The History of Maya Cities: Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2023
- The lowland Maya left us hundreds of written inscriptions that recount the history of their cities, their kings and their wars. Let's explore this history in the first of three episodes.
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Chapters:
Introduction: 0:01
Chapter 1: Dynastic Origins and Classic Beginnings: 6:13
Chapter 2: The Long Shadow of Teotihuacan: 14:36
Chapter 3: A Tale of Two Cities, Tikal and Calakmul: 26:00
Chapter 4: The Calakmul Hegemony: 31:53
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Straight up. Some other youtuber's videos are hours long but contain about a paragraph of information.
As someone who's previous exposure to Mayan culture was mostly just new age woo, it's amazing to see it discussed with historical rigour.
I agree well said
Woo: great for roller coasters, bad for academia
OMG if you think Ancient Mayan woo is bad, try Ancient Egyptian woo 😑
@@SakuraAsranArt Yeah, there is a lot of really bad Egyptian pseudo history, but the thing is with Mayan pseudo history is more mainstream. Namely the belief by many that Mayans were all peaceful philosopher kings whom spent all their time staring at the sky. When that mel gibson Mayan movie came out, all the outrage was over the very real fact that the Mayans warred, raided, slaved, worried a lot about their version of end times and even committed a lot of human sacrifice at times. The movie was not historically accurate, but wasnt really meant to be nor was it bad or even preachy considering what a religious nutcase mel is.
@@anasevi9456 i don’t think anyone believes Mesoamérica was a peaceful utopia. the propaganda against mesoamerican people including the dull and inaccurate apocalypto swings so hard in a dehumanizing direction that opposing it leads to folks like you overstating things just to reinforce it.
I love it when a thing I want to see gets labeled with a part number, since that means we get even more than I was expecting
As a Guatemalan 🇬🇹 I’ve always been interested in the history of my people and my country, but unfortunately the history of the maya side of my heritage has always been less popular and less talked about. I appreciate this documentary on maya history very much and hope that you keep creating content like this, specially on topics less talked about.
I crave this Illustratrive quality of content,
every episode feels like a beam of knowledge!
Crazy how we have a “pre-classic” with such a metropolis as El Mirador
Thanks Gudea! Big fan of your reign!
A trilogy of the Mayan lowland history?! Sign me up!
AMAZING VIDEO! When i begged you to make a video covering the classic period like a year or two ago, i had no idea we'ed THREE videos on the crazy and dramatic dynastic historied of the great Maya kingdoms. The historical drama in these insciptions really is amazing to see on diplay like this, the constant betrayal and brutal conquests hint at so much human dram that you could write dozens of novels set in this period. I seriously hope you bring attention to the equally fascinating and detailed dynastic histories of the postclassic K'iche' and other highland kingdoms, because the wealth of post conquest literature is just as fascinating and exciting and dramatic as the classic period.
Thank you!
Mayan hospitality of the classic period:
1. Prepare a lavish meal for the guests;
2. Flee with everything else that you can carry before they arrive.
Deberías considerar publicar tus videos ambos en inglés y español, viendo como la mayoría de las culturas que tu presentas son ancestrales a latinoamericanos. Puedes doblar tu audiencia! 👍💚
Or you can learn English
I've actually looked into it but I haven't had time to follow up. I need to get back on that.
Seriously good advice! Because any history locked behind language barrier's disservices all of us.
Absolutely love your work here man
Si en Español fuera bueno. Pero las cultural de las que El habla NO Son ancestrales a Latinoamerica. Si hay Latinoamericanos con ancestors de aborigines Americanos pero Latinoamerica es un phenomeno Nuevo. 500 años. La verdadera cultura de estas Tierras, las Americas, son de varios pueblos y naciones aborigines. Los Latinos son ibericos. Mesomericanos no somos Latinoamericanos. Hablamos Espanol si pero los Norte Americanos hablan Ingles pero nadie los confunden con los Ingles fe inglaterra. Latino America es una celeberacion de la colonizacion, del genocidio.
@@AncientAmericasyou can pay people for that
The history of mayan cities is a very troubled one, but extremely interesting too. Several videogames and movies could be made about their wars and political stuff. Or just to see their past urbanistic majesty!
You should do a video about the Wari empire later. Probably the first empire in South America.
The Ancient Maya would be a terrific source of amazing media. There will be a Wari episode someday but probably not anytime soon.
My local Mayan warlord said he's arriving for dinner tomorrow and now I'm not sure whether to make a roast or flee in terror.
