind-blowing?
    Maybe (still) not...

    6)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estima

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  38. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (12/n)

    ...approximately 90% of the population of the Americas that would be at least 10% of the global population in 1500 (430-500 m 6))--👉that would be the relatively biggest extinction-level event of humanity in historic times!👈

    Mind-blowing?
    Maybe (still) not...

    6)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estima

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  39. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (12/n)

    ...approximately 90% of the population of the Americas that would be at least 10% of the global population in 1500 (430-500 m 6))--👉that would be the relatively biggest extinction-level event of humanity in historic times!👈

    Mind-blowing?
    Maybe (still) not...

    6)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estima

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  40. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (12/n)

    ...approximately 90% of the population of the Americas that would be at least 10% of the global population in 1500 (430-500 m 6))--👉that would be the relatively biggest extinction-level event of humanity in historic times!👈

    Mind-blowing?
    Maybe (still) not...

    6)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estima

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  41. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (11/n)

    ...👉if #TheGreatDying as part of the European conquest of the Americas were to be counted as but ONE conflict, the c. 54m casualties of the indigenous population would already be the 2nd biggest death bubble of humanity ever.👈

    With...

    5)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  42. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (11/n)

    ...👉if #TheGreatDying as part of the European conquest of the Americas were to be counted as but ONE conflict, the c. 54m casualties of the indigenous population would already be the 2nd biggest death bubble of humanity ever.👈

    With...

    5)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  43. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (11/n)

    ...👉if #TheGreatDying as part of the European conquest of the Americas were to be counted as but ONE conflict, the c. 54m casualties of the indigenous population would already be the 2nd biggest death bubble of humanity ever.👈

    With...

    5)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  44. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (11/n)

    ...👉if #TheGreatDying as part of the European conquest of the Americas were to be counted as but ONE conflict, the c. 54m casualties of the indigenous population would already be the 2nd biggest death bubble of humanity ever.👈

    With...

    5)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  45. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (10/n)

    ...fatalities (military + civilian fatalities).

    The biggest circle, as you had expected, was #WWII:

    "An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or 👉about 3% of the estimated global population👈 of 2.3 billion in 1940." 4) (#WWI 15-20m) 5)

    👉So,...

    4)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  46. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (10/n)

    ...fatalities (military + civilian fatalities).

    The biggest circle, as you had expected, was #WWII:

    "An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or 👉about 3% of the estimated global population👈 of 2.3 billion in 1940." 4) (#WWI 15-20m) 5)

    👉So,...

    4)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  47. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (10/n)

    ...fatalities (military + civilian fatalities).

    The biggest circle, as you had expected, was #WWII:

    "An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or 👉about 3% of the estimated global population👈 of 2.3 billion in 1940." 4) (#WWI 15-20m) 5)

    👉So,...

    4)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb

  48. #MexicanHistory
    #SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
    #ClimateChange

    (10/n)

    ...fatalities (military + civilian fatalities).

    The biggest circle, as you had expected, was #WWII:

    "An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or 👉about 3% of the estimated global population👈 of 2.3 billion in 1940." 4) (#WWI 15-20m) 5)

    👉So,...

    4)
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_

    @mina @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @2ndStar @MAJ1 @scb