Tikal: The Mayan City of the Jaguar God
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- The Maya were a native people of Mexico and Central America who inhabited the lands comprising modern-day Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas. Their civilization stretched well beyond current-day Mexican borders, southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. The overall time span of the Maya extended from 7000 BCE to 1524 CE. But their civilisation reached its apex of maximum splendor during the so-called ‘Classic Period’, from 250 to 900 CE.
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Reinforcing the mispronunciation of yagiwar is unpossibly English
Simon:there's some Spanish words in here guys...
Proceeds to say mostly Maya words...
I would like to add a note on Teotihuacan. The Aztecs encountered Teotihuacan when they immigrated to the central Mexican valley from the north (possibly American Southwest). By then the city had been abandoned for at least 700 years. This is to say that Teotihuacan WAS NOT Aztec. They were a distinct group indigenous to the central valley. The Aztecs named the abandoned city Teotihuacan which was their term for "the place of gods."
There is strong archeological evidence that many ethnic groups from all over Mesoamerica resided in Teotihuacan, Maya among them.
One of the saddest things about history is when u come across cultures that were effectively destroyed leaving only traces along with second hand accounts
There are first hand accounts in surviving Mayan texts, from inscriptions carved in stone and texts written on clay artifacts to texts written after the Spanish conquests by Mayans. They are surviving, small fragments of a once vast written corpus, but they do exist.
Considering that's happened to literally every culture throught history it seems pretty typical to me. Nothing lasts forever, despite what people want to believe.
It's like how the Basque dialect was suppressed by Franco. It's basically unlike any other language on the continent there and dude just tries to scrub it from society. It's like on the same level as destroying a pyramid.
@@halonothing1 But we have the internet which will probably last for a seemingly infinitely long time and not just that we have the Golden Record.
Mayas are still kicking arround, they wear traditional dresses and speak their language. Conflict in Honduras has to the death of many of them.
I love the fact that Simon has resorted to giving trigger warnings because people don't understand what an accent is. 😂
It's so true.
@@geographicstravel it's "Maya", never "Mayas"
There's a difference between accent and mispronunciation.
@@geographicstravel I would like Simon to read this sentence aloud: *The cemetary was designed with symmetry in mind.* Or get a Geordie to say: *Burglar alarm* Do you know what I'm on about Simon? LOL
@@Shift8YawnsShift8 It's odd because at the beginning of the video he says it correctly. Halfway through when he begins to talk about sports things go awry.
How about a geographics on the library of Alexandria?
Would be useful to dispel many misunderstandings about it.
They've done at least one video on the library. And it's fairly recent. Browse through the channels and it's there.
That sounds interesting, and worth watching.
A video about the city as a whole would be better
@@rurushu8094 Good idea
Thank you for this, as a native Guatemalan I love how you did this .
I have always enjoyed your videos but definitely love this one .
Thank you sir
Him calling us native mexicans made me laugh bc that's just false
"Smashing, Baby! The Shagguar!"-Austin Powers, The Spy who Shagged Me(1999)
Noice.
When talking about Tikal it’s worth mentioning the nearby city of Noh Petén, the capital of the Itza Maya, that was the last Native American Kingdom to fall to the Spanish. A small island city crammed with tens of thousands of people (inflated by massive Maya refugee influx), they managed to hold the Spanish at bay of for over 150 years.
The Spaniards destroyed everything and built the city of Flores on top of it. They tore down the temples and burnt all the books - today the itza number a few hundred and the language is close to extinction.
I like how it went from "have a go at me" to "polite piss off"
As many other dudes said before, Teotihuacán wasn't Aztec, it was it's own civilization, the "teotihuacanos" that preceded Aztecs by at least 500 years. When Aztecs arrived to valley of Mexico aprox by the XII century they found Teotihuacán as magnificent ruins covered in mistery
More like 800 years.
Hahaha. Lets just leave it there and get on with it. Simon Whistler the first man on youtube to figure out how to completely disarm the critics.
Simon won CZcams
There Ms Patrick. Simon says Jaguar. I say Jaguar. That's how we say it. That's one in the eye for my American born English teacher. (She gave me a detention because I wouldn't say jaaagwaar) Vindicated at last. Great vid Simon
Show her this!
Language is an ineffective means of communication, so long as people get the point I'd say it's close enough for what we workin with
I don't see what the big deal is. It's one thing to be helpful or correct something that's universal, but there are always variations between countries.
You're welcome.
This was forty long and bitter years. I feel the weight lifted.
