10:20 The layout of the bodies is blowing my mind! That must have been the top warrior. Lile a general. And the shape that they form all together...is it a symbol? Writing? A glyph? 🤯
Nifty presentation. Dark ages are interesting because its not clear they were always bad for most people. For instance, the imperial city of Rome included hundredes of thousands of people who did not grow food. Then Rome was depopulate, perhaps after the aquaducts were destroyed in about 550. I read some place rural people during the dark ages grew three inches taller. For one thing cattle ranching latafundia became fuedal domains that needed to feed serfs, not poets, construction workers or gladiators. .
David, its also interesting to note that while Europe went dark, apparently so did society in the western hemisphere more especially central America. I wonder what happened. It is similar to the abrupt end of bronze age Egypt and "sea people" showing up on the shoreline in peculiar fashion. Its looking more and more like a catastrophe, possibly of non terrestrial origin. The dark age you referred to, one of many I suspect, began right about the time you list those aquaducts.
@@BHeisler59 Our civilization doesn't require external shocks - like the widely propagated, ominous 'climate change' - we will bring about our own collapse once our desire to 'return to nature' has crossed a threshold. What do You think made all the 'hippie' scholars in the room resent the fact that modern Mexico requires another airport for industrial growth ? Civilizations run through cycles ('anacyclosis') - once their peak has been reached, they decline and ultimately collapse. Unlike our 'enlightened' elite that worships 'modernization theory' (the West as a role model for an eternal utopia) we should embrace these cycles as part of the human condition.
Teotihuacan was a religious and perhaps a tribute empire. Its power was felt far beyond its region. Michael Coe seems to think it was an empire that ruled most of Mesoamerica.
"(...) a tribute empire (...)" ...perhaps a 'culture state' or far reaching 'oracle' like Delphi, Eleusis or the Vatican - supported by competing ethnic communities (Ionians, Dorians ect. or Romans and Franks). It's echo in Mayan and Aztec culture is rather telling - to the point, one may wonder if the Aztecs 'recognized themselves' when they met the Catholic 'Re-conquistadores' when refering to the 'return of Quetzalcoatl' (a historic theocrat of the Toltecs).
I want my mtv ! Remember that ? They were the power and the wealth , they were kewl an rich , every smart person would try to fit in , grab some , bee happy - they would steal what worked , copy ,duplicate, mimic ; it was the major influence , it was durable , all roads lead to ...Mexico city
10:20 The layout of the bodies is blowing my mind! That must have been the top warrior. Lile a general. And the shape that they form all together...is it a symbol? Writing? A glyph? 🤯
Really nice presentation, so thank you for posting.
I heard or read ages ago T was sacked by the Chichamecs. Not true. So what happened?
Nifty presentation. Dark ages are interesting because its not clear they were always bad for most people. For instance, the imperial city of Rome included hundredes of thousands of people who did not grow food. Then Rome was depopulate, perhaps after the aquaducts were destroyed in about 550.
I read some place rural people during the dark ages grew three inches taller. For one thing cattle ranching latafundia became fuedal domains that needed to feed serfs, not poets, construction workers or gladiators. .
David, its also interesting to note that while Europe went dark, apparently so did society in the western hemisphere more especially central America. I wonder what happened. It is similar to the abrupt end of bronze age Egypt and "sea people" showing up on the shoreline in peculiar fashion. Its looking more and more like a catastrophe, possibly of non terrestrial origin. The dark age you referred to, one of many I suspect, began right about the time you list those aquaducts.
@@BHeisler59
Our civilization doesn't require external shocks - like the widely propagated, ominous 'climate change' - we will bring about our own collapse once our desire to 'return to nature' has crossed a threshold.
What do You think made all the 'hippie' scholars in the room resent the fact that modern Mexico requires another airport for industrial growth ?
Civilizations run through cycles ('anacyclosis') - once their peak has been reached, they decline and ultimately collapse.
Unlike our 'enlightened' elite that worships 'modernization theory' (the West as a role model for an eternal utopia) we should embrace these cycles as part of the human condition.
The beauty is that we dont know anything about their motives. Let our minds ponder.
Teotihuacan was a religious and perhaps a tribute empire. Its power was felt far beyond its region. Michael Coe seems to think it was an empire that ruled most of Mesoamerica.
"(...) a tribute empire (...)"
...perhaps a 'culture state' or far reaching 'oracle' like Delphi, Eleusis or the Vatican - supported by competing ethnic communities (Ionians, Dorians ect. or Romans and Franks).
It's echo in Mayan and Aztec culture is rather telling - to the point, one may wonder if the Aztecs 'recognized themselves' when they met the Catholic 'Re-conquistadores' when refering to the 'return of Quetzalcoatl' (a historic theocrat of the Toltecs).
I want my mtv ! Remember that ? They were the power and the wealth , they were kewl an rich , every smart person would try to fit in , grab some , bee happy - they would steal what worked , copy ,duplicate, mimic ; it was the major influence , it was durable , all roads lead to ...Mexico city
The fellow who introduces the speakers always sounds like he's from Lake Woebegone ...
Yeah.... he's just above average.
People left due to a volcano