Rise of the Maya

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Deep in the Yucatan Peninsula lie ancient stone cities reclaimed by the jungle, where a calendar dominated lives, majestically feathered kings ruled like gods and tall stone pyramids soared above the treetops. There in those jungles, stand ancient stones etched with dates and writings that tell the story of one of history’s most fascinating and dynamic civilisations. These belong to the ancient Maya. A people that made advancements in architecture, mathematics, and astronomy that we can still learn from today.
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Sources:
Micheal D. Coe - The Maya 9th Edition
Loa Traxler, Robert Sharer - Origins of Maya States
New Perspectives - The Ancient Maya
J. Eric Thompson - Maya History and Religion
Grant Jones - The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom
Simon Martin Nikolai Grube - Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens
Dennis Tedlock - Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition
Tatiana Proskouriakoff - Album of Maya Architecture
Production Music courtesy of Derek & Brandon Fiechter / @derekbrandonfiechter )
Songs used:
Civilisation V Montezuma Peace Theme
Brandon And Derek Fiechter - Dark Rainforest
Brandon And Derek Fiechte - The Legend of El Dorado
Brandon And Derek Fiechte - Aztec Jungle
Brandon And Derek Fiechte - Aztec Temple
Brandon And Derek Fiechte - Mayan Village

[@GarroStudio]

Fun Fact! The Maya are still around. They make up a smaller demographic in the Yucatan and are mostly very poor.

[@CogitoEdu]

There are still 5 million Maya in the Yucatan and they still speak Maya languages. Most I think are rural farmers and some still use the old Maya calendars and follow old Maya traditions.

[@moviejose3249]

I am sure this helped scientists in figuring out the stuff on the codices ie language and calendar etc

[@OMC1109]

Is not fun fact, they mostly are very poor, as many indigenous people of this continent, because in the hispanic order they were in the base of economic pyramid... well, at least they were not be almost exterminated as peoples in territories colonized by british... Sadly at this time racial discrimination still continue...

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

Ancient Aliens probably made people think that they were all gone.

[@emmanuelake421]

In Mexico the majority is indigenous only that many chose to forget their ancient culture and have a more modern culture, since you can see people from Mexico with surnames in some indigenous language but with a more current culture, since we know that you can not get there away in Mexico if we do not do that because there is a lot of discrimination against indigenous languages, clothing, traditions and religion.

[@TheHistoryofSpainPodcast]

Perfect timing, precisely today in 1562 Fray Diego de Landa ordered the burning of many Mayan codex that could have been used to understand better the Mayan religion and history.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We'll get there.

[@moviejose3249]

I hope some Mayans took a few thousand codices and buried them in a cave or inside a pyramid. May what a discovery that would be.

[@yiledute]

Movie Jose at this point that is almost impossible. There are no more ruins to explore, we could dig deeper but that would compromise the structures, and since some of them are some of the world's patrimony it is quite illegal to destroy them.

[@yiledute]

Well you are wrong, I am mexican and I haven't heard either read of any real discovery for a long time now

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

It is a shame that alot of knowledge of the maya have been lost due to these burnings.

[@rjhacker]

My professor of Mayan civilization translated that edition of the Popul Vuh. Sadly, he passed away recently. It was a privilege learning from him

[@chejocs155]

As someone from Guatemala, THANK YOU!!!!!! Keep doing videos of this topic! I invite you to visit my country and see Tikal and Jaguar Temple, its incredible.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching, there will be 2 more episodes, so stick around. :-)

[@anneblubaugh58]

I bet

[@arturomullermatheu4364]

@Rhizosphere thanks you make our country more relevant

[@JoseMorales-wk6om]

@@trikebeatstrexnodiff mayas where in mexico el salvador honduras and mexico and Aztecs where only in mexico

[@dcloukey]

The missing history on the western hemisphere is mind bogiling to me. We are so rich in eastern hemisphere history yet we know little of the thousands of years in the Americas. Things were happening, wars where fought. cities were born and destroyed and we know little to nothing about most of it. Thanks for this video and the others you have done about the inca and Aztec. Great work cant wait for the next one.....dont get me wrong .there all awsome, I just really enjoy the history you have dug up on pre European America. Thanks again

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching, more on the way!

