Engineering an Empire - The Maya 5/5

Engineering an Empire - The Maya Part 5

At the height of its glory, this mysterious civilization ruled a territory of 125,000 square miles across parts of Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. What began as a modest population of hunters and gatherers expanded into more than forty flourishing city-states who engineered sky-high temple-pyramids, ornate palaces and advanced hydraulic systems. Where did they come from and what catastrophes caused the collapse of this innovative civilization? From the Temple-Pyramids at Tikal, to the royal tomb at Palenque, to the star observatory at Chichén Itzá, this episode will examine the architecture and infrastructure that enabled the rise and fall of the ancient Maya civilization.

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• Engineering
• Empire
• Maya
• Mexico
• Documentary

[Afrocanuk]

That Spanish friar Diego Velandas made a monumental mistake by burning those Myan Texts. Obviously they would've also contained plans on how their empire was constructed. What a brainless screw-up!

[danielsmif]

God damned fucking Christians !

[MrStoneClark]

@Graham6762 My guess is these texts were never burned, but rather taken and hidden - say to the Vatican library.

[Ryundal]

"...one of the great tragedies in human history..." You got that right!

[Graham6762]

Yeah those educated Friars knew and respected history, they studied Latin text. Why in the world would they burn scrolls. Never burn books, imagine our world now if books were never burned.

[encognito21]

God Loves All Of His Creations

[DoubleVisionandco]

Leave it up to christian fanatical kooks to ruin and destroy all because they`re too fucking closed minded to consider that others who don`t share there views should be left alone. What`s killed more people than disease or any other cause combined? Religion. That mind set "Accept it or die" is what`s cost millions there lives. I`ve told many christians "I don`t accept it and it makes you so angry you want to kill me, ever heard of thou shalt not kill? Your not a christian, your a fanatical"

[TheDusteMikkel]

this guy is horrible lipsyncer...

[1wishfulthinking1]

Friar Diego De landa was... a bitch

[xOxKurdParstxOx]

a Very very clever and smart people! unlike the bloody barbarian Aztec demon worshipers.

[lyno51]

thanks for helping me with my history homework lol

[aluno955]

it would be wise the keep the one man's 'mistake' allegorical because we know very accurately and precisely well how the british, french and the Portuguese empires had plundered asia and africa, similarly the nazis' extermination of the jews. practically, we shouldn't forget that all these, 'expansion and civilizing missions' had occurred centuries after the spanish conquistadors.