Teotihuacán, Mexico
Primer testimonio de Teotihuacán cuando ya estaba abandonado:
Cuando aún era de noche,
cuando aún no había día,
cuando aún no había luz,
se reunieron,
se convocaron los dioses
allá en Teotihuacán.
Dijeron,
hablaron entre sí:
― «¡Venid acá, oh, dioses!
«¿Quién tomará sobre sí,
«quién se hará cargo
«de que haya día,
«de que haya luz?»
HISTORY AS A MANIFESTO
While Olmec civilization was headed for extinction, in central Mexico Teotihuacan was growing. It's power was trade. It had access to obsidian, a dark green volcanic glass found on mountains – a material that could be cut and pierced. And Teotihuacan produced and traded highly polished ceramic figures. With no horses or wheeled transport, it took traders months of walking to cross Teotihuacan's area of influence. It tied together its trading region with relay points and regional distributors, and these settlements became cities. Teotihuacan's culture spread with its goods, north into what is now the United States and south into what today is Guatemala.
In becoming a state power, Teotihuacan formalized its religion. It had numerous temples, and two pyramids faced with stone dedicated to the sun and moon. Its main god was Quetzalcoatl, a feathered snake god of fertility. Amid its religious monuments it had stone carvings depicting people in song and at play amid gardens, streams and fountains.
(Source: www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch29am.htm)
It is clear then that Teotihuacan was great culture and though it has been said that it disappeared because an invasion “it is now known that the destruction was centered on major civic structures along the Avenue of the Dead. Some statues seem to have been destroyed in a methodical way, with their fragments dispersed.” (Source: Wikipedia)
Therefore the duty of historians is to know what was the real cause because this is the only way to understand human nature and if we are to work for a better world this implies to reach a full and deep knowledge of how mankind adapts to every new human phase. Today we do not grasp what is coming in any facet, say, technology, religion, water nd so on, so to make a better world for all is a must.
Give peace a chance
Teotihuacán, Mexico
Primer testimonio de Teotihuacán cuando ya estaba abandonado:
Cuando aún era de noche,
cuando aún no había día,
cuando aún no había luz,
se reunieron,
se convocaron los dioses
allá en Teotihuacán.
Dijeron,
hablaron entre sí:
― «¡Venid acá, oh, dioses!
«¿Quién tomará sobre sí,
«quién se hará cargo
«de que haya día,
«de que haya luz?»
HISTORY AS A MANIFESTO
While Olmec civilization was headed for extinction, in central Mexico Teotihuacan was growing. It's power was trade. It had access to obsidian, a dark green volcanic glass found on mountains – a material that could be cut and pierced. And Teotihuacan produced and traded highly polished ceramic figures. With no horses or wheeled transport, it took traders months of walking to cross Teotihuacan's area of influence. It tied together its trading region with relay points and regional distributors, and these settlements became cities. Teotihuacan's culture spread with its goods, north into what is now the United States and south into what today is Guatemala.
In becoming a state power, Teotihuacan formalized its religion. It had numerous temples, and two pyramids faced with stone dedicated to the sun and moon. Its main god was Quetzalcoatl, a feathered snake god of fertility. Amid its religious monuments it had stone carvings depicting people in song and at play amid gardens, streams and fountains.
(Source: www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch29am.htm)
It is clear then that Teotihuacan was great culture and though it has been said that it disappeared because an invasion “it is now known that the destruction was centered on major civic structures along the Avenue of the Dead. Some statues seem to have been destroyed in a methodical way, with their fragments dispersed.” (Source: Wikipedia)
Therefore the duty of historians is to know what was the real cause because this is the only way to understand human nature and if we are to work for a better world this implies to reach a full and deep knowledge of how mankind adapts to every new human phase. Today we do not grasp what is coming in any facet, say, technology, religion, water nd so on, so to make a better world for all is a must.
Give peace a chance