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

Almost like a separate planet. It's always great to see a video on mesoamerican culture.

[@aduarte8057]

dcloukey It's so obvious why they do that. You don't understand what's happening in the Indigenous community all over Turtle Island.

[@groverX56]

One major reason for why there's little history is because much of it was burned and destroyed during the conquest, and what ever survived never made it to our history books because history has been taught by the victors.

[@azzzanadra]

the old world was connected, each Continent can be visited easily, that is not the case with the new world.

[@KingsandGenerals]

If you are new here, here is our playlist on the Incan Empire: goo.gl/qRTxbA The first one who mentions the aliens gets a bad wig, and his life will thus be broadcasted in 360p.

[@Koopinator]

But you're the first to mention aliens...

[@KingsandGenerals]

That settles it. All videos will be in 360p from now on. :-)

[@Koopinator]

Cool, Now i'll be able to watch them on Internet Explorer.

[@alecsis882]

Kings and Generals Nooooooooo

[@christermi]

Koopinator ‍ lmao :-)

[@chumunga648]

You mean to t ell me, there was no aliens involved here?! But...but History channel told me there would be aliens!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We are lying. :-)

[@CelineAdobea]

I def. think they ascended and left Earth because they were ready and willing :)

[@CelineAdobea]

​@Raymond Morales Why does that have to mean that none of them ever left? 🕸

[@meinpizza8144]

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[@KingsandGenerals]

@@meinpizza8144 8 months!

[@cheerfulpessimist952]

Incredible work, this series on the Mesoamerican civilizations has been a real treat.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! We will have similar series for other regions, too.

[@cheerfulpessimist952]

Excellent, something to look forward to 8)

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

Yes, there needs to be more of it.

[@alysonmanuele3039]

Cheerful Pessimist You heard the introduction to this video, I presume? Then the erudite would know this video was done by a Ph.d whose work was marketed to those who have no access to education.

[@nodosa994]

I am totally loving the history of the Americas. It's funny, i have read and learned much about the Aztecs since they are the pride of Mexico, but the Mayans are sadly swept under the rug for far too long. I am eager to see what else the Yucatan peninsula has to offer. Cheers and great work, keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will do, there will be more!

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

That is true. When people here ancient mexico they think of the aztecs but barely mention the zapotecs, mixtecs and the maya. Even the Tarascans of michocaun are barely mentioned.

[@juanrodriguez9876]

There were more Native Indians in Mexico like that northern Mexico Indian end the middle american Indian huichol end cora cahita tepehuan yaqui tarahumara diegueno seri comacheros Comanche Kickapoo Navajo killiwa Apaches mayos karankawa Nahua totonac tzeltal and many more

[@wynty200]

Never really really understood why the Maya are so understudied and appreciated. As a civilisation the Maya seem vastly more interesting and, unlike the Aztecs, it is actually an ancient civilisation.

[@etruscancivilization]

@@juanrodriguez9876 Also the Atakapa Black American Natives who were located in my home state of Southwest Louisiana that stretched into parts of Texas and who were feared by Mexican natives ad many others around the area. Some of the Black native American Tribes states that their history in the area goes back more than 4,000 yrs, along with the Karankawa. The large land area that was controlled by either the Karankawa/Atakapa which European colonizers stole was very rich in "Sugar Cane" production and was later referred to as "Sugarland". So yeah, racist video will not mention those ancient Black Native Americans, and have ignorant people believe that all American Blacks came over on slave ships when it is a fact that Black Native Americans were there thousands of years before the transatlantic slave trade which took most Africans to Latin American countries like Brazil, Haiti, DR, and not to the American colonies. Many dark skin Native Americans were later classified as African Americans, when in reality they were simply Black Native Americans who were not a part of the enslaved African arrivals.. Also, I like when seeing the FAKE cartoon depictions of Mayans who mostly had jet black and dark brown (milk chocolate) skin colors being shown to resemble American TV $5 dollar Indians who say "me Tonto, you Lone Ranger, Kimo Savvy"...lol

