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The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city - Geoffrey E. Braswell

The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city - Geoffrey E. Braswell

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Trace the rise and fall of the Maya city Chichen Itza, and how Yucatán’s unpredictable environment contributed to its demise. -- During the 8th century CE, warfare and failing agriculture forced Maya people to move north, to hotter, drier Yucatán. Because of its freshwater access, Chichen Itza became the most powerful Maya city, with nearly 50, 000 citizens at its height. But the region presented its own challenges and the city's golden age wouldn’t last forever. Geoffrey E. Braswell traces the city's rise and fall.
Date: 2024-04-25

Comments and reviews: 12


NOT PROVEN. The biome in Mexican peninsula is the place where it rains the most yearly, many times per week, and has been like that for probably millions of years. Ancestral vegetation and fauna still present today had developed there for thousands of years because of it. The mystery of how the Mayans disappeared is so unknown, archeologists just decided to close the chapter. There are no signs of civil unrest, no signs of war, no signs of mass migration, a 100 year drought would have caused that. This video is not completely educational, it ends in a fabricated tale derived from the lack of human consciousness expansion to actually admit we should, but we don’t know.
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Unnecessary trivia about me: The first time I saw the word Chichen Itza was on a classmate's T-shirt back on elementary school.
I honestly thought it's a word play on chicken pizza
No offense intended peeps, just little me being silly.

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Sooo. Chichen Itza's advantage is that it have caverns to preserve water so it could withstand drought, but it's downfall was that it had a drought. And to stop the the drought people through dead bodies into the caverns. Makes sense.
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Thank you for fcusing on Mayan history before the Spanish showed up. The Mayans have a rich history before Europeans showed up and they wrote it down. History is too Eurocentric most of the time.
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Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith - Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Hey Ted Ed love your videos but i was wondering if you guys can make an educational video of ear infection it’s fascinating how the ear works and how it suffers thank you.
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Funny coincidence: it happened to be, as this video was being released, I was in Cancun. The location of the city is only 2 Hour drive from where I am. very interesting video!
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Yes it was a beautiful culture although when you have a drought its probably not the best idea to sacrifice people and throw them into your water reserves!
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I really wish we could've learned more from ancient cultures rather than working to sweep them away just for the sake of greed and ego
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Soooooo. too many migrants made the city unsustainable when the draught came. Maybe they should have limited who could be citizens
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Well the Red Court of Vampires was enacting a massive ritual curse, so Harry Dresden had to intervene. (It's a book reference)
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I’m sorry, but when I very first read the title in the thumbnail, I thought it was going to be about some kind poultry dish
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