Misunderstood Moments in History - Rise of the Aztec Empire

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  • The Aztecs are famous for their clash with Cortes during the discovery of the New World. However for many this is where their story begins and ends. As such they are terribly misunderstood. Today we will be giving them a proper introduction by following the rise of the Aztecs from their earliest beginnings to the arrival of the Spanish!
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    Documentary Credits:
    Research: Sean Kiskel
    Script: Invicta
    Artwork: Robbie McSweeney
    Narration: Invicta
    Editing: Invicta
    Music: ICentury
    Bibliography:
    Diego Duran 1581 "History of the Indies of New Spain", Heyden trans. 1994
    Alva Ixlilxochitl 1640 "Historia de la Nacion Chichimeca"
    Don Domingo Chimalpahin 1621 "Codex Chimalpahin", Anderson and Schroeder trans. 1997
    Sahagun 1569 "General History of the Things of New Spain: Book 10, the People", Anderson and Dibble trans. 1981
    "Annals of Cuauhtitlan" ca.1610-1628, Bierhorst trans. 1992
    Hassig 1988 "Aztec Warfare"
    Townsend 2009 "The Aztecs"
    Smith 1966 "The Aztecs"

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  • @InvictaHistory
    @InvictaHistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1448

    Thanks to a Patron suggestion we now turn our attention to Mesoamerican history. Its a topic I knew very little about but am falling in love with. There's so much unexplored history to explore together! I want to thank Sean Kiskel our researcher for all his help prepping the script and helping with pronunciation. A huge shout out also goes out to Robbie McSweeney for some more incredible artwork.

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      fantastic job, oakley! I've spent a lot of time in mexico and i love mexico city and it's people. i couldn't be more happy you took this project on!
      check out the novel series by gary jennings. the 1st book is called aztec and deals with the time period of the 2nd half of ur video. it's really good.
      one really interesting character of this time is nezahualcoyotl. he was tlatoani of texcoco and was a famous poet and philosepher. he is often called the marcus aurelius of mezoamerica!

    • @danielrondon1013
      @danielrondon1013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There is some fantastic work in art and research done here, kudos to you🙌. You should do a video on Incas (Tahuantinsuyo) rise to power too

    • @TheEmanExperience
      @TheEmanExperience 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      necesito mass, I need more this was a great an awesome video

    • @uselut8741
      @uselut8741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      CHI-CO-MOZTOC, still did better than the UK videos.

    • @kesorangutan6170
      @kesorangutan6170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Seriously the artwork is amazing. It's like depictions of ancient people that you would see in encyclopedias but it's more comtemporary. This Robbie guy is talented.

  • @HistoryHouseProductions
    @HistoryHouseProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2791

    The guy who does the artwork for these is very talented.

    • @JackHadFriends
      @JackHadFriends 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@muhammadsyed4394 _Robbie McSweeney_

    • @__prometheus__
      @__prometheus__ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Muhammad Syed you didn’t do anything

    • @RICE4azns
      @RICE4azns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@phillylove7290 What? Are you blind? Much of the artwork in his educational videos is original commissioned art. The ones that are all in the same style.

    • @theprogramshow8816
      @theprogramshow8816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yours is pretty lifelike as well. Subbed.

    • @barakiji
      @barakiji 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      some are murals from Diego Rivera, for instance @ 21:47

  • @mybutthasteeth1347
    @mybutthasteeth1347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5525

    Don't you hate it when your allies make your daughter into a coat after asking for her hand in marriage?

    • @MyUniqueVibe
      @MyUniqueVibe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +432

      That's hardcore af

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +482

      always read the fine print

    • @qus.9617
      @qus.9617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      @@derekscanlan4641 No, you misunderstood, the eagle is above, not below the rabbit, on line 34 we will 'skin' your daughter, not 'elevate' her.

    • @thethirdjegs
      @thethirdjegs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@qus.9617 where did you see this (eagle above rabbit)

    • @falsename2285
      @falsename2285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@thethirdjegs i think hes referencing the aztec writings. they used icons such as eagles etc and faces mainly if im not mistaken, rather than an alphabet, like hieroglyphs

  • @jjfajen
    @jjfajen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    I had a Spanish teacher that told the class about the founding of Tenochtitlan. She mentioned the migration and the eagle eating a snake on a cactus in a lake. She left out the whole murdering a princess and wearing her face to provoke a war part...

    • @KDH-br6hy
      @KDH-br6hy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was part of there religion

    • @dephkononechicago7079
      @dephkononechicago7079 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just like you people leave out the masses of genocide you committed. What are you getting at, colonizer?

    • @waffelreitter7231
      @waffelreitter7231 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KDH-br6hy This religion deserved to be extinguished from the earth.

    • @Lowtiervergil347
      @Lowtiervergil347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KDH-br6hy I mean yeah it was, and hanging innocent people is part of the Klu Klux Kl@n religion, still doesn't make it right

    • @fritzelschildren
      @fritzelschildren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      ​@@KDH-br6hy and?

  • @bigakudoki-doki7861
    @bigakudoki-doki7861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2028

    Snakes: *exist*
    Mexica: Eat up bois, gotta make this land more habitable.

    • @Emirates1598
      @Emirates1598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      We still eat snakes in some places... they're good :)

    • @jahleelbingham9971
      @jahleelbingham9971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Aló I’m extremely intrigued

    • @Emirates1598
      @Emirates1598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@jahleelbingham9971 they are meh, you can have them like in a kind barbecue or in soup. In other parts you can also eat iguana with snake or rat with snake.

    • @stevegarcia3811
      @stevegarcia3811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Im a decendant of the mexica people from the great city of tenochtitlan.

    • @usermaatrasetepenre4125
      @usermaatrasetepenre4125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@stevegarcia3811 change your gringo name to moctezuma or cuauhtemoc and i would believed you

  • @atreides213
    @atreides213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +965

    The fact that there were no beasts of burden in the Aztec Empire makes their feats all the more incredible. Think how complex and intricate their logistics had to have been to compensate for this disadvantage.