[@FlashPointHx]

Nice! Maya is one of my favorite! Spent some time down in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize checking out their sites. Fascinating culture.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Man, you traveled quite a bit, I am jealous. :-)

[@serenemountain6769]

Most people are very fascinated by the Mayan Ritualistic Murders, Bleeding their victims dry in their alters, offering a river of blood to their false gods! They even removed the Heart's of their victims, while they where still alive! About time the spanish went there! Those ho kill by the sword die by the sword!

[@andresferrer9890]

Rhizosphere loved the inquisitions

[@justinh6651]

@@serenemountain6769 uhhh. Did you watch the video? It said in the middle of the video that they didn't do mass human sacrifice. You literally don't know shit about what you're talking about

[@KaaxItzam]

A very good introduction on the Mayans, I should note that the Mayans had a lot more animals that could be domesticated than on the list on the video, turkey, peccary, coati and even deer where have thought to have been at least loosely domesticated. As for the population size, I doubt very much that it ranged as high as millions as some speculate, as the resources in the Yucatan could not have supported such a population- indeed, the collapse (if it did happen) may well have been caused by overpopulation. While maize was important, the Mayans did not solely depend on it (one can develop vitamin deficiencies from a maize only diet) squash, beans, sweat potatoes and some meat was very important as well. Still, a well done video all the same!

[@danielg3924]

The Mayans and other mesoamerican civs would prepare the maize into tortillas or sopes by grounding the paize on a metate which was made of minerals such as limestone that made up for the vitamin deficiencies so I believe it was possible for Maize to be the principal staple in the Mayan diet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization

[@sawyermifsud852]

Papirri Meister it was the staple cereal and the source of most of the calories in their daily diet but it isn't as nutrionally complete as alternatives like rice or wheat. They almost certainly supplemented with other crops in significant amounts.

[@obzidianbladez2873]

Recent data says the Maya had a population of around 7-15 million, double than was previously expected. Lime and ash were mixed with maize to give the necessary nutrients that humans need. Also the list of domestication of plants and animals was huge, combination with maize these foods were adequate enough to support a large population.

[@KaaxItzam]

I am aware that the Mayans did use lime in their maize production, and I am grateful for those who did mention it as I didn't put that in my original comment. It is not just food that is needed for a large population but also water and shelter/space, I did see a documentary recently (I presume this is the data you are referring to) that showed large amount of buildings in sites like Tikal, however did these buildings exist at the same time? Where they all occupied at the same time? All sorts of questions arise when new archaeological discoveries are found.

[@obzidianbladez2873]

@@KaaxItzam Yes, I was refering to that video and data reports for the multi-million Maya population. Several archaeological books points out and discusses the population of the Maya and in those books It has determined that the population were in the millions.

[@CogitoEdu]

It's great to keep working with Kings and Generals on these videos :). As stated in the video Maya history is loooong and some of it had to be condensed in order to make this video less than 10 hours :D But if anyone has any questions regarding the Maya let me know and I will answer to the best of my ability.

[@dustygrrrl]

No question, just hoping that after the Maya vids you might continue to contribute to this channel with your great videos and insight! It would be great to have similar videos on the Muisca, Mapuche, Haida, etc.

[@michealbrambleby-shelford7974]

Dusty Grrl I’ll happily second Dusty’s comment 👍🏾

[@CogitoEdu]

Thanks. That is fantastic to hear. I am very happy that you are enjoying this content. Myself and Kings and Generals will be working together to create more content like this for a long time. So I hope you enjoy whats to come :D

[@pandapalace11]

Is it known who among the Maya invented the number zero?

[@edwardkenway9225]

- Cogito - why all ancient civilization and all religions talk about a big flood???can there be some connection....

[@massaweed420]

These Central and South American history vids are amazing, keep them up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will do, thanks! :-)

[@meilinchan7314]

As a Malaysian, I find these history vids on the Mayans disquieting.

