"The Caste War 1847 - 1904" Topic
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Tango01 | 24 Dec 2018 12:26 p.m. PST |
"The Caste War is a well-known episode of the Yucatecan past and had a profound influence on the history of Northern Belize. It was not only the largest and most successful of Yucatan's rural rebellions, but also the central event in the peninsula's modern history and the source of much of Northern Belize's culture. Historians have attributed a number of theories for the cause of the war: to the privatization of public lands; to a group of Mayas rebelling against powerful and bigoted intruding Europeans (known as Yucatecos); or as a defense to retain their lands against these same Yucatecos. The seeds of the conflict can be traced to the second decade of the 19th century, when a series of conflicts between Yucatan and Campeche erupted. The Maya Indians were inlisted by the Yucatecos to fight on both sides. In 1847 hostilities reached the point to which the Yucatecos military formed battalions of Maya Indians to attack other Mayan towns. One Mayan battalion entered Valladolid and massacred the inhabitants. As a result of these incursions, the fury of the Maya grew…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Cyrus the Great | 25 Dec 2018 9:53 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 26 Dec 2018 11:59 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand
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