Uncover the fascinating rise and fall of the Maya and Aztec civilizations in this comprehensive course taught by the Director of the Maya Exploration Center.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Expert
- 01: The Maya, Aztecs, and Mesoamerica
- 02: Olmec Civilization Emerges
- 03: Olmec Art as the Mother Culture
- 04: Olmec Contemporaries
- 05: Mesoamerican Plants, Cuisine, and Medicine
- 06: Early Highland Maya-Izapa to Kaminaljuyu
- 07: Preclassic Maya Lowlands-El Mirador
- 08: The Popol Vuh-Creation and Hero Twins
- 09: The Great City of Teotihuacan
- 10: How the Maya Mastered Mathematics
- 11: The World's Most Elaborate Calendar
- 12: Tikal-Aspiring Capital of the Maya World
- 13: Maya Hieroglyphs-Breaking the Code
- 14: Maya Astronomy and Building Orientations
- 15: The Dresden Codex
- 16: Palenque-Jewel in the West
- 17: Sacred Geometry in Art and Architecture
- 18: Illuminating Works of Maya Art
- 19: Copan-Jungle Dynasty of the East
- 20: Calakmul-The Mighty Snake Kingdom
- 21: The Mesoamerican Ball Game
- 22: Enigmatic West Mexico and Shaft Tombs
- 23: Classic Maya Collapse-Cities Abandoned!
- 24: New Cities of the Terminal Classic-Uxmal
- 25: Monte Alban and Zapotec Rule over Oaxaca
- 26: The Mixtec Rise-Gold and Epic Stories
- 27: The Great Pyramid of Cholula and El Tajin
- 28: Cacaxtla Murals and Xochicalco
- 29: The Toltecs-Role Models or Myth?
- 30: Chichen Itza-Maya Capital of the Yucatan
- 31: League of Mayapan-Maya New World Order
- 32: Mesoamerican Religion
- 33: Aztec Origins-Arrival and Rise of the Mexica
- 34: The Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan
- 35: Life in the Aztec World
- 36: How the Aztecs Expanded Their Empire
- 37: Independent Tarascans-Desert Warriors
- 38: Paquime-Northernmost Mesoamerican City?
- 39: Illuminating Works of Aztec Art
- 40: Tulum-Aztecs at the Ancient Maya Port City
- 41: First Contact with Europe in Mesoamerica
- 42: The Siege of Tenochtitlan
- 43: Conquest of the Maya and Landa's Legacy
- 44: The Fall of the Last Maya Kingdom-The Itza
- 45: The Caste Wars of Yucatan
- 46: Echoes of the Past in Mexico
- 47: Maya Survival and Revival
- 48: Frontiers of Mesoamerican Archeology
Taught by
Edwin Barnhart
