Archaeologists and historians are still trying to figure out what caused the decline of Mesoamerican civilizations. Write one or two paragraphs explaining why you think it is important to understand why seemingly successful and strong civilizations fail. What might people today gain from understanding what caused those civilizations to end?

One way learning about how seemingly successful and strong civilizations fall is important because we can take knowledge away from their situation. Current civilizations may be based off of prior ones, we can learn from them. People today gain important knowledge from understanding what causes the civilizations end. It is important because it can allow our civilization to be stronger and more controlled since we will have learned from them. Learning from the previous civilizations will allow ours to grow and flourish, giving more guidance one what to do. This could help ensure that our current civilization will not go through the same collapse, or problems, as they did with theirs. We will be able to go stronger and have it as an opportunity to build a better world.