[BTS] The American Experience [RI]

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In the midst of the 6th Mayan War, America had developed the craft guild. This organization of tradesmen would be instrumental in increasing production within the villages and towns of a growing America.



It was formally adopted by the American people as an economic civic.


Regions would then begin to form the guild hall to further enhance their power within the American civilization. With the presence of a guild hall, ordinary citizens might become craftsmen- skilled and prized laborers. Prior to this time, specialization within an area was largely the domain of priests, such as seen here within the Dakota Territory, or scientists where a library existed.


By 519AD, the Meriwether Lewis Expedition had reached a frozen region of the northwest that would come to be known as Alaska. Although Lewis had discovered quantities of shellfish, game, and gold here, due to its great distance from established American lands, few saw it as an area worth considering for later colonization. Regardless, the Great Polk expressed his personal appreciation for the accomplishment of this all-important task of exploring the great western and northern portion of the American continent.



In 573AD, what had happened no less than six times before, was once again repeated.



It was the time of the 7th Mayan War, and although no one knew, it was to be the last of the Mayan invasions.

 

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Before discussing the 7th Mayan War, it would perhaps be beneficial to review the development of the military development of America.

Following the Stone Age period when warriors, militia and archers were typical fighters, a new era dawned with the arrival of the Bronze Age. The skirmisher became a highly effective unit of the time, and it was the Mayan hornet thrower that dominated the battlefields of America for countless centuries.

The American short swordman of the early Bronze Age fought at close quarters.



The short sword over time gave way to the axe.



The discovery of iron and the technology of armor crafting led to the long sword and the organization of the Nordic warband.


In order to provided ranged support, the archer, and later the bowman provided protection to the swordsman.



Despite the progress of America, these units were all vulnerable to the Mayan hornet thrower due to their close range.

At the conclusion of the 6th Mayan War, two-thirds of America's population lay in the east while the great majority of her combat strength lay in the west commanded by General Knox.


Henry Knox had been born in Massachusetts. In his youth, he worked in a logging camp north of Boston and after a time yearned to see new lands. He later joined the American army, moving to Missouri. His success in the First Mayan War led to his appointment as the commander of all military forces in the west by the Great Polk.

Knox was an able and determined commander and had barred the Mayan's way to the east over the course of five more wars. The arrival of Generals Lee and Eisenhower simplified some of the defensive challenges in the east, but it was still a series of very costly fights each time the Mayans came to make war in America. General Knox continued to ask for more troops, but those in the east continued to press for improvements that led to economic growth. Her coastal fisheries required longships to provide protection against raiding pirates too. Until General Knox either received greater reinforcement or technology could provide an answer to the hornet thrower, he positioned his bowmen close to the stone walls of Missouri. It had become the bulwark to America's defense.

 

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All the documentation and biographic details makes it very interesting. Keep it coming!

 

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The seventh and by all accounts the most costly of the Mayan wars took place from 573-636AD. It did not start out well for the Americans. The Mayans sensed that time was running out if they were to subdue America. Their largest invasion force yet seen appeared in Missouri and in 579AD General Robert E. Lee died of wounds suffered at the hands of Mayan bowmen. This seriously undermined Virginia's enthusiasm for what seemed to be endless conflict, and combined with an epidemic in Virginia from 618-624AD prompted a call to surrender Missouri to the Mayans. This, the Great Polk rejected out of hand. Casualties of the 7th Mayan War were heavy with approximately seventy-five thousand dead on both sides. As the war came to a close, the Mayans had caused terrible casualties, but America remained undefeated.



America now resolved to bring about a major change to the capability of its army through the development of an improved bowman with greater range and strength. A weapon that was envisioned would have such range that it would finally be more than a match for the hornet thrower that to date had remained supreme. This would become the longbow, and with it would herald the decline and fall of the Mayan Empire.