Makes me think of ‘The Road to Eldorado’.
That’s bc it influenced by Mayan culture and the conquer of the Spanish being greedy and looking for our gold 😂
Capsized “ To Xibalba? To Xibalba!”
"He gave me loaded dice!"
@@mliterature “He gave you loaded dice!”
I always thought "The Road to El Dorado" was interesting, because El Dorado was supposed to be located within the Incan Empire. That's what Pizarro was looking for when he screwed the Incas. Yet, the movie (as you pointed out) had Mayan aesthetics.
I have been to Tikal and it’s an amazing place! If you ever visit pay for one of the guides at the entrance, they were brilliant able to tell you all about the history and nature in the area! Will 100% be back
Ancient Maya and Aztec history is so mysterious. I’ve been to Mexico twice and taken tours of historical sites, museums, been to xcaret and there are some historical details that change depending on who you are on a tour with. It’s so amazing to see all the ruins and incredible art that is left behind from so long ago.
That's all tourist trap stuff, especially Xcaret. The Yucatan is basically the 51st state, so you're fine w/o a tour. Leaving the beach is the best plan of action. Palenque, where Tikal is, is 9 hours inland, in the middle of a mountainous jungle, where you can stay in bungalows dancing the night away to the howls of monkeys & traditional & electronic music. It's not a tourist trap like Tulum has become, & you go on your own. That way you actually meet the local people, & truly learn something. You can go via Mexico's amazing bus service on your own, even if you only speak English. I've been to 24 of Mexico's 31 states. I think it's far safer than the US, & I'm a 40 yr old American. Women should still probably travel in pairs, if they've never gone off into the wilderness of Mexico before.
@@JeighNeither Wrong. Tikal is located in Peten, Guatemala. Not Palenque, Mexico.
@@JeighNeither Super Wrong!, Yucatán is ONE state, where Uxmal and Chichen Itza are located, Tulum and Cancún are in the state of Quintana Roo both in México, The Yucatán Peninsula it's made of 3 states, the two I mentioned before and the state of Campeche. Palenque is in the State of Chiapas outside the Yucatan Peninsula also in México. Tikal is in Guatemala.
You think they are mysterious. What about the Mesoamerican civilizations before the Maya. In particular the Olmec and the Zapotec. There is one site that I can't quite remember the name of, that I did a project on for my archaeology class. The project was regarding UNESCO sites. Pretty sure it was in El Salvador or maybe Guatemala.
@@garymaidman625 oh absolutely! (Those are arguably more mysterious) I went to a lot of tourist spots in Mexico for sure
1:10 - Chapter 1 - History of tikal
4:15 - Chapter 2 - A lost world
8:50 - Chapter 3 - The jaguar god of xilbalba
10:35 - Chapter 4 - Poc a toc
13:05 - Chapter 5 - The popol vuh
14:50 - Chapter 6 - A spiritual world, a cyclical time
18:40 - Chapter 7 - Decline of the mayas
21:10 - Chapter 8 - Going to tikal
Simon, I absolutely adore your spin on history. You make complex subjects fun and easy to understand. Thank you to you and your team for delivering such great work!
Of all of Simon's channels, I think that Geographics is becoming my favorite.
It's good to see that at least some of the thoughts and dreams of the Mayans were preserved and thank you for telling us about them. So much was lost when Europeans invaded the Americas.
As to pronouncing Jaguar, I'm from the USA and I listen to a radio station that includes adverts for a Jaguar dealership narrated by a guy speaking pure BBC. That dealership sells cars with a 3 syllable name. You say Granada, I say Granada. So what? We understand one another.
Ancient, almost unknown cities have an air of mystery about them that really draws you in. Listening to the contents of these videos makes me more than glad that history was one of my favorite subjects at school, and makes the respect that I've had for these civilizations grow even more.
school teaches false history
@@maki3904 You must really consider yourself an expert.
Teotihuacan wasn't Aztec. The Aztecs didn't migrate to meso-america until around 1300. Though the people who built Teotihuacan were predecessors to the city-states in the region settled by the Aztecs and they influenced them and likely had a similarly sized empire or sphere of influence at least at their heyday around 200 AD.
Today I learned...
They were Toltecs.
I was gonna say "wait for the Aztecs weren't a thing yet in the first millennium CE."
@@hanzykrupps6383 Maybe, but that's also up for debate. It's actually not known who founded Teotihuacan.
@@unknownPLfan indeed, but "I can't fight this feeling anymore!" 🤣
Great video!! I’d love to see more Maya / Aztec / Inca topics covered!