Have your guards present for sure.
3 parts?! Oh boy!
thank you thank you thank you for providing the internet with this page as a resource. I am a fashion student who is constantly drawing inspiration from my own ethnic cultural background (Mexican). there is no better way to do this than to study the history of the ancient peoples who occupied the land before Anglo-American colonisation.
Never apologize for having more Maya content in the works 😁 gaps in our understanding of the classical period (and book burning) aside, the amount of documented history that we DO have is frankly amazing, and compelling!
( also, those ruler’s names are very heavy metal-worthy 😂 and now I understand why mayan writing was equated to art, those glyphs are beautiful)
Thank you!
Your videos are so relaxing that I astral projected to the Mayan city of Río Azul 1500 years ago, right before the war lord, Siyah K'ak, arrived for dinner and your video helped me broker an uneasy peace, ty!
Another Maya docuseries !!! ❤
This will go down as the greatest coverage of the Mayan Civilization ever!!!!
Thank you! I hope in 10 years this video is outdated because that will mean that we've learned so much more.
@@AncientAmericas Maya believed in Unity , first and foremost as species to reach higher and united consciounsness. We follow the ancient version of the calendar of the pre classical and classical Maya!
@@AncientAmericas Also recommend books of the 9 waves of evolution by Carl Calleman - he essentially decodified the Long Count , and Calendar Rounds :)
Amazing videos. I really appreciate your time and effort educating everyone. It actually means a lot to me. I don't know how to convey that in just a simple comment
Thank you!
Lots of information, no bullshit. Thank you.
Can't wait for the next part to "arrive".
Out with the old and in with the new!
Today's my birthday, so seeing this video dropping makes me unable to help it but think that you've made a little gift for my day, love your channel, keep it up! ❤from Brazil!
Happy birthday!!
@@AncientAmericas OOH, THANKS!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹
Amazing video!
Most other videos about the Mayans just say the same 3 things: the Mayans existed, they built impressive cities, and then they collapsed. I always want to know more then the basics, and this video is one of the only documentaries I've seen that has thus far given that to me. I'm looking forward to part 2!
Thank you!
I’m happy and smiling every time you post. Really, thank you for your work.
I even asked my art history teacher how you would be for a source and she watched your Nazca video and said that you did a good job!
Thank you! Also, rather than using my videos as a source outright, I'd recommend checking out the bibliographies I post in the video descriptions. All the books and articles I used are listed there and they are much better materials for research than my videos. I'm not a professional and I do make mistakes.
Fascinating, thank you. I'm amazed at how much was recorded. These stories are incredible.
Thanks Dan!
Just two legends
love the Simon Martin shoutout! His lectures are amazing and I always love pairing them with vids from this channel
I love the maya, so I am *THRILLED* for this series. Truly amazing content from this channel as always. :)
Thank you!
Man… tryna synthesize an understanding of all this complicated political history of like 500 years with such limited info is wild! It’s so much time and so little info and so many happenings! Respect
Constantly jaw dropping every few minutes! This is incredible!
Thank you!
Your my favorite history channel. You do such an amazing job with everything. I click so fast when i see you post!!
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This series is amazing so far. Looking forward to the others.
Thank you! I'm hoping to have the second one out some time in the fall.
Part one you say? Always excited for these longer ones, and now we get two for one! joy. Edit: 3!? :D
Thanks! To be fully transparent, the next episode will probably not be part 2 but another topic. (One that has been very requested though!) I need a break from all the Maya research I've been doing.
@@AncientAmericas Love the heads up, thanks! Variety a great too especially to keep yourself fresh. We appreciate your efforts. I wish more people were invested in precolonial Americas
this is WONDERFUL thank you. the respect and celebration you show in sharing the incredible untold history of indigenous societies... is just inspiring! i am extremely grateful and PROUD, you rock ♡
Thank you!
Thank you for releasing this as a series. This length is manageable for my schedule.
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Tys for your videos, I'm indigenous from El Salvador 🎉🎉
You're welcome!
Oh boy this is going to be a long series and I'm up for it. Great video as always.
Thank you!
@@AncientAmericas Also have you read the book ? It gives a good overview of the styles and meaning of precolumbian art and architecture.
@@spacebunny4335 Sorry, which book?
@@AncientAmericas Sorry must of deleted the name by accident, it’s call The Art of Mesoamerica by Mary Ellen Miller.