[@thresh86]

I think it's the first time that I see an episode almost completely devoid of conflicts, weapons of war and general warfare. It was very good though with convincing visuals, excellent narration and pleasing music. Thank you for your effort.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! The other videos are here to stay, but we are trying to expand. :-)

[@approachinggnosis4613]

I hope you're not insinuating that the maya were peaceful

[@ethanrepublic4554]

Historians are so creative: pre classic/ classic/ post classic.

[@htoodoh5770]

Ethan Republic Simplicity.

[@Dragons_Armory]

Perfect, I love these episodes where It's not treading the same grounds everyone else is treading Love your Inca Empires series too.

[@CogitoEdu]

Happy to hear that. I hope that the Maya and Aztec series prove to be just as good. Thanks for watching :D

[@pandapalace11]

The Incan empire series was literally one of the most informative and well produced series on youtube I've seen, especially about a civilization I previously knew next to nothing about other that they lived in mountains and had roads which I learned from watching Emperors New Groove

[@Dragons_Armory]

Thanks mate :D I am honored

[@Dragons_Armory]

Man these videos make me feel like a kid watching Nova or Discovery Channel again. I love it :')

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good times, eh? :-)

[@omkarunde2040]

Please make a video on the Assyrian military and empire.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will!

[@jabronjunklove760]

Assyriously?

[@ramsaybolton2839]

Check out Dan Carlin's podcasts! The relevant ones that cover this are on spotify for free.

[@htoodoh5770]

Kings and Generals Maybe many of the antiques?

[@RenaissanceMan29]

The calender is possibly the coolest thing they've created.

[@moses1142]

Historians Compare the Spanish burning Mayan astrology and mathematical books to that of the burning of the library of Alexandria.

[@MajoraZ]

I didn't comment on this when it original came out, but since i'm linking others to it i;m doing so now. There's no actual errors in the video, aside from the fact that you put the burial mask and jewelry of Pakal the Great's wife on the screen when going over his birth date and the time range he ruled over, which imples that was his burial regalia, not his wife's. While not strictly an error, i'd like to note that many of the times maps are shown of Maya territory and you show key Maya cities can be misleading as to imply that those are the only important or largw maya settlements, when there were many, many others. ALso, that the building technique you describe for pyramids isn't an exclusively maya thing, but a similar technique of a sort of course cobblestone, covered with another, more meticilious brick layer, and then finally with a layer of stucco and paint was also what many other Mesoamerican groups did, such as the Teotihuacanos, the Aztec; and they too built new layers for their pyramids over existing ones I also would have personally places a greater emphasis on the sheer loss of the mass burning of Maya books. Even just from the 8 remaining mixtec books we can piece together a political history of many city-states and rulers in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca and Guerrero. What we could have known had the thousands of Maya books stayed intact is inimaginable. We may have had as detailed a record of Maya society, history, and culture we we do the Roman empire.

[@hihohe4067]

I always like your videos, other sites only seem to cover the european side of history that ive heard a thousand times so hearing the less told non euro centric history is always cool.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@OOG_IMP]

Thank you for making these videos on Ancient American civilizations. I never realized how little I knew about these peoples.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We are planning to cover more obscure civilizations. :-)

[@ajonetto]

This channel is pure gold. And jade. And obsidian.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, good sir!

[@ajonetto]

Dear friend I'm a Historian by trade and I'd love to share some ideas and feedback with you. Is there any email I can put myself in contact with you?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Sure! [e-mail]

[@ASillyHistoryBuff]

A short while ago I knew absolutely nothing on the Mesoamerican civilisations which have fascinated me for ages Now thanks to your videos I’m finally learning a good deal of info Keep up the great work dudes! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will do, much more on the way!

[@rockshock4247]

You deserve an Emmy or Oscar or whatever for this video. Truly enlightening!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We'll get it, thanks! :-)

[@kauemoura]

I discovered this channel yesterday, I'm loving it. Thank you!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Welcome aboard!