I was there a month ago and I’m so excited to see you cover it! It is a truly fascinating place 🤩 keep on the wonderful work!
Question, how where you able to go there? Did you have to sign up for tourist pass of some sort? I ask because I want to visit and I have family that live in Guatemala City, clearly far away from Tikal. Thanks :)
I had to restart the video because I spent the first 5 minutes saying Jaguar like a British chap and didn't hear anything Simon was saying lol
I visited Tikal in 2016, what an amazing place ! Great video, Simon :)
I found your Biographics channel and been binge watching those...I had no idea about this channel! I’m so happy!
I was going to say, he better mention the star wars movie being filmed there.
Anyway, regardless of that, it's just a freaking amazing place to visit. My parents were there in the 70s and then they took me and my sister and niece in 1996. I wonder how much more has been uncovered out of the jungle since then...
Thank you for the great video! I am studying the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas at university at the moment. Part of my work was to find a CZcams video on Tikal (my allocated Maya city) to help inform the class. This video is perfect! Very informative and also shows the wider context. Thank you =D
As usual Geo & BioGraphics is well worth the click. Wonderfully consistent presentation Simon. Well Done all!!
Between this channel and TIFO, your shear quantity of content released each week is extraordinary. Well done guys!
great shout pal Tifo and this are ace.
And TOP TENZ, and Biographics, and Highlight History.
@@stevenutter3614 you're dam right
@@stevenutter3614 ya beat me to it
Yes his face pushes out a lot of content but, it's his hidden collaborators that really deserve the pat on the back for writing and researching all theses topics for Simon to present. Most especially Devan.
I actually bring up JAGYOUARES in everday conservation ( which is not easy) just so I can say JAGYOUARE! because it erks people and its awesome and youre
awesome and this channel is the best! keep up the great work!
JAGYOUARE!!
Love this channel😍 And absolutely adore you, Simon
It's Always a good day when you discover another channel hosted by Simon
Liked and subbed
Welcome :)
I've been watching all ur channels 4 about 2 years now and this is my favorite 1 keep. It up
Glad you’re enjoying it :)
Love your videos! I always am excited when a new video comes up. Have you thought about doing a video on the old state prison in Jefferson City, Mo.?
Another terrific video! When I see something new from one of the 'graphics or Top Tenz, I know it'll be good. 👏💟 Watch out for Flying Scab in Xibalba.
This fills the exact need I have interesting topics you go over are always great.
Hi everyone at geographics. Any chance you could do a vid in Doggerland. Love all your channels thanks for all the hard work xx 😊
thank you for posting this
You guys have a new channel? I just want to thank Simon and his team for making me seem smart amongst my peers! ;)
Please do one on the
"Worlds largest pyramid. El Mirador"
While El Mirador is a large pyramid, it is smaller than Cholula (which is not only the largest pyramid, but also the largest single monument built by humans).
@@marcusmanchester7095
The height of El Mirador,
As for Cholula. Im aware of is size comparison. I will be on site studying it next month.
@@Mychannel81736 in that case, the Khufu's pyramid is twice as tall.
@@marcusmanchester7095 The reason why archaelogists don't usually name the Cholula pyramid as the biggest pyramid is because it was constructed by three different times and civilizations of people... Olmecs or Teotihuacán Zapotec and Toltecs. Yes, the Cholula pyramid is the biggest pyramid by volume, but archaelogist by the reason I gave above do not name it very often, because whereas the pyramid's of El Mirador, Teotihuacán, and Kheops pyramid were constructed by just one civilization.
@@marcusmanchester7095 at the moment you're partly correct, but some archaelogists agree and don't agree with the platform on which La Danta pyramid sits on in El Mirador. The platform which is manmade has not been added to the total amount of La Danta pyramid. The platform is 9 meters tall, but the length and width I don't have numbers for, but I feel if it's manmade, it should be included in the total tally.
I've already devoured the Biographics episodes, either on CZcams or PodBean. Really enjoying this one, too, but would really dig it in podcast format. Either way, though, excellent stuff!!
Love your stuff guys. Keep up the good work
Simon is fantastic here. Love the Monty Python reference.... "No ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition". Lol...
Let’s not talk about Apocalypto. The movie doesn’t know if it’s Mayan or Aztec😂😂
Isn’t the main character Mayan? But got captured by the Aztecs
Chitchen Itza is a Toltec-Mayan city.