    • @abrahamdavidgonzalezgonzal364
      @abrahamdavidgonzalezgonzal364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      For the fast delivery of messanges and small packages for the Huey Tlatoani and the nobles they were a system of runners.

    • @alexanderstrickland9036
      @alexanderstrickland9036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Their logistics were similar to other civs(they had waypoints and supply routes), they were just limited by the fact that their beasts of burden were men haha.

    • @purebloodedgriffin
      @purebloodedgriffin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      They had tons of slaves, I'm not sure what you're talking about

    • @ME-hm7zm
      @ME-hm7zm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      The lake was the key to all of that.

    • @Normie_Normalson
      @Normie_Normalson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      'beasts of burden' don't exist naturally anywhere, they have to be bred and trained.

  • @danieldebilek7001
    @danieldebilek7001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    Yay someting from history that I have no clue about. Time to learn.

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I've been learning alot as well. This is such an interesting topic.

    • @louisswanepoel1614
      @louisswanepoel1614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@InvictaHistory That's the thing, this was real hard work, harder than with your Rome videos (also hard work) but I think you enjoyed putting this video together.

    • @chipi20ful
      @chipi20ful 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel de Bílek actually there is a lot of misinformation in this video.

    • @worldmusicaddyours6436
      @worldmusicaddyours6436 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please check this out you will definitely learn. aztekayolokalli.com

    • @bigo8647
      @bigo8647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Take it from someone who had actually lived in Mexico, the Aztecs did sacrifice the wife but it was by removing her heart, which was the greatest honor, cause she was sacrificed to their gods, but the flaying thing is all lies, flaying was not part of Aztec rituals.
      Remember that what we know about Aztecs comes from Spaniard scribes, in the early 1500's there were rumors about the Aztecs summoning demons, having copulation with animals and engaging in cannibalism all lies that the Spaniards invented.

  • @CollegeKiD4
    @CollegeKiD4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    My mother who was born in a small town not far from the capital of Mexico, still speaks the language of Nahuatl fluently. Although I was born in the US, learning from what can possibly be my roots is very fascinating.

    • @BlindedNumen
      @BlindedNumen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Omg that is so amazing!!!

    • @mashtmebruh1064
      @mashtmebruh1064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That’s so cool. My family is from Puebla but nobody in my family (at least these past 6 generations) knows how to speak Nahuatl.

    • @jovit-vs
      @jovit-vs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Felicidades que tu madre abla ese idioma ami me gustaria aver nacido en esas raises soy mextizo solo español se🥺

    • @55CINCO55
      @55CINCO55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      There are still millions of Nahuatl speakers, I’m going to learn it one day

    • @bullterror5
      @bullterror5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow

  • @user-cx3lf3co6s
    @user-cx3lf3co6s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    I'm russian, and thanks for such an exciting and talented videos with sophisticated language. That makes practicing english great hobby, and what is more, with a bonus as a closing gaps in geography and history.

    • @MrGUESS79
      @MrGUESS79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm mexican and this has a lot of missunderstandings.. check out inah ;)

    • @user-cx3lf3co6s
      @user-cx3lf3co6s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrGUESS79 Got you, dude)

    • @mnstark3342
      @mnstark3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      same amazing content :), take a shot of vodka for me brother.

    • @user-cx3lf3co6s
      @user-cx3lf3co6s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@mnstark3342 noway, I'm muslim.

    • @mnstark3342
      @mnstark3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@user-cx3lf3co6s just don't tell anyone

  • @ASMProductions1997
    @ASMProductions1997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1093

    The Spanish landing and meeting the Aztec people for the first time Would definitely be one of those moments you wish you could go back and see. The feeling of awe and wonder the Spanish felt on arrival and the curiosity of the Aztecs would be something astounding to witness

    • @superemzone
      @superemzone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      truly it would be

    • @angeltsosie2133
      @angeltsosie2133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Spaniard friars wrote how in awe they were coming by boat to see the (teocalli) sacred houses or pyramid temples towering above the lake and tenochtitlan.. kualli yohualli

    • @alexypolivany7148
      @alexypolivany7148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      But you should be vary careful to save your ass, I mean heart.

    • @steverangon1658
      @steverangon1658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Not only the Aztecs. The Mayans and Incas meet the evil European on the shores.

    • @willvera8145
      @willvera8145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      steve rangon Stuff like that happened all over the world shut up.

  • @reigee2869
    @reigee2869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1088

    Thank you for an informative video that neither tries to villainize nor sugarcoat the Aztecs or the Mexica empire. It seems that whenever it's their turn to be discussed, people are particularly good at applying rampant presentism or double standards to their empire and their history. They were a people of the new world, living in their times and they were as brutal as they were amazing like many other young civilizations.

    • @aq6737
      @aq6737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      You are right!..they all try to demonize the Aztec culture but dont see their society so advanced as to have a form of government ,schools and institutions to make a society work.

    • @BeeHatGuy
      @BeeHatGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Rei gee this is the best comment on this video

    • @Abelius
      @Abelius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      And how killing and flaying the daughter of your benefactor and ally fits in not demonizing those huge bastards?
      They were fine, yet they decided to go to war. Pfft, please...

    • @villax5376
      @villax5376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Abelius Read the fine print

    • @weststar2845
      @weststar2845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      @@Abelius werent the Roman's nailing people to sticks and feeding people to lions.

  • @Sarcastic_Asmodeus
    @Sarcastic_Asmodeus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1335

    Bruhhh we're getting a Viking game from the Assassin's creed franchise! We definitely need a Aztec one next!

    • @dankmemes8304
      @dankmemes8304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Markoi Green Damn why are you so pissed?

