The Fall of the Aztec and Maya Empires

S1 E4: The brilliant and powerful cultures of Mesoamerica (the Olmecs, Zapotecs, Toltecs, Astecs, and Maya) believed that one day the God-man Quetzalcoatl would return from the East to claim his throne. This story not only traces the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Maya, but also follows the 1839 journey of New York explorer John L. Stephens to these unfamiliar and wonderful cities.