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.
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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.
Lesson by Geoffrey E. Braswell, directed by Hernando Bahamon, Globizco Studios.
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@micahbush5397 17 дней назад

A lot of people don't realize that Maya buildings were coated with plaster and highlighted with colorful paints, so I'm glad the animation reflects this history.

@kaycred3361 12 дней назад

We're just lucky we were able to get the vegetation growth off it. Thank God though the Europeans didn't tear anything down like this. They admired the cultures here, too bad they had a distorted view of admiring them.

@kaylawilliams8953 11 дней назад

According to my tour guide when I visited this March, they mixed sacrificial blood in with the plaster

@propaghosh3045 18 дней назад

The animation, the narration, the history- everything is perfect! Please gift us more historical videos Ted-Ed!

@mbahmicheal47 18 дней назад

Yes pls give us a whole bunch of em. I’m a student of History and International Relations and I’m finding the historical videos here on TED-ED very helpful.

@batman_2004 16 дней назад

Please donate them

@mbahmicheal47 15 дней назад

@@diminikolova if you are a lover of history, we could connect and share perspectives together. What do you think?

@MayaglezPCs 18 дней назад

As a Mexican I appreciate the great effort and good pronunciation of the narrator, well done!

@gillroygarlic3616 16 дней назад

Mayan history being slowly taken away from Mexico. When the Mecca is in current day Guatemala.

@RcsN505 14 дней назад

Question: do people in Mexico pronounce the in Mayan/Nahuatl names as 'sh' or as the Spanish 'j' when speaking Spanish? I'm thinking for small places and topographic names, like Xolotlan

@MayaglezPCs 14 дней назад

@@RcsN505 Neither, I'm not a linguist so I don't know much about, but we pronounce the X depending of the word as "JS" like in Xochitl or "KS" in Xalisco, similar as the name Xavier in Xmen franchise.

@NurseVic-sy5nd 17 дней назад

The fact that we get free videos on RU-vid by TED-Ed is truly a gift; keeping the education and knowledge alive. 👏👏👏

@yellowstarproductions6743 6 дней назад

Agreed.

@derkaiser420 18 дней назад

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.

@zabrak999 18 дней назад

Because Europeans dominated history, kiddo - cry about it 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✊🏻

@vombatidae2667 18 дней назад

@@zabrak999 Europe did do a lot but so did many nations and empires around the world. The only reason you think Europe was the only, and best one is because of the euro-centric misinformation egotistical rulers and racists have spread

@ThePursuitWOD 18 дней назад

That depends hugely on where you live, if you live in Europe (or the US/Canada where many people have English descendants) then of course history will be taught with a European focus. But history in Africa is taught with an African focus and history in Asia is taught with an Asian focus. And if you live in Cancún then I’m sure you would have learnt all this stuff in history. But it would make very little sense for someone in Japan to learn about this kind of stuff in school (unless they really enjoyed history and learn it on their own).

@user-lg6ij6to4r 18 дней назад

@@zabrak999😂 calm down you never would have conquered anywhere without native peoples

@grassytramtracks 18 дней назад

@@zabrak999 I bet you thought that was such a clever retort, didn't you? How much have you gone and learnt about non-European history

@paillette2010 18 дней назад

Mr. Braswell's enunciation does my people proud. Thank you.

@jrbship 18 дней назад

Braswell’s words + Adrian Dannatt’s narration = absolute gold

@paillette2010 18 дней назад

@@jrbship Thank you! And thank you Mr Dannatt! (should have read the credits!)

@jrbship 17 дней назад

@@paillette2010 👍 it’s a common misconception that the educator/writer also does the narration. Props to the professional voice actors who bring the script to life

@ShockCapo 18 дней назад

Como Yucateco realmente se agradece el trabajo invertido en esta pieza con contenido documentando la historia de la civilización maya con un excelente estilo artístico muy similar a la maya. Realmente sería muy excelente contar en español y maya la narración y/o subtítulos para poder presentarlo a las comunidades de la península ya que muchas veces desconocen de su propia historia por no contar con el material para verlo en maya y tambien poder preservar parte de la cultura maya que poco a poco se está perdiendo. Gracias. As Yucatenian i really thank you for the work invested on the film documenting the history of maya civilization with an excellent artistic style very similar to the mayas. It would be perfect having spanish and maya narration with subtitiles so it can be shown to communities on the Yucatan peninsula because often they dont even know their own past because they dont have a way of seeing it on maya lenguage and also could preserve part of the maya culture that little by little its fading away. Thank you.