The toltec were rather similar to the Aztecs in their practices.
Its a time travel movie, the main character runs back and forth hundreds of years in the movie, isn't it obvious?
Let's not talk about its director, either. He might have served his time on the shit list, but that doesn't mean he's stopped being a shit.
I love that movie!
Learning more stuff than i ever did in history class from these videos, good stuff!!!
Amazing topic for this video. I've been to other myan and Aztec settlements however neve here. I feel after watching this I have a window into what I am missing now
Good video, as usual. May I request a topic for a new video: I would like to know how Cambodia has recovered after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Thanks!
New discoveries through the LIDAR technology, estimates the population of Tikal, to be 2 or 3 times more, around 150, 200 thousand. Thanks for the great video. keep doing a good job!
There is no concrete evidence that the population was around that figure. The buildings of Tikal is quite small and which does not match the population size.
@@supremekhmer6596 yes there is. Lidar showed inumerous small houses around Tikal that spreads for miles. And thats not all. Roads that goes to surrounding populations that werent discovered till now
@@pintopplx Show me a source to back up your claim of that population size. Tikal was not an empire it was just a small city-state kingdom.
Love your videos,
The Olmec civilization might be a cool video.
That’s my homeland!!! Thank you for this video ❤️
Thanks Simon and Team Top Tenz. Fascinating! Small point: Cenotes are sinkholes. And those being sacrificed had their hearts were torn out, not their heads.
09:05 This underworld journey is remarkably similar to what little I know of what ancient Egyptians tell of what happens after death, where the soul travels thru a perilous land of the dark between sunset & sunrise, ultimately if successful joining with the gods and sharing their immortality.
“Just go back to Pepa Pig,” says Simon, as it plays in the background here for my daughter. I do everything I can to *not* pay attention to Pepa Pig!😂
History and culture are cool, but you know what makes a city even cooler?
*Being the base the Death Star attack was launched from*
Excellent as usual. Very interesting
Hey Simon, love your videos; and am subbed both here and on Biographics, just wondering, would you be willing to cover Newgrange in Ireland, if you got a chance?
Thanks for all you've done so far, you have provided me with many hours of entertainment and given me quite a bit to think about.
18:53 absolutely love the transition sound effect.
I love both of your channels. Awesome
Both.... hehehe. I have seven ;)
And the other 5 😂
It's surreal to hear a few seconds of Kevin MacLeod's 'Big Mojo' in the opening to the Maya. Had that track burned into my brain from dungeon diving in Elona. It's nice to know Simon has good taste in royalty free music.
Just a quick correction, the Teotihuacans were not Aztecs, the Aztecs migrated to that region centuries after the collapse of Teotihuacan, they found the ruins of Teotihuacan and adopted much of the architectural and artistic style.
They were Toltecs.
@@hanzykrupps6383 That is also true, the Aztecs claimed a common ancestry with the Teotihuacans and the Toltecs. Some of the things we know from the Toltecs come from Aztec oral and pictographic tradition but there is a debate on how accurate and unbiased are these Aztec narratives, but yeah the Aztec ended up adopting a lot from the Teotihuacans and Toltecs.
@@TheUsuallySilentOne also, "aztec," is a european name for them. Their true name is the mesheeka, or MeXicA... Hence, MeXicO.
Well, of course we didn't all die in 2012. The Doctor saved us.
He always does!
Doctor who?
Who? 😉
Did someone say DOKKKK-tor??? Exterminate!!! Exterminate!!!! Btw Talia, darling, I love your Rinoa profile.
nor 2020! nor 1999! or 1984? We are born to DIE! Do Not Live in FEAR!
Simon, you and your team offer respectful knowledge to the wired world. Respectful: your ULURU program is a splendid example.
Simon! Thank you so much for NOT apologizing for your prononciation! I am SOOOOOO tired of the prononciation nazi's! Just get over it we all speak differently and that is beautiful! Love your accent!
I was very lucky to go to Yucatan a few years ago and visit quite a few of the Mayan temples there.
Chichen Itza, or as we dubbed it 'Chicken Pizza' was amazing, the pyramid had a flight of steps on each face and there was a Kukulcan on either side of the steps and our guide told us that on the spring equinox (I think it was) as the sun rose the sunlight moved down the Kukulcans back until the sunlight (sort of) came out of its mouth. There was also a Poc-a-toc field with the high walls either side and the hoop on either wall and it was incredible just to be walking through such a place.