    • @Sarcastic_Asmodeus
      @Sarcastic_Asmodeus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@dankmemes8304, it's the internet. Everyone is or wants to be pissed at something. Lol

    • @jrojas961
      @jrojas961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Will be sick especially with a jaguar outfit

    • @ohohgreasy660
      @ohohgreasy660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      there were aztec/mayan buildings in ac black flag remember

    • @Sarcastic_Asmodeus
      @Sarcastic_Asmodeus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      That doesn't necessarily make it an Aztec game..

  • @Magoo1881
    @Magoo1881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I’ve spent the past 3-4 hours looking up history on the Aztecs. I learned more in 20 minutes then I have all day. Thank you.

  • @24680kong
    @24680kong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    "Hey Huitzilin, are we the baddies?"
    "What do you mean?"
    "Have you noticed you're wearing a princess' skin?"

    • @norwegianboyee
      @norwegianboyee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *Looks down at himself*
      *Laughter sound effect*
      "My god, I am."
      "We're so the bad guys aren't we."
      *Wacky sitcom outro*

    • @DeadlyAlienInvader
      @DeadlyAlienInvader 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      “Don’t worry! It was for a good cause! I mean, the gods wanted me to do that! What do you expect me to do about it?!”

  • @oni_sama5
    @oni_sama5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1230

    Damn ok "I'd be happy to give you my daughter as a sign of peace and alliance" then bam she became a coat

    • @lordmorgoth7
      @lordmorgoth7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      She was hot, we were cold

    • @sonoftheking7776
      @sonoftheking7776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Yeah the Aztecs were a bunch of assholes I'm glad they got their asses kicked.

    • @DrCruel
      @DrCruel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@sonoftheking7776 The Tlaxcala fell similarly, up to the present day.

    • @VitorEmanuelOliver
      @VitorEmanuelOliver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It makes you wonder if the astecs were really the good guys in this story

    • @DrCruel
      @DrCruel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@VitorEmanuelOliver No it doesn't.

  • @yudit.loves.raccoons4079
    @yudit.loves.raccoons4079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +803

    Aztecs had library’s and books not to mention a language we would’ve known so much more about them now

    • @yudit.loves.raccoons4079
      @yudit.loves.raccoons4079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      MAISA MENDEZ that’s so damn cool my grandpa from my dads side speaks Nahuatl but sadly we don’t have much contact one day I’d love to learn from him 😭

    • @kmccart2
      @kmccart2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @MAISA MENDEZ Is the narrator's pronunciation accurate?

    • @AlexaAXAG
      @AlexaAXAG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@kmccart2 besides the accent, its close.

    • @yellowisksheppard8889
      @yellowisksheppard8889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Except the Catholics burned everything

    • @yellowisksheppard8889
      @yellowisksheppard8889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      James Woodard you can believe whatever religion you want. Just cuz someone wore a cross doesn’t mean you are responsible for their actions.

  • @ashcanproductions9822
    @ashcanproductions9822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    If the Spaniards has never come I wonder how far the Aztecs would have advanced because they already were at least around the level the early stages of the Roman Empire

    • @grillodofus
      @grillodofus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      They would have came sooner or later, they or some others: englishmen, dutch, etc and still had 10,000 years of technological advantage and none the more mercy. Still we all wonder.

    • @BallsTheDog
      @BallsTheDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Doubt it, they didn't have gunpowder so the British would have had them sooner or later

    • @sanjuanagasca4124
      @sanjuanagasca4124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      @@BallsTheDog gun powder was invented by the Chinese. The Aztecs were doomed the conquistadores had there rival enemies turn on them. Then the Spanish conquered the Traiter Tribes who helped over throw the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs were some of the world's first Civilizations to make man made islands.

    • @grillodofus
      @grillodofus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@BallsTheDog Gunpowderwas of little effect, if technology was to blame steel and ships were much more important than powder, yet the conquest of Mexico was a war fought with bio-warfare and politics, not as much with swords and pistols.

    • @benedeknagy8497
      @benedeknagy8497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      I think that without the europeans showing up, the Incas would have slowly conquered much of south and central america. Their stoneworking and architecture was even more advanced than the Aztec one, and they even used bronze axes, halberd, breastplats. So technologically they were an age ahead of the Aztecs. But most importantly, the Incas used cultural assimilation insead of pure brutality to rule over conquered cities and tribes, so it's safe to assume that they could have easily forged similar alliances with the Aztec's rivals, just as the spaniards did.
      It's truly tragic that a civil war between the two sons of the king and the pox from the north severly weakened this great civilisation, just before the spaniards arrived. Otherwise this american civilisation had the best chance, with metal weapons, mountain forts, and highly organised military, to actually beat back the europeans.

  • @josehoessaye6571
    @josehoessaye6571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    1:08 great pronunciation, your efforts won’t go unnoticed. Great video!

  • @HoundofOdin
    @HoundofOdin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2273

    The Aztec built the largest city in the world in the middle of a lake with no beasts of burden and using stone tools, but all people know about them is that they did human sacrifice and lost to the conquistadors. History is truly unfair.

    • @SNIperofDARKness02
      @SNIperofDARKness02 5 ปีที่แล้ว +334

      Cortez managed to destroy an empire with a mere 200 soldiers, yet all they talk about is how he was a cruel tyrant. History is truly unfair.

    • @UberH0b0
      @UberH0b0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +638

      @@SNIperofDARKness02 You do know that Cortez convinced the neighboring tribes to band together and attack the Aztecs right? he and his 200 men didn't do it alone.

    • @reapvkz1
      @reapvkz1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +558

      Cortez didnt defeat them alone. Another native cultures joined them, not to mention that pox actually killed 90% of the population. not even war.

    • @gavinstarks2761
      @gavinstarks2761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      They didn't come close to building the largest city on the world. Maybe in that area but as current history stands, not even close to the largest.

