Interesting Wikipedia articles for killing time and expanding your mind!!
10-25-2018
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10-26-2018
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This looks pretty straight.
LOL at some of these: https://www.google.com/search?q=fly+...k2uGvcZa-INrM:
10-26-2018
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10-26-2018
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10-30-2018
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10-30-2018
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Unrelated: did Interesting Things Explained Well dude give up on the podcast?
10-30-2018
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10-31-2018
, 12:17 AM
Who knows how accurate it was - but it made a powerful image of pampered idle royalty and courtiers in ridiculous get-ups - lolling around just days before the collapse of their empire.*
Remind me of this:
*Or at least the collapse of that fiefdom. The Mayans held on until well into the Spanish in some areas like Northern Guatemala. But their empire was already in decline when the Spanish arrived.
Our guide at Chichen Itza told us the end of that complex was a peasant revolt. They don't teach a lot about peasant revolts in high school history. Hmmm...
Last edited by suzzer99; 10-31-2018 at 12:27 AM.
11-02-2018
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11-03-2018
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11-04-2018
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nojpet%C3%A9n
Surprising/interesting observations to me about the Maya from traveling throughout Mexico and Central America:
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The island that was the site of Nojpetén is now developed as the modern town of Flores
Nojpetén (also known as Tayasal) was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the modern department of Petén in northern Guatemala.[1] The island is now occupied by the modern town of Flores, the capital of the Petén department,[2] and has had uninterrupted occupation since pre-Columbian times.[3] Nojpetén had defensive walls built upon the low ground of the island; they may have been hastily constructed by the Itza at a time when they felt threatened either by the encroaching Spanish or by other Maya groups.[4]
Nojpetén (also known as Tayasal) was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the modern department of Petén in northern Guatemala.[1] The island is now occupied by the modern town of Flores, the capital of the Petén department,[2] and has had uninterrupted occupation since pre-Columbian times.[3] Nojpetén had defensive walls built upon the low ground of the island; they may have been hastily constructed by the Itza at a time when they felt threatened either by the encroaching Spanish or by other Maya groups.[4]
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Nojpetén fell to a Spanish assault in 1697; it was the capital of the last Maya kingdom to fall to the conquerors.[16] Martín de Ursúa y Arismendi arrived at the western shore of Lake Petén Itzá in February 1697 with 235 Spanish soldiers and 120 native labourers.[17][18] He launched an all-out assault using a large oar-powered attack boat on 13 March; the Spanish bombardment of the island caused heavy loss of life among the Itza defenders, who were forced to abandon the city.[17]
- In Mexico and Guatemala - the women still wear traditional dress - which varies from region to region but has a similar theme.
- There are radio stations that broadcast in Mayan on the Yucatan peninsula.
- Mayan Men don't wear anything traditional - and their primary job seems to be to drive their wives places.
- In El Salvador the govt massacred a bunch of Maya in the 1930s. After that no one wears traditional clothes there and a lot of the culture was lost.
- Similar stuff happened in Honduras.
- All the big Mayan sites had some version of pyramids and a ball court - but much variations within that.
- Guides seemed to differ on whether the captain of the winning or losing team was sacrificed.
- The ball court at Chichen Itza had a couple hoops that were like 40 ft off the ground and angled sideways. The only way you could shoot was with your hips, head or feet. I can't imagine how anyone ever scored. Which might have made sense if they didn't want to get sacrificed.
- The local guides at these places speak Mayan to each other.
- Palenque was probably my favorite.
- Tikal was the most impressive.
- The pyramid at Chichen Itza was the most impressive/beautiful structure.
- Supposedly the beach complex at Tulum was the first place Mayans saw Spanish ships, and the first time the West realized there was a civilization in the New World capable of building large structures. Can't imagine what was going through the minds of those two groups.
Last edited by suzzer99; 11-04-2018 at 12:56 AM.