What role did the colonizing spaniards play in the long process of understanding the maya?

Despite their role in the conquest, colonization and exploitation of Indian peoples in Mesoamerica,  Spanish officials, priests and travelers are one of the most important sources of knowledge about the old cultures of the pre-Hispanic era. They wrote chronicles and history books and other documents describing Mayan codices, architectural works, hieroglyphs and some customs and even Mayan legends or myths.

Explanation:

peasants’ war, (1524–25) peasant uprising in germany inspired by changes brought by the reformation, peasants in western and southern germany invoked   divine law to demand agrarian rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords. as the uprising spread, some peasant groups organized armies. although the revolt was supported huldrych zwingli and thomas müntzerits condemnation by martain luther contributed to its defeat, principally by the army of the swabian league. some 100,000 peasants were killed. reprisals and increased restrictions discouraged further attempts to improve the peasants’ plight.

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