[@Ericotheriault]

Ive been looking for such a series of doc for a long time now....really enjoying all the docs on Mayan culture

[@davidroberts1689]

The Maya were as fanatical about their football as we are about our football.

[@Terensu-desu]

One word: COOL. Thanks for branching out and covering other and especially lesser covered (on KZbin anyway) topics.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! This will be an ongoing series.

[@smokenmirrors34]

Really fascinating coverage of Mayan intellectual history. Thanks for all your amazing work!

[@rowshonnabi5158]

I don't know how to thank Kings & Generals for releasing a documentary on my most favourite Civilization 😊 Can not wait for the next episode ☺

[@darrylprabowo9083]

When you hear the intro, you know its gonna be an amazing video allready (Pls don’t change the intro music)

[@KingsandGenerals]

I hear you. :-)

[@Galvaxatron]

You guys are becoming so good at what you do. Top notch.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! :-)

[@violatingpanda8294]

Amazing video, as always. Always love to watch

[@KingsandGenerals]

We are always happy to hear the feedback, thanks!

[@kingsleyharden9503]

Thanks for making this video. It's fresh, down to earth and informative.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching. More on the way!

[@JerkyMurky]

Intensely interesting and informative. Great work as always.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! :-)

[@c41pt41n]

Great video! I love learning history from you guys!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Glad to hear that!

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You now dwell among the best of the best at what you do. Stunning job!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Glad to hear that, we'll do even more to be the very best. :-)

[@MysteriousKaos]

Can't wait for the Tikal vs Calakmul video, well done, this channel is purely amazing and a must follow for sure!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yes, it will happen. :-) Share our channel with your friends, let them know. :-)

[@cherryblossom2811]

thank you for this. it helped me quite a lot in my history essay.

[@MrSamlazanis]

Great video, I love hearing more about precolumbian civilisations, theres not enough of this kind of video. Keep up the great work!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! More is planned!

[@infernoschmidt3]

Great video as always. Keep up the good work!

[@voltanzapata8024]

Very nicely done and well put together video!👍🏼

[@rexmundi3108]

Ironic that a civilization that had to work so hard to grow things got swallowed by jungle...

[@theprogenitor951]

This was a really great video. I'm looking forward to your next one in this series. :-)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@nydabeats]

Love it! Can't wait to see more!

[@wkenneth7916]

Thank you for creating and posting this. It was very educational and accessible. I am clicking subscribe now.

[@mrstarfishh33]

This was such a great video. Keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

More planned!

[@farizalresat]

Can't wait for the next episode. I love this channel for the battles.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Every Sunday.

[@servantofallah1698]

Wow such advanced civilization at it’s time, didn’t think the new world was such advanced!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vinodvarghese78]

Interesting video. Look forward to seeing more of mayan history.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, more to come!

[@donfierro777]

Truly great video!!!!!!! Thank You so very much!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching and please consider sharing :-)

[@yllbardh]

quite refreshing in the summer heat. today i learned that mayas also used their pyramids as burial sites. keep a good work...

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will do, thanks!

[@ProvidenceNL]

this is a really fascinating video, i have never spent as much time reading about the older American civilizations as i did the european and eastern ones, and these videos show me i am missing out! Thanks for these great videos Kings and Generals.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching, we appreciate that!

[@turgaysgc]

A well prepared video... Good work.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@NYCfrankie]

This was one of the best series

[@franosusnjara8510]

Really hope this ameroindian serias Will continue even after Mayas. You're amazing.

[@KingsandGenerals]

It will. Thanks!

[@donnydonadio1185]

I was feeling the music you picked!

[@jaf_rsrp]

Amazing video! So much info, hope more come out! 🤪

[@tyroneemail]

Thankyou so much for this great video. I had the opportunity to tour many of the mezoamerican cities in my life and I have had so many questions that you have answered here.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching, the second episode is up!

[@kingoftherise2286]

A very good video as always

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@kingoftherise2286]

Kings and Generals keep rainig these videos

[@Cincy32]

I read the Popol Vuh in Spanish back in college & it is legitimately a pretty terrifying creation story. Extremely violent & the violence is cyclical for all of human existence.

