Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed : Great Courses
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Chantilly, Va Teaching Company : Great Courses, 2015.
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8 videodiscs Approximately 1440 minutes .
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Published
Chantilly, Va Teaching Company : Great Courses, 2015.
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DVD
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Disc 1. The Maya, Aztecs, and Mesoamerica ; Olmec Civilization Emerges ; Olmec Art as the Mother Culture ; Olmec Contemporaries ; Mesoamerican Plants, Cuisine, and Medicine ; Early Highland Maya: Izapa to Kaminaljuyu -- Disc 2. Preclassic Maya Lowlands: El Mirador ; The Popol Vuh: Creation and Hero Twins ; The Great City of Teotihuacan ; How the Maya Mastered Mathematics ; The World's Most Elaborate Calendar ; Tikal: Aspiring Capital of the Maya World -- Disc 3. Maya Hieroglyphs: Breaking the Code ; Maya Astronomy and Building Orientations ; The Dresden Codex ; Palenque: Jewel in the West ; Sacred Geometry in Art and Architecture ; Illuminating Works of Maya Art -- Disc 4. Copan: Jungle Dynasty of the East ; Calakmul: The Mighty Snake Kingdom ; The Mesoamerican Ball Game ; Enigmatic West Mexico and Shaft Tombs ; Classic Maya Collapse: Cities Abandoned! ; New Cities of the Terminal Classic: Uxmal -- Disc 5. Monte Alban and Zapotec Rule over Oaxaca ; The Mixtec Rise: Gold and Epic Stories ; The Great Pyramid of Cholula and El Tajin ; Cacaxtla Murals and Xochicalco ; The Toltecs: Role Models or Myth? ; Chichen Itza: Maya Capital of the Yucatan -- Disc 6. League of Mayapan: Maya New World Order ; Mesoamerican Religion ; Aztec Origins: Arrival and Rise of the Mexica ; The Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan ; Life in the Aztec World ; How the Aztecs Expanded Their Empire -- Disc 7. Independent Tarascans: Desert Warriors ; Paquime: Northernmost Mesoamerican City? ; Illuminating Works of Aztec Art ; Tulum: Aztecs at the Ancient Maya Port City ; First Contact with Europe in Mesoamerica ; The Siege of Tenochtitlan ; Conquest of the Maya and Landa's Legacy ; Fall of the Last Maya Kingdom: The Itza ; The Caste Wars of Yucatan ; Echoes of the Past in Mexico ; Maya Survival and Revival ; Frontiers of Mesoamerican Archaeology.
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Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed immerses you in the epic story of the Mexico's history with 48 exhilarating half-hour lectures that cover the full scope of Mesoamerican history and culture. Your guide is Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center and a noted archaeologist, explorer, and teacher, whose exploits include the discovery of a lost Maya city.
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All Ages.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Barnhart, E., & Barnhart, E. (2015). Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed: Great Courses . Teaching Company : Great Courses.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Barnhart, Edwin and Edwin Barnhart. 2015. Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed: Great Courses. Teaching Company : Great Courses.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Barnhart, Edwin and Edwin Barnhart. Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed: Great Courses Teaching Company : Great Courses, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Barnhart, Edwin, and Edwin Barnhart. Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed: Great Courses Teaching Company : Great Courses, 2015.

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