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Was the country of Tabasco once a war desolate area?
Was Tabasco a land of desolation?
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Some of Tabasco´s abandoned archeological sites.
At some point in history, around the 9th century A.D. during the time of Chol Maya civilization, the state of Tabasco in Mexico, was a "war desolated area".
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When Tabasco enters history, long before the Spanish conquest, it was inhabited by the Chol Mayas...
The Chol world collapsed in the 9th century A.D. Drought and chronic warfare proved more devastating to the central lowlands (of which Tabasco is a western extension) than elsewhere in Mayaland. Populations were small and scattered. The forests, largely cleared for farming in the Classic period, returned. The Spanish conquistadors found a small and impoverished population. By and large, after early contact, they bypassed Tabasco; it had no gold, no cities, nothing except good land for farming and ranching. Even that land was too far from markets to be worth much.
...Thus, until a couple of generations ago, Tabasco was a tiny, sleepy enclave. Most of it was a world of water: the delta complex of Mexico's greatest rivers, the Grijalva and Usumacinta, as well as other rivers draining the Mexican highlands. Wandering sloughs threaded a vast rainforest broken by small clearings and plantations.
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Today, everything has changed. Tabasco is now one of Mexico's richest states, and its capital, Villahermosa, is booming thanks to its vast oil fields and underground oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.
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