Wow. Another outstanding video. Amazing how you keep your quality at such a high level. Thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your set and info u produce. As a 2nd gen immigrant from the k’iche people , your channel gives the attention and respect that my culture and history deserves, 10/10 respect for you. Would love to see your coverage on textiles that maya people have that is unique to every village in the modern day , and how that has evolved from our ancient roots. More power to you🙏🏼
I pursued anthropology and mesoamerican studies but it wasn’t a passion I could pursue for a career to live comfortably in. Please keep the content coming , and if I may suggest , to get into the gods and mythology in the modern time, since many maya people still excuse speaking their native tongue still.
Thank you! Textiles would be a wonderful topic but I'm no textiles expert so I'd have to get some very good sources to make an episode on that.
please bring more large videos like this, they are the best by far.
Thank you! They make good watching but they are daunting to make.
Great episode, I can't wait for the next part!
Thank you!
Thanks so much for the easily understandable and digestible information, I am a new subscriber now. You seem very knowledgeable which I can tell from your pronunciation. I am very intrigued by preclassical history as it shows the processes that link our natural primitive ways of living to modern times.
I often feel an irrational anxiety about the incredible historical records that have now been lost to looting, natural degradation or negligent archeology. This video comforts me because it seems we’ve figured out plenty on our own, and researchers are making progress and refining our understanding of ancient civilisation still to this day.
As always an excellent presentation backed up with solid research. Looking forward to the next chapters. Thanks too for the references. Even more info to dig into!
Thank you!
Greeting from Guatemala thanks for the class.
Woo hoo! A three part!!! I had to hold on till tonight so that I could concentrate on the video. 😊 Absolutely love your videos!!!!
Thank you!
Just in time for bed. Probably have to replay it tomorrow.
I love the series. So informative. Thanks.
Thank you! Part two should be coming in the next month or two.
I really enjoy watching your videos! I’m from Germany and I wanna study the ancient history of Mesoamerica. Thanks for the videos!
Danke schön!
Thanks so much for this wonderful explanation of the civilization which fascinates me. 🙏
YESSSS FINALLY THE MAYA I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR THIS!!!!!
Excellent presentation!
Thank you!! 🌿
lovely video as always! very happy to see this will be part of a series, classical maya culture is incredibly rich and only a multi part focus would be able to make it justice. also i love how metal maya names always are like imagine being known as "knot-eye jaguar" lol that's so sick
If you translate ancient Maya names of kings into English, the results are always metal. There's a ruler who's Maya name I'm blanking on but their name translates to "K'awiil's lightning burns the sky". Just awesome!
This is fantastic. Its like a college level lecture for free!
Bravo! I've known about all these events but you've done a marvelous job of putting them into a larger historical context. Thank you!
Thank you!
ya'll are killing it. Love these videos.
Thank you!
Another great video. Classic Maya history is awesome. Look forward to the next episode.
Thank you!
Thank you for your hard work and research! I find this all so fascinating! So amazing to have these inscriptions surviving that paint an interesting, albeit, sometimes ambiguous picture of the ancient Mayan civilization! Great video!
Thank you! I really liked making this video!
I appreciate this Maya series you're making
Thank you!
Best archeology content ever ❤
It’s like game of thrones out there! Fascinating stuff.
Watching this again to brush up on this history before jumping into Part II 📚🤓
Gotta tell my dawgs that Ancient America just dropped a new video
I didnt want to sleep anyway
You can always sleep later!
just starting the video but im already so excited
Hope you enjoyed it!
I wish we had a book of "Fire is born" like Tucidides work on the peloponnesian war.
Another great episode, really looking forward to the nex one.
The dates here make it seem so much more real and human. I wish all areas of American history had these dates and names attached to them. Love it!
Thank you!
I think I speak for all of us on the need for a video on Ciudad Perdida in Colombia. Keep up the amazing work!
Yes! That site is on my list but I have no clue when I'll actually get around to it. I haven't done any scoping for it but as long as there's good literature in English, it'll get an episode someday.
Something im trying to really grasp is if the people who lived during this time considered themselves to be Tikali or Calakmulian over being Mayan seeing as there was no unifying central mayan government and was more about the city states and we group them together as just Mayan today, best example i can think of is there are many slavic countries, with each country being a city state and they all share similar slavic culture which would correlate to be the Mayan grouping in this example, just some food for thought, i just discovered this channel and i am loving learning about this history i was shamefully never taught growing up, so keep up the good work!
