Week 7 : Task 3 - NOVA - Cracking the Maya Code

NOVA - Cracking the Maya Code


In the 16th century, Spanish explorer rediscovers the Maya, and also they scorched the their civilization. Especially, the May people had writing system and also their civilization thrived for over 2,000 years, distinguished by a sophisticated culture. However, the Spanish conquistadors took off their writing system and civilzation. So, today there are only four books or partial books survived.

After I watched this video, I suprised because of progress of the Maya civilization and the Spanish conquistadors's demolition. It is very deplorable event and never happen it.

Vocabular
1) scorch (verb) : to burn it slightly
2) sophisticate (noun) : someone knows about culture, fashion, and other matters that are considered socially important
3) conquistador (noun) : the conquistadors were the sixteen century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
4) demolition(noun) : the demolition of building is the act of deliberately destroying it. often in order to build something else in its place
4) deplorable (adj) : you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.