Traveling across America

What - you sense that Guatemala is like a powder keg: its territory is located 33 of the volcano, not all of them are active, but lava eruptions and earthquakes are frequent, phenomenon. After three centuries of Spanish rule, Guatemala in 1821 became an independent state, but still a long-awaited freedom did not bring this country nor prosperity nor stability. About 2000 BC. er. on the grounds of the current Guatemalan born and began his path to a flourishing ancient Mayan civilization: the first city - state appeared here over the I millennium BC. er. Hence, the Maya began to migrate to the territory of modern Honduras and Colombia. However, by X - XI centuries. Maya is gone, and it immediately took advantage of the tribes of the Toltec, the Mexican Indians. Soon most of the Mayan cities was destroyed. Although the grandeur of the city - states were only ruins, still about 40% of Guatemala's population are descendants of the Mayas. Read the rest of this entry »