    • @theghosthero6173
      @theghosthero6173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      They weren't neighboring tribes either, they were strong kingdoms, the Purepecha empire rival in size and greateness with the Aztec empire for example

  • @westleyhoskins1774
    @westleyhoskins1774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    "The dawn of Aztec history is shrouded in mystery"...
    Dope lyrics

  • @SJ23982398
    @SJ23982398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +902

    And it was the god of tongue twisters, Guadltopeitlkliepteth that told them how to name everything.

  • @browsebrowserton8409
    @browsebrowserton8409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Impressed by the pronunciations, Kudos!

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Thanks for noticing. Admittedly I got a lot of help from our researcher with these.

    • @Cytoplasm_
      @Cytoplasm_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "leave the caves to explore the world" didn't make it all that far lads.

    • @browsebrowserton8409
      @browsebrowserton8409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@InvictaHistory No, thank you for the effort. The quality of these videos is second to none, the effort really shows

    • @jcarlos100
      @jcarlos100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed! I was positively impressed by the pronunciation. Great job

    • @jesuscastillocabello1537
      @jesuscastillocabello1537 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@InvictaHistory Hi Oakley I am a fan from Mexico and I really appreciate you making videos over this topic. However if you want to improve your pronunciation I recommend you getting someone that speaks Spanish to read them to you. The words are written so that when you read them in Spanish you pronounce them correctly.
      Or you could search for a video of Super Holly on the topic. Her father is a náhuatl expert.

  • @Travois
    @Travois 5 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    Mexican history aficionado here. Great work, nicely explained, condensed and includes information on every tlatoani that we had.
    One thing I would like to have been added or that can be done in a future video is the "Aztec's Flower wars pact" or xōchiyāōyōtl. As far as Im concerned, It is the only Pact of war that the humanity has ever had.
    Every four years the Mexica, Tlaxacaleans, Choluleans, and Huejotzingo, would go to war voluntarily, to get enough sacrifices to satisfy their gods. This is how Ahuizotl manage to sacrifice more than 80, 000 prisoners in the temple of huitzilopoztli as mentioned in your video.

    • @Navak_
      @Navak_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Many neolithic societies practiced ritual warfare.

    • @soleilbleau7065
      @soleilbleau7065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi, would you recommend any documentaries on Latin ancestry here on TH-cam ? Would be much appropriated

    • @infotechsailor
      @infotechsailor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Sounds horrible and depressing

    • @berno8535
      @berno8535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@soleilbleau7065 Latin as in the Spanish/South American Latinos or Roman Latins?

    • @rl6173
      @rl6173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Josh Bascii how they wanted it

  • @officialVozie100
    @officialVozie100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I'm apache and Nahua aka Aztec we still speak Nahua in mexico millions it's growing actually hopefully it will continue Pyialli Tlazcohmati
    We rising 🇲🇽👩🏾🌎💯

  • @pauliedibbs9028
    @pauliedibbs9028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I cannot stress enough how important this channel is, for an array of good reasoning; thus, I also cannot express my level of absolute appreciation and gratitude as well. Thank you for this fantastic video, and for all of your amazing work!

  • @BruderSenf
    @BruderSenf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    itzcoatl grew mighty old 1247-1440 must be a healthy lifestyle "one sacrifice a day keeps the doctor away" i guess

    • @mariah4668
      @mariah4668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s a really weird system, historians typically just skip what would have been the 13th century. But that is still a very long time to rule!

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The resources I checked give his birth year as 1380, and his reign as 1428-1440

    • @Mimi.1001
      @Mimi.1001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@annoyed707 So Invicta probably just flipped the 2 and the 4.

    • @josemonte4083
      @josemonte4083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol very true..

    • @immortalsmoke509
      @immortalsmoke509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was God given mother nature food and active life style

  • @gilbertotoledo1421
    @gilbertotoledo1421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    Amazing video I love the effort that went into it. Just a minor detail the effigy of the Aztec god in the images isn't Huitzilopochtli. It's Coatlicue, she was actually a benevolent earth goddess despite her terrifying appearance. Huitzilopochtli was often portrayed as a warrior in blue, or as a hummingbird. Ironic how the monstrous looking one is the gentle one and nice looking one is the angry one, right? Lol

    • @laidspipe
      @laidspipe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s cool. My favorite color is blue and my favorite bird is a hummingbird.

    • @Tlatoanimeh
      @Tlatoanimeh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, sir. El Colibrí Zurdo he was called. She of the Serpent Skirt, as Coatlicue was known.

    • @tlaloc27
      @tlaloc27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @brmbly she wasn't murder since she is the earth

    • @jonatanaguilar9961
      @jonatanaguilar9961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was looking for this comment

    • @og-greenmachine8623
      @og-greenmachine8623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All lies of the pale-face
      With Whites steak all lands,
      Then becoming:
      “PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING WRITERS”?
      No wonder
      ONLY “TRUE VICTIMS”
      Know
      TRUE HISTORY:
      th-cam.com/video/rrpidRBbYts/w-d-xo.html

  • @thorCast
    @thorCast ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The pronunciation alone deserves a like and sub. Easily one of the best recounting of early Aztec history in existence and its free on TH-cam. Its crazy to think how a few hundred years would have completely changed our perception of the new world. 100 years earlier and we would never have known the breadth of civil engineering and architecture the ancient mesoamericans were capable of.

  • @moibe182
    @moibe182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Great video, as a mexican I liked it, just one minor correction: The god at the image in 2:11 is not Huitzilopochtli but the godess Coatlicue.

    • @Alkis05
      @Alkis05 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And I thought my mom was scary. No wonder Huitzilopochtli was such a unsettling dude.
      Imagine missionaries trying to put a veil over Coatlicue and saying "See, she is actually the virgin marry. She looks just like her. Kinda..."