@kuribo25 8 дней назад

Amigo sí tiene subtítulos en español. Entra a configuración del video

@The_Observer_god 18 дней назад

*_"You have to understand the past to understand the present"_* -Carl Sagan

@anzaklaynimation 18 дней назад

Yeah, this principle is used in every field of life.

@MultiDiscoMonkey 18 дней назад

Good timing. I'm going to Chichen Itza on Monday!

@maresgoez 17 дней назад

wear a lot of sunscreen and be ready to walk a lot. Also you have to pay twice at the entrance. Go straight to the ticket booth don't let the local guides sell you anything. It is much cheaper buying it directly. They speak English there. Have funn.

@tonnylee5766 5 дней назад

Have a nice trip

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@gagandeepbansal3437 18 дней назад

Narration and visuals👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@anzaklaynimation 18 дней назад

Voiceover is top notch. ❤

@SciMinute 18 дней назад

Wow It's been a while since I've seen a history video, it’s really informative! 👍

@MrsJudithWright 17 дней назад

whoever summarized all the history did a great job here

@ThrillSeeker3524 18 дней назад

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

@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female 18 дней назад

Learned from child sacrificers?

@JamesPeach 18 дней назад

@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female Did you by lynching and burning people in a cross?

@MimosaGomes 18 дней назад

@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female Spotted the ignoramus history. The Maya were a highly advanced culture, and Europeans also butchered children

@edcrespo1722 16 дней назад

@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Femalewhat are you complaining about?

@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female 16 дней назад

@@edcrespo1722 What are you talking about? Know nothing of the Aztecs?

@AkshayKumarX 18 дней назад

The narration and pronunciation in this one is Chef's kiss!

@amfnyc 18 дней назад

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!

@EnjoyPlantPower 18 дней назад

Imagine how many people are within two hours of this location 🤔

@jessicajayes8326 17 дней назад

The Feathered Serpent god, also known as Quetzocoatl has gotten so popular, there's a pterosaur named after him!

@Sunflowersarepretty 18 дней назад

The visuals are stunning and I love the narrator's voice. Another informative video!! I love learning about ancient civilizations. It feels surreal that long ago there were thes people who had their language which is either déad or spoken very differently then the original one, the culture and their lives.

@netzacoatl6327 18 дней назад

Their language is still spoken today. It is an endangered language. It is a Yucatecan Mayan Language.

@wooper2186 18 дней назад

Visuals and voice over are amazing as always

@DoShiAcademy 17 дней назад

it’s really informative!

@alpacaofthemountain8760 16 дней назад

Amazing work!

@opwave79 17 дней назад

The large cities may be gone, but I’m glad the Mayans in the Yucatán survived, and preserved their food and culture.

@natheriver8910 16 дней назад

Masterpiece 👏👏❤❤🔥🔥

@donnytes8304 17 дней назад

these animations are sick ❤

@alexsbarricades8218 18 дней назад

Ninth comment! Also I've wanted to see this for ages. Love you Ted ED!

@Passion84GodAlways 18 дней назад

THANK YOU!

@gailaltschwager7377 17 дней назад

Thank you!

@kotaowens6978 17 дней назад

More of these stories!

@michaelowino228 18 дней назад

Good video.

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@MimosaGomes 18 дней назад

Still hate how those books handle non-christian gods

@charlesvillarba8288 18 дней назад

365 Stairs equivalent to 365 days. Wow!

@WAKEupZORRO 8 часов назад

Fascinating archeological discovery

@josephvaz5238 18 дней назад

Nice

@revolz4602 18 дней назад

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.

@user-bp4nv3qp4d 18 дней назад

Admirable 💛💚

@dipr6408 13 дней назад

Next video on Kailasa Temple of Elora Caves

@ulfatiazul 18 дней назад

¡VIVAN LOS MAYAS! ¡VIVA MÉXICO! ¡VIVA LATINOAMÉRICA! SOMOS UN PUEBLO MILENARIO CON UNA HERMOSA HERENCIA PREHISPÁNICA

@markmunroe-hz8rf 18 дней назад

This is a great basis for a fantasy story.