We visited many temples there, my memory off hand fails me with their names but we did get to swim in a cenote which was pretty cool and we were even told that at one astronomical observatory the Mayans carved out bowl like shapes in the floor and would fill them with water so as to view the stars without having to crane their necks!
I cannot recommend the Yucatan tour highly enough, its just rather sad that people go to Cancun or similar and spend two weeks sitting on a beach at their 'all inclusive'
Great job! You should look into other related mayan cities like Palenque and specially Copan these cities where very close specially through commerce and trade
Thanks for the video-- bloody brilliant!
And if you can go see the Maya ruins, any of them, go in the above-the-equator winter to avoid jungle insects. It's just fine, temperature-wise you are so far south.
Also, see the ruins as soon as they open to the public, before the enormous and many jam-packed tourist busses show up, about 10:30 or so.
Great video
You should do a Geographics about Siberia and all the archaeological finds archaeologisthave discovered.
The countless dinosaur fossils and human fossils and artifacts they've been finding over the decades
Please try covering Takshila and Nalanda.. Love your vids♥
Since you've done Tikal and Pompeii could you do Cuzco, the capital of the Inca? It is a beautiful and historical city. Love the new channel.
*giggles* "Many silly people."
😂
I'm digging this new channel like a tater patch. Any chance you could cover the Dalai Lama's Potala Palace in Lhasa?
More of these please.
Thanks
Could you ask whoever is in charge of the sound to LOWER THE DAMN VOLUME OF THE MUSIC so it's proportional to the rest of the video? Thanks.
Or maybe even better: don't add something that sounds like paper rustling and people falling over in the studio when there's talking. Super distracting and annoying.
I went right after the major lidar excavation. It was so awe inspiring. The locals were so passionate and excited, it was An amazing trip
Damn good video. 👍
You should do a Biographics show on Pacal and a Geographics show on Palenque.
Best CZcams Channel.
More top-notch free educational entertainment.
I love this channel.
Thanks Simon, after your maths lesson I just realized I've lived through two "apocalypses".
Thank you
I love how he gets his psychopath energy out in business blaze and is super calm in this show
It's sad you gotta open your videos like that. It really is. Love ya bud
*Simon,* YOU truly are, sincerely, marvellous...!!!
Simon u r my favourite youtuber ya great!!
Maps geography needs maps, thank you for all the content! Seriously grateful!
very well done.
You guys should do a video on the Pacific island of Nauru. It has a surprisingly bizarre history, including the government using tax dollars to fund a failed musical in London about the painting of the Mona Lisa.
I'm only 1min in, but I'd already like to know much more about the jagoower. Love these!!
Nice video, I didn't know many of those facts.
Unfortunately, in 18:03 you show an Aztec (Mexica, indeed) calendar instead of the Mayan one.
I loved the part at 17.29 when Simon says about human sacrifice, 'tear their heads out', instead of 'tear their hearts out'. It is one of those classic psychological events where we ignore what was said because we know what was meant to be said.
Mayan 1: “dude we have like 2000 years worth of calendar here we’re probably good for now”
Mayan 2: “alright let’s at least finish this year we only got a few days left”
Mayan 1: “no just leave it I want to see the sacrifices for today”
White moms 2,000 years later: **sobbing as the world should end according to news**
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@@maki3904 I'm scratching my head in confusion too.
@@fvckwhatyouthink2907 it's a reference to the popular myth that the world would end in december of 2012 because the mayan calendar supposedly ended
This is fantastic
"Viewer's descriptions probably advised" 😂😂😂😂😂😂Simon, you're funny!!
Absolutely Jaguar indeed! Fantastic motor car! I love my XJ6 and this is a good video by the way, very general but should encourage further research and that's a good thing.
dude than you for that star wars fun fact. Thats awesome
I always enjoy your videos and is very interesting learn from other cultures. If you have a chance, do a video of the Taino indians from the caribbean. We got a lot of history but the goverment don't care too much about it.
Lascaux caves would make a good episode. You know, that famous one in France with the 17,000 year old paintings. Which, incidentally predate the Great Lakes and was so long ago that the Sahara was Lush, Green and wet.
Beautiful. The pictures have made their way into Assassin's Creed, some of my favourite bits of the game
You should do a history channel like this. Not one like highlighting history but one that tracks causes and events. Like explain the history of the aztec or mya empires. The British empire. The English civil war. The acts of union in the uk and so on
That would be super ambitious, but I like the idea :)
@@geographicstravel you can also entwine it with this channel and biographics
Ah, Simon looking out for the younger viewers of this channel!