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Teotihuacan the City of the Gods
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Teotihuacan the City of the Gods

Mesoamericas most imposing and mysterious city.
Created byFederico von Borstel
Last updated 9/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • Teotihuacan the City of the Gods
  • The course enhances human development.
  • The course promotes self-learning.
  • The course seeks to enrich your life experience.

Course content

1 section • 15 lectures • 2h 22m total length

  • Introduction2:32

    Explore Teotihuacan, the city of the gods, its origins, the valley of Mexico, the civic and ceremonial center, the pyramids of the moon and sun, and its art and architecture.

  • Teotihuacan 26:28

    Explore Teotihuacan, a UNESCO world heritage site and the region's most powerful pre-Columbian city, settled by 400 b.c. and home to 200,000 residents.

  • Teotihuacan 33:23

    Trace the origins of humans in the Americas through linguistic, genetic, and physiological evidence, examining migrations from Asia, the Clovis culture, and South Pacific crossings and Viking contact.

  • Teotihuacan 49:05

    Trace Teotihuacan within the Valley of Mexico from archaic to post classic, noting farming settlements, droughts, Maya and Mixtec dynamics, and the 1521 Spanish invasion.

  • Teotihuacan 512:05

    Discover how corn, beans, and squash—the three sisters—founded sedentary Mesoamerican civilizations, tracing maize domestication from ancient cobs in the valley of Mexico to day-to-day staples like tortillas and tamales.

  • Teotihuacan 66:26

    Explore the formative period in the Valley of Mexico, from 2000 to 1000 b.c., tracing Olmec influence, early platforms, art, and funerary figurines shaping the region before Teotihuacan.

  • Teotihuacan 718:06

    Explore the design of Teotihuacan's civic and ceremonial center, including the sun and moon pyramids, the avenue of the dead, symmetrical axis planning, and possible Orion's Belt alignment.

  • Teotihuacan 812:51

    Explore the pyramid of the moon at Teotihuacan, its moon pyramid complex, and the avenue of the dead, revealing ceremonies, sacrifices, and the urban layout that marks life and death.

  • Teotihuacan 911:00

    Unveil the pyramid of the sun's immense scale and architecture, its axial, multi-level design, and its equinox-aligned position along the avenue of the dead in Teotihuacan.

  • Teotihuacan 1014:31

    Teotihuacan's temple of the feathered serpent, the citadel and avenue of the dead, link the pyramids with jade offerings and the legends of Venus and wind deities.

  • Teotihuacan 1110:20

    Explore Teotihuacan art, from minimalist ceramic figurines and murals to monumental sculptures atop the pyramid of the moon, highlighting social hierarchy through ornate headdresses and facial styles.

  • Teotihuacan 1218:37

    Explore Teotihuacan murals that reveal on-site frescoes in grid-like apartment compounds, temples, and pyramids, highlighting fertility deities, rain imagery, and social power.

  • Teotihuacan 133:02

    Explore Teotihuacan's palace near the pyramid of the moon, with carved bird capitals and a portico. Note the entrance facing the Avenue of the Dead and the high priest's residence.

  • Teotihuacan 144:37

    Explore the production and trade of obsidian in Teotihuacan, highlighting green and black obsidian, their sharp fracture patterns, and their use in weapons and wealth.

  • Course Catalog9:23

    Explore the course catalog for Teotihuacan the city of the gods and uncover how this lecture frames the study of its content.

Requirements

  • There are no requirements or prerequisites for this course.

Description

This course is about the ancient city of Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan is an enormous, mysterious, beautiful and enigmatic city of ancient Mexico. We will travel there together to explore and experience this unique site. There is no other place in the world that even comes close to this magnificent and imposing city, then or now. Relatively little is known about the people who lived here. Their origins and demise are unknown. We have no written records of the ancient Teotihuacanos. We do, however, have their amazing architecture and their art. I teach lecture courses and studios as I wish they would have been taught to me. Much of the graphic material in my lectures is taken or generated first hand directly by me on site. I teach to learn. I teach subjects as I wish they were taught to me. The Mission Statement. Education is a tool for the improvement of successive generations. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius

This course is designed under the premise that humans should be taught in a way that is modeled after the educational patterns of evolution.

The design, development and application of educational systems based on the educational principles of evolution generates a philosophy and methodology of education in synchrony with the evolutionary education system that is firmly and deeply rooted in each of us.

Education for evolution is an educational system designed to help propel humans forward in the natural course of evolution. The purpose of education for evolution is to enhance and strengthen the natural evolutionary process of humans through the mechanism of education. The means to achieve this objective is the design of a curricula based on the same educational techniques and strategies used by natural evolution, enhanced and guided by the application of conscious educational decisions.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for anyone interested in the Ancient History of Mesoamerica.

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