History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

Blood and Corn—Mayan Civilization (1x36)

Air date: Jan 01, 2011

Delve into the achievements of the Maya, who were among the longest-lasting, most geographically extensive, and most culturally sophisticated of all Mesoamerican cultures. Grasp how we can know these things only because the Maya left behind what those other peoples did not: the records of a culture with a written language.