    • @sb416
      @sb416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Alkis05 lol yes they made her into lady Guadalupe

  • @reopreop4690
    @reopreop4690 5 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    Taking the daughter of a leader in marage to forge an aliance and preserve the peace - too mainstreem.

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      reop reop Most of the time it work.

    • @Reaper2127.
      @Reaper2127. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I still don't even get the point of the action either. Why announce a war like that. Do a surprise attack on their city or something reasonable.

    • @ViolosD2I
      @ViolosD2I 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah just cross Monty's border and capture a worker.

    • @sabersroommate8293
      @sabersroommate8293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe they have misinterpret their God's message.

    • @sergioislas323
      @sergioislas323 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      !!Fuck you!!

  • @basedmadlad6740
    @basedmadlad6740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    Assassin's Creeds new focus on ancient history is amazing and I'd love to see either an Aztec, Viking, or Japan game.

    • @berno8535
      @berno8535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Japan will be next.. or well should. They released a trailer where they revealed an egyptian eye, the geek omega sign and torii gates as symbols... in that order and two games with matching civs was released...

    • @cameronmcmillian6185
      @cameronmcmillian6185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Vikings is the next one for the PS5 & new Xbox console

    • @salted6422
      @salted6422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd love to be able to play the new AC games, but the monetization system they use is a complete turn-off for me. The leveling system is absolutely broken due to it.

    • @zxdefflex6474
      @zxdefflex6474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Right now is the Viking era

    • @pentraksil
      @pentraksil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@salted6422 Although I completely agree that the monetization system in AC is a disgrace and shouldn't exist, I never found the leveling system completely broken. It is obviously more grindy to make those boosts more attractive, but I was never in a situation where I was underleveled or weak for the main progression. I do a lot of side quests but usually skip the boring mmo ones and my level is often a couple of numbers above the requirement.

  • @13SXLKAM
    @13SXLKAM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    “The Venice of the New Worlds” Must have been a sight to behold...

  • @andraslibal
    @andraslibal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    4:40 you think they finally became normal but then the god of war becomes impatient ...

    • @Manuel-ny2nl
      @Manuel-ny2nl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The aztecs were normal, most of the things that history shows is a lie, the history of Mexico is beautiful, and the history of aztecs was distorted by the spanish crown, because it is not convenient for them that the world see them as a civilization that killed without reason, for imposing the catholic religion they destroyed the temples of the aztecs including the great temple of tenochtitlan. The aztecs were much better equipped with wapons equipment than the spanish conquerors themselves, a very curious fact is that spain did not conquer Mexico but France did it, since spain as such, at that time was a French province, when the Spaniards arrived in Tenochtitlan-Now Mexico city, they were perplexed by the wonderful architectural works of the ancient Aztec civilization, at night the pyramids of the aztecs seemed to have been built of silver, and the Spaniards could not believe so much beauty, they related in one of their epistles that the great tenochtitlan was a city of dreams.
      Textual words of the conqueror cortes.

    • @l-nolazck-rn24
      @l-nolazck-rn24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Manuel-ny2nl indigenist?

    • @rckflmg94
      @rckflmg94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Manuel-ny2nl romanticizing a brutal empire? Killing and sacrificing on a massive scale

    • @razacosmicapilled
      @razacosmicapilled 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rckflmg94 Yes, yes i am ✋🏽⚡️

  • @LuotkaSnih
    @LuotkaSnih 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Damn, amazing pronunciation, mad respects to you for taking your time with it. Sometimes its even hard to pronunciate mesoamerican words in spanish

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      popocatepetl - say it quick

    • @didiermartinezzz4204
      @didiermartinezzz4204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Popocatepelt is easy viva Mexico

    • @dermannemaunz
      @dermannemaunz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The stressed word is in the first E... Popocatépetl "smoking mountain"

    • @loldiamond1017
      @loldiamond1017 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dermannemaunz It must be high...

    • @madbullen
      @madbullen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think his prononcuation is quite bad...

  • @atreides213
    @atreides213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    The Aztecs seem almost like real life Khorne worshippers.

    • @genghiskhan6809
      @genghiskhan6809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      From what I've heard, alot of the cult of Khaine and it's practices were based off of Aztec rituals.

    • @gadnukbreakerofworlds3460
      @gadnukbreakerofworlds3460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      *BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!*

    • @elliegotfredson3712
      @elliegotfredson3712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Moses and his god of war and famine - lots of similarities.

    • @gabriel300010
      @gabriel300010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      OAXACA STANDS THE CITY BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID

    • @-Zevin-
      @-Zevin- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ancient German/Scandinavians were similar.

  • @drew-andresvogt652
    @drew-andresvogt652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very well done documentary with excellent graphics, script, narration, etc. Looking forward to more.

  • @JC839
    @JC839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Aztecs “throw us a bone, please!”
    King “fine.” *throws them bone*
    Aztecs: *proceeds to attack king with bone*

  • @SammyBirdTheGreat
    @SammyBirdTheGreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    I feel so blessed to have native and Mexican teachers in school, I learned so much more about mesoamerican history and empires compared to so many other people in America. This history is so misrepresented in America and it’s so frustrating

    • @hueyitlahtoani9242
      @hueyitlahtoani9242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @wowalinbie girl I was taught the opposite 😂😂😂 the Aztecs were savages and ruthless killers that were defeated by the European saviors

    • @victortorres1930
      @victortorres1930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @wowalinbie They were probably both. Like all civilizations, they had their good (astronomy, engineering, and economic prosperity) and their bad (human sacrifice, almost endless warfare, and subjugation of other nation-states)

    • @jorges3824
      @jorges3824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @wowalinbie sheesh what school you go to they always demonized them where I’m from 💀

    • @canofsouls282
      @canofsouls282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@hueyitlahtoani9242 the aztecs were nothing short of amazing, dont get me wrong their human sacrifices were a bit to much but nearly every civilization during a time period like their pulled the same thing off, you have to remember the majoroty of their history is written down by the spaniards who already thought they were devils, they were sophisticated while london had a population if 800'000 the capitols area had 2 million with aqueducts from nearby spring, they had clean sewers, they even had a palace that has a zoo of 300 exotic animals which dwarfed modern day palaces, to top it off they did all of this with NO HELP, NO ANIMALS, and multiple enemy city states, while the europeans were still living in their own shit the aztecs praticed good hygiene , its said in a spanish chronicle that their teeth were so white sonce they brushed it with a corn powder I could rambble on in on on how cool they were but regarding them as a violent society is like saying european history is trash and dumb, which is false.

