Riimpak t1_iuhrnjc wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:05 PM

Reply to comment by LimeMime565 in Human burial grounds and bullets from Spanish guns uncovered at site of last Mayan stronghold in Guatemala by GullyShotta

Advanced how?

LimeMime565 t1_iuhx9da wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:50 PM

They had city states and archived architecture that's lasted almost millennia. Not very different at all from many European states before and during the dark ages

Artanthos t1_iuig0sq wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:01 PM

The Aztec had better sanitation than the Europeans.

In fact, they had better access to potable water than London had until mid-19th century.

NecroticPustule t1_iuirzpe wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Access to potable water < has guns and the ability to cross oceans

Artanthos t1_iuj1uqs wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:26 PM

Ability to kill =/= civilized.

NecroticPustule t1_iujc79n wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:35 PM

Yeah but that doesn't mean anything if your civilisation is gone

Artanthos t1_iujdrot wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:46 PM

The ability to kill does not make a society advanced.

The Aztecs where an an advanced society, but their areas of advancement were not all military.

But apparently the people on Reddit feel that that only thing that defines civilization is the ability to kill.

By that definition, Rome was less civilized than the Germanic tribes that overthrew them.