jce_superbeast t1_j10tjsj wrote on December 20, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Reply to comment by absolutelyshafted in TIL that the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in modern-day Belize was founded in 1200 BCE, held more than double the population of the largest current day city in Belize (of 61,461), and the one of its temples, Caana, built ~9th century CE, is still the tallest building in the country today. by embrace-monke

The only thing that would have helped is if Europeans didn't have a mass colonization effort for several centuries after contact so that the populations could recover from the plethora of European diseases.