    • @hueyitlahtoani9242
      @hueyitlahtoani9242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@canofsouls282 yes I agree with you, sorry if my comment came off as hating the Aztecs 😭😂 I was replying with sarcasm to the comment where they said that they were taught that all native Americans were peaceful and stuff while I was taught the opposite

  • @jimjimsauce
    @jimjimsauce 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Bruh they were honestly drippin, that mans wearing the jaguar skin and face paint was fire

    • @faceplant4378
      @faceplant4378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm fucking done. 🤣🤣
      I think cheetah dude is fighting a lizard cactus.

  • @flankenstyle
    @flankenstyle 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thanks for uploading! I'm especially impressed with all the great artwork you've found, really fleshes out the story!

  • @olirayner5129
    @olirayner5129 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seriously well made video, thank you for putting the time in

  • @sirskateify
    @sirskateify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2027

    Jesus. Wearing a princesses skin... Talk about taking cross dressing to the next level lol.

    • @Steelmade58
      @Steelmade58 5 ปีที่แล้ว +311

      Talk about being under someone's skin

    • @sirskateify
      @sirskateify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @Dark Days Yeah I'm team #cortezdidnothingwrong

    • @sirskateify
      @sirskateify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @Dark Days I'm mostly just saying that for the meme factor. But from what it sounds like, cortez's cruelty was rather pale in comparison with the Aztec nobility. Not saying that makes it OK, just saying I know who I'd prefer as my overlord. Also I don't think I would group cortez in with those other names you mentioned.

    • @gutzskywalker975
      @gutzskywalker975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Brolo Jay "It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again"

    • @ShadowSumac
      @ShadowSumac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Dark Days Given what kind of people Aztecs were...who cares?

  • @Shreendg
    @Shreendg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    The Mexica weren't exactly ancient at the time of Spanish conquest.

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      That's one of the points I make at the end of the video. That when the Spanish arrived, it had only been about 2 centuries since the Mexica themselves had been the new kids on the block.

    • @nathanoliver9237
      @nathanoliver9237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not ancient but prehistoric

    • @TheIronMax
      @TheIronMax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      They were like the United States, they were not that old but very powerful

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah, i think it's cus their tech level is kinda like the classical era in europe

    • @segundonoacco3164
      @segundonoacco3164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@derekscanlan4641 Yes and since there was no usefull animals like horses, its very probable no american civilization could have been able to develop much more.
      They had wheels, but they didnt had any use for it.

  • @ryanobeirne1372
    @ryanobeirne1372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A Mexica priest wore the flayed skin of the daughter of the guy who basically helped them? That's the Aztec "thank you" in some serious Game of Thrones nastiness.

  • @gladra9596
    @gladra9596 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent!
    A great source of knowledge was imparted by this documentary, thank you . Well done!

  • @Flappmeister
    @Flappmeister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +939

    I'm a simple man. I see Aztecs, I sacrifice my enemies to the gods.
    What? Was it something I said?

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      look, if you don't the sun won't rise tomorrow. we can't have that, can we?

    • @alexanderstrickland9036
      @alexanderstrickland9036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Blood for the feathered serpent god! Hearts for the sun!

    • @didiermartinezzz4204
      @didiermartinezzz4204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am méxicano I have all these stories in my culture

    • @tec-jones5445
      @tec-jones5445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Your Typical Pinoy No One Expects the Spanish Conquistadors!

    • @pottertheavenger1363
      @pottertheavenger1363 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      sees a solar eclipse: *sacrificing and astronomy intensifies*

  • @rudyochoao559-79
    @rudyochoao559-79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great SUPER GREAT FAST BREAK DOWN. LOVE THE JOB YOU DID WITH SUMMONING UP SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS IN SUCH A SHORT TIME FRAME. GOOD JOB

  • @tommarello01
    @tommarello01 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic short documentary, really well done. Many thanks.

  • @ScipionLaurentiend
    @ScipionLaurentiend 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    love to learn more about meso america...keep it up

  • @Cholosaurus360
    @Cholosaurus360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This mini Doc blew me away! I’m Mexican so I’m maybe related to the Aztecs, that what I’ve been told anyway. The Aztecs were so brutal and rough, yet had a sophisticated and
    glorious civilization! Great work!

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That would realy depends on: If you are a Mestizo, and you're ancestors that you know of are from in, or around, the states close to Mexico City

    • @bryceanhk1428
      @bryceanhk1428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chop Chips the darker the Mexican the deeper the roots

    • @Cholosaurus360
      @Cholosaurus360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bryce Anhk Definitely my friend,
      I’m mixed with Spanish, Jewish, and Irish
      So my Mexican roots are not pure but I do have pride in the little I do have! But hey Brown Pride ✊🏼Por Sempre!

    • @Elitecommando501
      @Elitecommando501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most Mexicans are not really pure blood aztecs. Their other ancestors came from spain. My ancestors from my mothers side came from northern spain and settled in zacatecas one of the oldest and first states established by the viceroyalty of New Spain (before it was Mexico)

  • @Travelsandmore333
    @Travelsandmore333 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for these videos!!!! More people need to know about the Aztecs

  • @voltanzapata8024
    @voltanzapata8024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This is one of the finest well put together historical accounts of my culture I have seen on this platform!👍🏼 Finally putting my ancestors on great levels of other ancient cultures such as the Greeks and Egyptians of the same time. I’m very impressed with the level of respect this has been put together.🕸🕷🌵☀️

    • @dfinma
      @dfinma ปีที่แล้ว

      What about all the murder?