[@andeace23]

You guys always do a great job

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@amadocarillo423]

watching this video makes me miss my old day, where I used to play Rise of Nations with my brother

[@KingsandGenerals]

Oh, I loved that game. Too bad RTS genre is mostly dead now.

[@amadocarillo423]

Kings and Generals yup. But still, RTS will be my favorite genre.

[@pakalchan1762]

So glad to see you guys included the Preclassic, often this and the Postclassic are left out when talking about the Maya. Looking forward to your video on the hairknot and snake kingdom wars!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@ThoseColoniesAreMine]

This was an amazing video!!

[@bassuurland9136]

Discovered this channel through Reddit. Subsribed immediately, loved this video, keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks :-) New videos every Sunday and Thursday. :-)

[@bassuurland9136]

Kings and Generals I’ll be watching all of them. I love channels like yours. This is what “content” really means. Gonna watch all your videos.

[@FatherLand56]

Great video Hats off to the kings and general team

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@jwilli726]

Nice to see an accurate and equanimous depiction. Well done!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@-OChixxx-]

I am learning empires in school and this gives me more info !

[@victorporres6934]

Excellent video!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@alighahremani3656]

outstanding! thanks u so much I already can see this series will be as intresting as the Inca empire series. you might wanna cover battles of carrhae and karnal,mate!they are so cool! showing how a much smaller army with better commandership and strategy could actually defeat a much larger army. And I already could say your series on Nader is going to be magnificent. stay strong mate!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! Good suggestions!

[@lonewolf6764]

I love history and i love visiting your Channel

[@tyrekrussell8898]

Thank you for providing me with this information of the Maya. In school they were always sidelined to the Aztecs and further by the civilizations in the Old World, so I didn't know a lot of information regarding the Maya' so I appreciate it.

[@NICOLASQQQ]

can we get the Aztecs redone with this quality?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, you will

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[@user-hn5bi3nw9y]

Editing is getting better and better

[@KingsandGenerals]

That is what we want to hear. :-)

[@Eaf2016]

Awesome and informative video. Thank you for creating content on the Maya. I'm 50% Maya, and its amazing to me what the civilization was able to create, and how complex they were. Saludos de Honduras.

[@theboyy21]

The family side of my father are Mayans, his mother didn't spoke Spanish at all, but only her native language, my mother's family comes from Spaniards who settled in Chalatenango, El Salavador. I was born in Peten, Guatemala. My roots, they go deep! I'm proud of who I am.

[@user-vh6gs7kn8o]

Oh yeah I've been looking forward to this

[@KingsandGenerals]

There will be more!

[@nghido4025]

Thank you.i have a test and you give me some awesome information

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good luck! However, beware that we abriviate many things. So, it might be useful for a test, but not beyond it.

[@Kariakas]

Great video, very interesting.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@kalashnikov5038]

Oh I'm gonna grind this up! I'm in love with central american history my man! :D

[@CogitoEdu]

Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the video :D

[@CogitoEdu]

Program Files™ But the video is about the Maya

[@Wrestling4404]

@@MrGeorge7823 there was Nahuatl/Maya/Oto-manguean people all over Central America, hell I'm Salvadoran/Honduran and our oral and written history recounts our migration towards Central America after the collapse of Teotihuacan and later Tula (We're Pipil, Nahuatl speakers)

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

@@MrGeorge7823 typical of Mexicans to think they are superior to central America. You know the Mayan occupied central America right ? And Yucatan was part of the Mayan territory. The main Maya city Tikal is in Guatemala. Pay attention before saying some dumb shit.

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

@@MrGeorge7823 also this is about Maya not Aztec. They aren't the same people. Shared similarities but not the same

[@IvoOtt]

Amazing vid! Thanks alot Kings and Generals! Can you do one on the Pacific cultures that voyaged the oceans thousands of years ago?

[@IvoOtt]

Yup! the same DNA trace goes from south east asia to madagascar to all the distant pacific islands.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! The plan is to give our patrons a poll to decide the next region.