@kirbymarchbarcena 17 дней назад

Learn from the past, Understand the present, Prepare for the future.

@nilslukacs1478 11 дней назад

Amazing video! Only caveat in my opinion: "diverse international culture" gets the point across but the term "international" may misleadingly project modern ideas of nationhood into premodern societies.

@nic558 18 дней назад

Most powerful city is a very BOLD statement.

@thatscrub8351 18 дней назад

Always wondered what happened to the Chicken Pizza.

@ryanburks1314 16 дней назад

How do you pronounce Chichen Itza, again?

@171QA 15 дней назад

Cool.

@deleted-something 17 дней назад

The Mayans were an amazing civilization

@someonethatexists46 18 дней назад

I love history

@carlaconc2411 18 дней назад

Will you be posting this video in your spanish channel? Atte. Una mexicana 🇲🇽

@pyroxblaze 17 дней назад

Have I...been pronouncing 'turquoise' wrong all this while...

@yenmyyen6114 14 дней назад

cool

@damedesuka77 18 дней назад

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.

@2nd3rd1st 18 дней назад

The more pressing question is: whatever happened to Chechen Pizza?! It used to be a huge restaurant chain but now nobody can even remember it existed!...

@Kraztiii 18 дней назад

Woah

@Zlnfgz 17 дней назад

When you say it was an international city, people from which other countries were present there?

@gillroygarlic3616 16 дней назад

Most likely the Aztec, Inca and even Native American. Would be my first guess.

@kraneiathedancingdryad6333 17 дней назад

Cocoa beans as currency? *Sign me up!* 😁

@Hallows4 18 дней назад

Always thought “Chichen Itza” was the cutest name, for some reason 😊

@anzaklaynimation 18 дней назад

Please make a video on the rise and fall of “Great British empire”.

@arryn786 18 дней назад

It would just be the British empire. Great Britain is the name of the island that has england wales and scotland

@diminikolova 18 дней назад

Yeahh ,I'm curious too

@jrbship 18 дней назад

Do you have time for a miniseries? That story takes awhile

@auro1986 18 дней назад

your concern was gold of eldorado

@rtist9281 18 дней назад

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 😆

@user-go6il2tm4b 16 дней назад

I heard native america history including maya was wiped away by spanish. Am i right? I dont know their history well. is there many record about them?

@topherthe11th23 18 дней назад

0:02 - Carl Sagan, maybe one DOES have to know the past to understand the present, but it's all by way of negative example. To understand where the ev'ils of the present time come from, we have to analyze the past. But if we don't want the future to be equally ev'il as the past or present, we need to see the past and present as what NOT to do, as what to AVOID doing and re-doing.

@TheMagicLemur 14 дней назад

Richard Feynman once said that the 10's of 1,000's of books of Mayan civilisation had been reduced down to a mere three. 😳

@jamiegreenberg8476 17 дней назад

i know this isnt the point of the video but the fact that sports were considered an important part of religious life/its importance society similar to how it is today makes me really happy- humans are all the same

@TimZarra 18 дней назад

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...

@KitagumaIgen 16 дней назад

The animation of the setting sun is a bit dodgy for a location on the northern hemisphere.

@muhammadisaac07 2 дня назад

❤❤❤

@kaycred3361 12 дней назад

I always love central and south american cultures. The aztecs could of fought off the spanish if they didn't have so many. They messed them up the firts time and spain had to come back with more men Is there a video on Olmec culture.

@stokakrishna 18 дней назад

Amazing how ancient Romans made 365 days year and so did Mayans

@TommyBrittain_tbgaming 17 дней назад

How did the mayans know there were 365 days in a year? Its got me thinking idk. Why was their unit for their year the same as a culture across the atlantic? Youd think theyd have their own time keeping units they literally have a calendar.

@Demetrius900000 17 дней назад

Why is X pronounced as SH?

@miggle1875 18 дней назад

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!

