One factor that contributed to the decline of both great zimbabwe and the mayans was

The empire became to large for the available resources. The people and the animals grew at an alarming rate. The capacity of the land area to supply crops, kindling, brushing and every single other need of life. Since the Great Zimbabwe individuals did not have the innovation to transport adequate supplies over long separations, the main option would have been to scatter the general population.

Several different things make up a culture like, how the people worship, their form of government, geography, and trade. religion is one of the most important things to a culture, it defines peoples life. their different beliefs form into festivities and events that merge with their culture. people that practice hinduism see cows as gods, so no doubt they would celebrate cows, and these celebrations would definitely merge with their culture. those that are buddhist live life trying to reach a certain level of peace, so no doubt would they change things in their life in order to correspond with their religion.