Video Summaries

By: Taylor Holguin

Little Ice Age: Big Chill• The “Little Ice Age”

began sevencenturies ago

• In 1653, a monstercame upon thevillage of Montesaytownspeople believeonly God can savethem from the “titanicriver of ice”

• They also believethat the glaciers arepossessed and havepriests sprinkle holywater on them

Little Ice Age: Big Chill• New York Harbor froze

for five weeks• During June and July of

the Little Ice Age, two feetof snow fell in England!

• One historian believesthat the reason for this iceage is because there wasless radiation from thesun

• Sulfur deposits inpreserved ice from115,000 years agoindicates that there wereabout 5 volcaniceruptions each century.

BBC:The Story of GodEpisode 1

• In Yazd, Southern Iranthere has been a sacredfire that has supposedlybeen burning for the last2,000 years

• It is the priests job to tendit, and he has to wear amask in case his breathpollutes the flame

• Supposedly in order toplease the gods, you mustgive the best thing that youhave.

• Aztecs sacrifice was givinggod a beating heart…

BBC:The Story of GodEpisode 1

• People have come up withnumerous different types ofgods

• People believe in God/gods tobe involved in somethinggreater than oneself

• In the Gargas caves, one ofthe caves that a historiannamed John has exploredshows that the caves are thefirst churches due to the factof several different paintingsand carvings within the caves;the most interesting artconsists of several differenthandprints that have fingersmissing...

Cracking the Maya Code• Their cities were full of

hieroglyphics• The mystery is whether

these hieroglyphicswere just pictures or ifthere was somethingmore behind them

• A friar by the name ofDiego felt thathieroglyphics were atool of the Devil. Hewanted to convert it toCatholicism.

Cracking the Maya Code• A woman by the

name of Tatianareconstructed theMayan temples onpaper, eventuallythese were actuallybrought to life.

• She came to theconclusion that thestelae told the storyof the lives ofdifferent ruins.

Journey of Man• This story is about a

man named SpencerWells and his journeythat brings bothexcitement and fear tohim.

• He starts in Africa• The information of

history comes fromblood

• States over and overthat blood is the “timemachine”

Journey of Man• His belief is that the human

race began in Africa theneventually spread to therest of the world

• He visits the tribe of theSan Bushman to helpanswer some of hisquestions

• Humans were able to adaptall over

• Supposedly the reasonAfricans have darker skinthan others is because theywere exposed to moresunlight

Catastrophe!• David Keys believes

that there was sometype of climaticcatastrophe thatoccurred whichchanged our world.

• He attempts to digdeeper into histheory to findevidence that sometype of catastrophedid indeed occur.

Catastrophe!• The rings within trees

were used for researchand evidence of what theweather was like.

• During the sixth centurythe narrowing of the treerings suggest that theclimate was extremelycold.

• Another theory Keys cameup with is that an asteroidhit the earth

• Comets consist of gas andice (another theory Keystested)

Engineering and Empire:The Maya

• The Mayans wereextremely resourceful andbecame masters of theenvironment they lived in

• The Mayan had powerfulrulers, in the names of thegods, which at times let tocompetition andunfortunately war

• Human blood was themost sacred way for theMayans to repay theblood debt that they owedthe gods

Engineering and Empire:The Maya

• Kan Bahlam and Pacal, hisfather, ruled for 100 yearsand pushed engineering toa new level

• Scholars believe that thereason, although manydifferent reasons aredebated and there truly isnot one specific reason,that the Mayan’s implosionis because of anenvironmental catastrophe

• “Scabes” or white roadswere causeways somebeing up to around 60miles long! “They were amarvel of engineering.”