@toonwachi600 18 дней назад

Please make "The rise and fall of the British Empire" video. 🇬🇧

@jrbship 18 дней назад

That would be a long video. And technically still happening today

@JimmmyRaynor 11 дней назад

Ted Ed should tell us why the mayans and aztecs were so obsessed with human sacrifices

@BasicNoobs 2 часа назад

Religion and other stuff.

@JDazell 18 дней назад

No way is the 9th century the Mayan golden age. Literally the end of the civilization. The Mayans from Chichen Itza also were also sorta islander invaders. When they arrived the Mayans really hated them and tried to repel them. Also Mayans didn't have Empires. They had alliances at best but it was more based on tributary and subjugation rather than imperialism. Chichen Itza was so powerful because the rest of Mayan civilization was struggling. It's hard to compare it with Mayan cities just a couple of centuries earlier when we're seeing the heyday of Calakmul and Mutul/Tikal.

@levi-rj4et 17 дней назад

Ma'alob ts'aa t'aan

@SkepticalChris 3 дня назад

The Mayan Civilization was never an "Empire" as they did not have a single ruler who ruled over the entire Mayan culture, like the Aztecs. The Mayan civilization were a collection of independent city states each of which had their own independent rulers. This is such a well known fact about the Mayans, I am quite frankly shocked and disappointed that TED-ed, an organization that focuses on education would get this basic historical fact, wrong.

@kamalkrishnabaral 18 дней назад

First!

@user-wd2sh6tu3g 17 дней назад

Yeah I love chicken pizza...

@debbiemoore2747 14 часов назад

If only cacoa beans were still a form of currency.

@tecpaocelotl 18 дней назад

The only issue is the beginning. Yucatan is part of North America, not Central America.

@nic558 18 дней назад

Central America is part of North America. “Central America” is simply a region.

@user-lg6ij6to4r 18 дней назад

😂 what a silly thing to whine about. If you look at the globe it’s literally the CENTER of the continent

@havenless3551 14 дней назад

Central America and the Caribbean are both geopolitically considered to be a part of North America

@user-lg6ij6to4r 14 дней назад

@@havenless3551 politically yes but geographically they are central

@aryaanimated 12 дней назад

The truth behind the Talokan from Wakanda Forever.

@user-ww6zx3jb9d 17 дней назад

21h

@jamesicarlos578 18 дней назад

Third?

@angelmartin2243 17 дней назад

This guy’s voice sounds like a text to speech AI.

@pan2aja 18 дней назад

Winner winner Chichen dinner

@roofpizza1250 18 дней назад

For a moment there I thought it was a restaurant chain that I'd never heard of.

@katherineknapp4370 16 дней назад

😮😢😊😮😢😊

@JOGOATEDITZ 18 дней назад

me when i don't know live

@KPZivot 17 дней назад

So sad that colonial language killed native language hope and wish latin Americans open there eyes and start reviving there culture and language like Indians did in India. They didn't learn English and forgot native language and culture. Hinduism.

@ChrisWillem-vl9nv День назад

Didn't the Mayan people create city states instead of empires just like the Greeks?

@user-nu7vq6ei5q 12 дней назад

199th to comment.

@beckyknight8655 3 дня назад

💅💸 tur-KWAZE ✈️💸💵

@hanonomiri 18 дней назад

They lost there NITHRA that what happened... FACT they kept sacrificing human to regain the NITHRA..... FACT

@omkarzarkar1021 17 дней назад

This is the 131st comment!!!!

@sciencesaves 18 дней назад

it sustained an international community?? LOL from the region you mean?

@onuzulikekennedy8097 17 дней назад

No one is really going to talk about K'uk'ulkan? Just me? Okay

@kaycred3361 12 дней назад

You know whats funny though and kinda bad karma was that mexico citu had to move over because spnaish couldn't keep up with the water like the natives did.

@VoidUnderTheSun 17 дней назад

Why do the depictions of the city show ziggurats poking out the treetops, the way we have discovered the now, centuries after their collapse. With rampant farming, heavy trade, and need of wood and stone, wouldn't they, like all civilisation, have cleared much of the land around the city of dense tree cover? Feels like this is a very superficial depiction using what we see now, rather than what must have existed to support a city (including housing!) of ~50k people...