War is still that way. It solves some problems but causes others. It's never
truly good. /jmac
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The game had high stakes in many ways. It was used to settle disputes
between city states. Instead of a war they had a ball game. The players
were soldiers and the sacrifice of the losing team enabled them to
avoid the destruction of war for many centuries. Evidently the system
finally broke down when a Toltec with his band of soldiers from the
north conquered and crowned himself king of one of the Mayan city
states and proceeded to conquer his neighbors. There is physical
evidence that it was war that finally destroyed the Mayan high
civilization.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Mar 19, 2005, at 11:44 PM, James N. McBride wrote:
> As I recall the article I read on the subject didn't say they played
> to the
> death but rather that the losers were executed after the game. A
> sacrifice
> of some sort I think.
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