    • @voltanzapata8024
      @voltanzapata8024 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was a different Era but it happens all the time in our so-called modern culture so what’s your point every culture has its dark side?

    • @NoName-np8ko
      @NoName-np8ko ปีที่แล้ว

      @@voltanzapata8024 Yes, but some cultures have dark sides that are much, much darker than others. And others actually have bright sides that far outweigh their dark sides and are responsible for most of what is good in this world.

  • @chicoebrio027
    @chicoebrio027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a mexican born in Mexico City, I truly appreciate your efforts to communicate the history of this ancient and wonderful culture whose legacy is still tangible in our architecture and language. Shout out to your efforts in pronunciation, I hope there's a second part for this. :)

  • @Xteenrebel
    @Xteenrebel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'm super impressed with this.
    Didn't this channel start as just a Total War channel?

  • @everardoolide1944
    @everardoolide1944 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome! Thanks for sharing

  • @wuzgoanon9373
    @wuzgoanon9373 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting. Very good explanation of this historical period. Thank you.

  • @ethand2731
    @ethand2731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Thanks for covering this. The great nations of the pre colombian Americas are often overlooked by historians and it is refreshing to hear their stories. Maybe after you have finished yours series on the Aztecs you could do one on the Incas or the Iroquois Confederacy.

  • @tomgauntley
    @tomgauntley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was awesome can’t wait for the next part

  • @dystopiannoise6782
    @dystopiannoise6782 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I already made so much music about their creation-story. Thanks for the video! Very nice!

  • @maxusmartini760
    @maxusmartini760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excelente contenido, gracias por compartir!

  • @russellgilbert8625
    @russellgilbert8625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Your pronunciation is INCREDIBLE! I had been pronouncing some of these locales (albeit only in my head) COMPLETELY wrong. Thank you! Love the channel. New sub here.

    • @justinh6651
      @justinh6651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's pretty mediocre but leagues ahead contemporary attempts. He doesn't do the tl right and emphasizes or de-emphasizes some parts of words and names

  • @aduarte8057
    @aduarte8057 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    The name Aztec was coined by Alexander von Humboldt who combined "Aztlan" ("place of the heron"), our mythic homeland, and "tec(atl)", 'people of'.The term Aztec is often used very broadly to refer not only to the Mexica, but also to the Nahuatl-speaking peoples or Nahuas of the Valley of Mexico and neighboring valleys. Nehua notōcā Tlacaelel.

    • @gregoriokafka
      @gregoriokafka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The Humboldt data is wrong. The name "Azteca" or "Aztlaneca" was used by Hernando de Alvarado Tezozómoc in his chronicle since late XVIth Century. He was in fact the grandson of Motecuhzoma II; so the term was known by the mexica.

    • @martinalfaro1317
      @martinalfaro1317 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mexica means the Navel of the moon .. Meshecaa...Mexico

  • @felixk.5707
    @felixk.5707 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing! Please more of it!

  • @carlosespinoza6182
    @carlosespinoza6182 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this awesome and beautiful video.

  • @michaelharvey8021
    @michaelharvey8021 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glad to of stumbled upon your channel. Great video. I was hoping to find a sequel of what happens when Cortez comes and over takes such a warrior based empire with such a large army on their own turf. As well I would be curious to know the beginnings , rise and fall of the Mayan empire. Thanks guys. Love your work so far.

  • @Testacabeza
    @Testacabeza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Itzcoatl reign period is wrong I think. It says (1247-1440 AD).

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Shoot I swapped the numbers. Should be 1427.

    • @fanaticpharaoh6689
      @fanaticpharaoh6689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@InvictaHistory (1347-1427)*
      Unless he was 180 lol

    • @louisswanepoel1614
      @louisswanepoel1614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I call witchcraft (according to legend)

    • @2HRTS1LOVE
      @2HRTS1LOVE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol, I was scratching my head on that one, too, thanks for answering, I always think I've missed something when stuff like that happens, assuming the error is mine, cuz it so often is. 😁

    • @fanaticpharaoh6689
      @fanaticpharaoh6689 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sirvalian I'm just guessing lol. 80 sounds more likely if we are talking his age but I wasn't sure what times we were talking about.
      On second glance he is talking about the 14 year reign, my bad mate.

  • @blunelson8226
    @blunelson8226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Live by the sword, die by sword" was the first thing I thought of after watching the video. Really good video, wished you mention years as you went.

  • @debgib007
    @debgib007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @hobog
    @hobog 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    18:31 i think it's good to repeat that there were no beasts of burden available to extend military reach, throughout all of precolumbian America

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I'll probably do an episode on the logistics of the Aztec army and this will be an important point to make

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ...and because of this the wheel was used mostly just for childrens' toys, apparently!
      i must admit i've always found this 'fact' a little hard to take seriously. i can think of so many uses for the wheel that don't involve beasts of burden

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@derekscanlan4641 not only was the wheel not made a weapon of war but neither was metallurgy. All weapons of war used by those of the Mesoamerica were crafted of stone, wood, or animal bone

    • @qus.9617
      @qus.9617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rejvaik00 Inca spears, arrows, axes or maces were either made out of copper or stone. There is even a rare example of a copper mace axe.
      Edit: I should correct myself that Inca is not considered part of Mesoamerica. Well you learn something new everyday.
      Edit: Quauholōlli was a mace used by the Aztecs that ended in a hardball, made out of either copper or stone. They also used either stone or copper axe tlaximaltepoztli for timber chopping or military use or for tribute. The tlaximaltepoztli was also used by some kingdoms in Mesoamerica as a weapon.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@qus.9617 you have knowledge of metals good but you should know that copper is a very malleable material, it does not require intense forging or any metal shaping, only when copper is combined with tin to produce bronze can you say a civilization gained knowledge of metallurgy, and none of the civilizations in all of the Americas ever reached a point to begin using any materials made from bronze

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I was your 40000th subscriber! I specifically waited for that moment!

