Relying upon montaigne's "of cannibals," discuss what montaigne would make of the mayan ball game, in which the loser, often a king or high official, would be sacrificed to the gods.

The Mayan ball game, to Montaigne, would have symbolized or typified the natural state of the Mayan civilization, in particular its close proximity to less civilized world as demonstrated by the literal survival of the fittest game.