In the forests and jungles of other realms, maya kings rule great cities with the force of their own personalities. They build temples and huge stone billboards to prop up royal dynasties that have little actual power. They perform gruesome rituals that require the skins of other people. They go to war and capture players for their ball games games where the losers never play again. Today, inside ancient pyramids archaeologists face real danger to bring the story of these kings and their politics out of the past. Before the arrival of europeans two extraordinary civilizations flourished in mesoamerica. Both the aztecs and the maya had cultures of startling sophistication, and political systems that were enormously complex. Archaeologists are intrigued by ancient political systems. They want to know how these systems were organized and how they evolved. Archaeologist Arthur Demarest. Throughout the course of Human History societies have bece ever more complex. Political systems have dev
Narrador bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos an introduction to spanish. Primero, algunas escenas de Este Episodio. Ino me grites asi, juan ya trate de explicarte los problemas de la produccion en nueva york. No entiendo por que actuas como un nino mimado. Solo roberto podria escoger una profesion tan peligrosa. ¿por que no estudia para ser un medico, ingeniero o abogado como tu . En Este Episodio vamos a aprender vocabulario relacionado con Las Profesiones y las carreras. Consuelo ¿y sabes que profesion tiene esta senora . Maricarmen esta es dentista. Y esta es enfermera. Mira, y este es un maestro. Y este ¿sabes que es . Es un veterinario. ¿y este, que es . Este es un periodista. Trabaja en los periodicos, ¿no . Si. Y esta es actriz. Y este es actor. ¿y sabes que profesion tiene este senor . No, mama. Es un hombre de negocios, como tu tio carlos. Tio carlos es profesor. No, es un hombre de negocios. Es un hombre de negocios. Tambien vamos a aprender algo sobre otra civiliza
Narrator the use of illicit drugs is increasing in many parts of the world, especially in urban areas. And arising from this increase are a host of social and health relatedroblems connected with drug abuse. One is, of course, the risk associated with the abuse aspect, especially of injecting drugs and risk of infection; the criminality which is associated, and the violence which is associated with e of drugs; and then, of course the Mental Illness that appears to result also from prolonged drug use or even sometimes shortterm drug use. The populations that are most affected are poor populations and nority populations. Narrator the specter of poverty hovers in the background of the drug world, but it is far from its only setting. Drug use is as familiar to suburbia and the corridors of big business as it is on threets. The reality is drug addiction infiltrates all segments of humanity. The main common feature that we see across different types of addiction is really a commonality in ch
Coming up on California Country, meet some of the folks responsible for adding a little zest to our lives. Then, what a chef wants, this man will find. Tag along with us as we go on a produce pursuit in Northern California. Then, meet a farmer who is surrounded by his favorite thingshis berries and his brothers. Finally, think starting a vegetable garden is hard . Our expert has advice to get you started and on your way to a homegrown meal in no time. Its all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by California Farm Bureau federation] so we all know that california is king when it comes to growing citrus. And when it comes to growing lemons, no one is bigger than this Ventura County farm. And with over 7,000 acres of lush lemon trees, limoneira isnt just the biggest lemon grower in california, but in all of north america. Based in santa paula, the farm is a testament to what hard work and determination can do Founding Fathers Nathan Blanchard and Wallace Hardison first bou
El nieto de Fernando Y Rosario estaba trabajando en una excavacion arqueologica. Ha habido un accidente. Icuidado pobre papa. Si se enterara todo lo que esta ocurriendo. Es mejor que no se entere. Si, claro. Pero si supiera. Es demasiado juan que no se lleva bien con pati carlos va a perder la oficina de miami los negocios andan mal nos aconsejan vender la gavia y ahora el nieto, el que todavia no conoce tal vez este herido o. No te preocupes. Veras que estara bien. Tambien en Este Episodio vamos a aprender algo sobre una de las Grandes Civilizaciones prehispanicas de mexico la civilizacion azteca. Los aztecas eran gente trabajadora y tambien eran grandes guerreros. Por doscientos anos, trabajaron y lucharon. Poco a poco, los aztecas conquistaron las otras tribus de mexico. Para principios del siglo dieciseis el Imperio Azteca se extendia de costa a costa. Y vamos a ver cuales son los planes de este senor. Tengo dos semanas de vacaciones. Mujer ¿de vacaciones . ¿y por que no las apro