That is an excellent question that I wish I had a good answer to.
This guy so dedicated to Native American religion he has a three-parter about the Mayans
Well, its a work in progress.
the Teotihuacan elite had DRIP, gotta be proud of my hometown 15 centuries back
definitely caught me off guard with the prince Harry comparison, the drama on this one could've been on tabloids (though I guess stiles are kinda similar)
👍Thank you for the videos👍
Another fabulous episode. I would love a behind the scenes look at how you plan and outline your videos. Maybe a Patreon post for the future?
Thank you! Maybe someday!
the only thing that keep me living life is knowing this channel still posts
Thank you although I would point out that well written books, hot cups of tea, newly fallen snow, fresh tiramisu and Rachmaninoff's piano concerto #2 in C minor are also wonderful reasons for living life.
I love the work you’re doing man❤❤❤
Thank you!
Can you make a video on pre-classic mayan and other mesoamerican civilization's politics?
Pre-classic Maya, got you covered: ruclips.net/video/s0wa3TZIlIE/видео.html
Other Mesoamerican politics, this is the closest I can do: ruclips.net/video/VfkX3rvc5VE/видео.html
@@AncientAmericas Oh, ok. THATS GREAT!
Always enjoy
Thank you!
the parallels with other civilizations continue.
this particular episode reminds me of both ancient pre-dynastic China,
and ancient bronze age Greece.
06:33 a total sidebar.
it becomes really apparent, by looking at the radiating circular river courses,
that something big hit northern Yucatan, at some point.
honestly wow cannot thank you enough!!!
Thank you!
Yayyy love these videos
Nice.
Wish there was more on the middle pre classic (the first Maya civilization 🥺) and late pre classic.
Been loving the channel. Maya Archaeology has come a long way (cue old man voice) since I was your age.
The past 50 years of Maya archaeology have been game changing.
Just started reading a detailed book on the Mayas by Davide Domenici AND spent part of the day binging Ancient Americas at work and home. The pin-point timing of this video couldn't be more wild.
What a lovely coincidence!
Thank you
Love this channel. You should do a video on the Borgia group codices.
Thanks! Maybe someday I will!
This is great. What a story.
This is gonna be fun
I literally just went to a Mayen Art tour, and I saw some of these artifacts. So cooool
Amaxing video. Very interesting.
Thank you!
Something you might have wanted to mention was that Sky Witness, the conqueror of Tikal, was buried at Dzibanche. So even though the Snakes were taking over Calakmul (to get closer to the action, I guess), the rulers still regarded Dzibanche as very important at least at that time, despite a possible later civil war. At the very least, it seems still to have been the dynastic graveyard.
Your videos are part of what made me want to become an archeologist
Thank you! Is there a particular area/culture you want to focus on?
@@AncientAmericas I haven’t decided yet, I haven’t even entered college yet. I just graduated high school
@@craigstephenson7676 Best of luck to you! Sounds like you've got an exciting life ahead of you!
Simon Martin a great share ❤
His material is always excellent!
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Thank you!
I have been to many of these sites, they are all very fascinating. The influence of Teotihuacan is seen throughout the area.
Thank you!
Awesome video man. Can't wait to see part 2.
On an unrelated note, do you have any videos about the South Appalachian Mississippian culture? I've taken an interest in the Etowah mounds and Muskogee history and I'd like to learn more but a lot of the stuff I find online tend to focus on the Cahokia mounds.
The closest thing I got is my Cahokia video. I haven't yet gotten to the south east.
@@AncientAmericas Oh well, I don't want to take up your time then.
But if I could ask one more question, how did the Classical era Maya control territory? I expected that city-states would project power from the city center and should logically be the center of their territory. But the map at 29:55 makes it seem that Tikal existed at the border of its territory. I mean, the shortest line from Calakmul to Naranjo comes awfully close to Tikal.
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Hey glad to see another of your videos! Do you think you can make a video about Wixarika people a lesser known group of indigenous people. But it would be greatly appreciated!
The Wixarika (Huichol as I call them) are on my list. They will get an episode someday but thats a long way off.
@@AncientAmericas awesome thanks for responding love your videos!
What a way to start the day :D
Thank you! I have an episode on the pre-classic but its more of a birds eye view.
Great stuff
Thank you!
Watching right now
Here again I never get bored, when does part two come
Probably not for awhile. I'm a bit exhausted by all the Maya research so we'll be shifting topics for the next few episodes. It will be out this year though.