[@Fumblerful]

Scrolled to see the Fiechte brothers. They are one of the few music groups I have found recently my dad and I both like. Glad to see them getting more attention.

[@KingsandGenerals]

They are great!

[@johnnywalker1333]

I liked the video without even having watched it yet lol I am always looking forward to your stuff

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@carlchurchill3588]

This kinda came out of nowhere, but this is easily one of the most accurate videos about the Maya I have seen on youtube. The simple fact that 90+ % the supplemental art (that I noticed anyhow) is Maya in origin is shocking. 10/10 work really. I mean holy shit, even your pronunciation of classic Maya names is pretty good. :0 Your K'iche' pronounciation seems a bit sketchier though, but I could be wrong. Its Ki - I - Che (like che Guevara), not with a hard 'k' I should also say, that in addition to stele we do have pottery which is a actually significant source of inscriptions , and other monuments (stele is a specific kind of stone monument). Really that is my only content complaint. I can't stress enough how honestly shocked I am by the quality of this video's content.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Oh, I had no idea you are interested in the topic, glad to hear you enjoyed it! It is really difficult to pin down all the pronunciation, but will do our best to be better. :-)

[@carlchurchill3588]

The Maya is funny enough my main field IRL - I actually was doing work in the region this summer. I just primarily mod medieval.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good! I really need to travel to that area!

[@carlchurchill3588]

Its very interesting. Just bring sunscreen.

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

The "k" followed by the apostrophe is most likely an ejectivized "k" sound. You can either search for ejectives on Wikipedia or watch Artifexian's "Do mountains alter speech?" video, to see how to pronounce them.

[@TheYoGhurtE]

Terriffic episode! Looking forward to the (likely) Tikal - Calacmul showdown on the next episode. Just a few weeks ago I visited some of the Maya sights in Mexico and Belize, truly magnificent. Although I'd recommend anyone interested to avoid the most visited places (like Chichen Itza) and go to the lesser known to really be on your own and dive into the Maya world. I really enjoyed Ek Balam and Xunantunich.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! Yes, at least 2 more episodes in this series. :-)

[@bjplum80]

thank you!

[@raulitooboii]

Amazing vid!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@christermi]

You guys upload videos way too often . We all love that ! :-)

[@michaelmoore4043]

😈

[@KingsandGenerals]

Happy to hear that and we plan more. :-)

[@captainlag3537]

Thank you very much for this video! It's very exciting to see other parts of the world being covered in detail. Maybe, after the Americas (also the north americans/totemists, if they count), the African or Indonesian civilisations could be covered as well?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! The plan is to give our patrons a poll to decide the next region.

[@theraptor6973]

love it, keep up the great work kings and generals:)

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will! Thanks!

[@harlsplayzonrbx6639]

Thank you I’m learning about this at school

[@ojutay8375]

Finally my favorite mesoamerican civ

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

[@ojutay8375]

Kings and Generals yeeeeeeeeee

[@DanielLee_2304]

Wow, this is really great and interesting!

[@KingsandGenerals]

That bear, though. :-)

[@ifzyk8084]

Can't wait for the next one😀

[@KingsandGenerals]

in 2 weeks.

[@williamviirivera5315]

Excellent!

[@jl9737]

Great video! I would love to see video with differences between mayas, incas i astecs.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! Will need to think about that.

[@JeffreyJFerguson]

If anybody's interested in reading a well-researched and well-crafted fantasy book set in the Ancient Mayan Lands, "Hunt for the Mayan Looking Glass" by James Luceno is available for devices like the Amazon Kindle. I read it last month and really enjoyed it. He's a NY Times Bestselling author who's written extensively in the Star Wars Universe, but the Maya have always been a lifelong passion of his. It's his labour of love, and the knowledge and care he put into it really show. Plus it's a welcome change from the played-out Western Medieval Tolkien-derivative fantasy books that you're probably just as tired of by now as I am.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Oh, I have read a bunch of SW novels by him, and he wasn't bad at all. Need to add that to the list. :-)