by Highland Cow
gabrielcohn wrote:
MisterG wrote:
Highland Cow wrote:
Foreign invaders perhaps?
Vikings, I think it was.
That would be the Spanish, who pretty much crushed the Mayans underfoot by the end of the 17th Century.
Ummm...no. The Mayan civilization declined centuries before the Spanish arrived. You're thinking of the Aztecs. (Of course, that doesn't mean that the Mayan PEOPLE disappeared. In fact, they're still there. Hmmm...game idea! My next one will be about the Zapatistas...)
Well ok, I admit to mentioning Vikings simply because they are always a treat to have in board games.
However, it was mean of you both to trample on my version of history. Remember, the Vikings enjoyed travelling and “putting it about” in foreign places. Can you be absolutely sure that they never interacted with the peoples of Central America, around this time period? It’s the kind of thing they would have loved to have done.