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Woah haha thanks!!!

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      no problem, I've been watching for a while! Love this series of yours!

    • @sjakierulez
      @sjakierulez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No , you weren't

    • @sjakierulez
      @sjakierulez 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ So he gained 370k subs in the time between then and now?

    • @LiveYourLifeWithJoy
      @LiveYourLifeWithJoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sjakierulez please, don't reproduce

  • @galapagoensis
    @galapagoensis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool production! Thank you. This video alone can actually can be turned into a movie script. It would do for an entertaining movie for sure.

  • @beleneaton4807
    @beleneaton4807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I found it very interesting how much politicking and political issues went into just creating the Aztec empire. Also how very aggressive they were with each other trying to establish. Also starting off with just being a very small tribe out of seven and alliances being formed in periods of time it really showed how power was claimed. It was really shocking that our advanced civilization was where we underestimated they had created this circle of different tribes co-living trying to survive. It showed how different they were as well and not just generalized as savages as well.

  • @Ahuizotl_Yolotl
    @Ahuizotl_Yolotl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Man... our ancestors were messed up.
    Well, at least they gave us a cool coat of arms.

    • @alexanderstrickland9036
      @alexanderstrickland9036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Royce Rome it’s something most folks don’t realize haha
      Everybody who exists today conquered someone else.
      And true conquest is killing and enslaving large parts of a populous.
      Times were tough back then haha

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alexander Strickland what about the Ainu?

    • @armorsmith43
      @armorsmith43 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So many peoples can say this

    • @alexanderstrickland9036
      @alexanderstrickland9036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Htoo Doh the Ainu weren’t entirely conquered, just mostly. They mostly assimilated.
      But they were nasty enough to hold the Japanese off so that should tell you something there.

    • @BRAgamer
      @BRAgamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The aztects were particullary brutal warriors, but other "mexican" tribes were considered more honorable and civilized by modern day standars, so much so that they did not enjoy to the least bit later aztec domination. When the Spanish came, they allied pretty strongly with them

  • @gagemcmahon9485
    @gagemcmahon9485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Imagine seeing the capital city in its prime. What an amazing sight it must have been

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meh, nothing but pagan crap, it was all over the old world too, pyramids for satan and his fallen angel pagan gods.

    • @kilokortez
      @kilokortez ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Spanish conquistadors wrote that when they first laid eyes on it Cortez and his men were bewildered and asked if they were dreaming . These men had been around the known world chosen by Cortez himself. What could they have seen ? And why were they instructed to not only destroy it but cover it up SMH they covered something we can't begin to imagine what it was like

  • @morningstar1274
    @morningstar1274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been watching Aztec videos for hours....yours was by far the best.

  • @hernanuliana9111
    @hernanuliana9111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a very good educational material, thank you.

  • @zachsmith1676
    @zachsmith1676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    The mextica rise sounds sort of like the rise of Rome... I guess you could say they are the Rome of the Mesoamerica world, which in a way is pretty damn amazing

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Your absolutely right there are the only indigenous civilization to ever reach a million inhabitants in a city

    • @derekscanlan4641
      @derekscanlan4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      one of the texcocan tlatoani, nezahualcoyotl, is often referred to as the marcus aurelius of mesoamerica

    • @anblueboot5364
      @anblueboot5364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We shouldn't Forget mayans and incas, one of both Had a greater territory than the Roman empire.
      Beside that, yeah the azetc were amazing

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anblueboot5364 nope sorry, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires they are way down towards the bottom of the list

    • @TheIronMax
      @TheIronMax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@anblueboot5364 the Mayans where more like the Greeks, they where not one single culture but a set of free city states with their own rulers and were only unified by their languages and origins.

  • @rikdemoel9060
    @rikdemoel9060 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your pronunciations are on point!

  • @gnp1117
    @gnp1117 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent. I really enjoyed this video

  • @FrankyXG
    @FrankyXG 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved it, thank you

  • @mattangle129
    @mattangle129 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent video! One of the few on TH-cam that discusses the full history of the Aztec Empire. Couldn't help but point out that at 16:51, the graphic says that Itzcoatl ruled from 1247-1440, which would be an impressive 193 years. It looks like the first year just got mixed up as his rule was really from 1427-1440, a more modest reign of 13 years.

    • @dfinma
      @dfinma ปีที่แล้ว

      Whether impressive or modest, the dead bodies is really the takeaway message.

  • @markusw9455
    @markusw9455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +883

    Wow they seem like nice people: "Hey I will help you and give you land to settle. You want to marry my daughter? Sure!" And then they slaughtered her and presented the remains to the father.... very nice people

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Markus W They have a crazy God of war.

    • @TheEmanExperience
      @TheEmanExperience 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      @@htoodoh5770 Mars demanded virgins, when the Romans were losing the second Punic war they had to sacrifice them as well

    • @alejandroescrivaperales6379
      @alejandroescrivaperales6379 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      sony pls make a god of war game about this

    • @ME-hm7zm
      @ME-hm7zm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You know. As one does.

    • @TheEmanExperience
      @TheEmanExperience 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@alejandroescrivaperales6379 I know right i mean they can come up with entire 3 part game that would be as epic as the god of war series

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Video. I am surprised how much we know about their history.

  • @purpleyoda7019
    @purpleyoda7019 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    so informative, love this video

  • @Samkilla99
    @Samkilla99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    It's a shame this wasn't really taught to us in school

    • @kadaltokek3953
      @kadaltokek3953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because it not white stuff

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kadaltokek3953
      Because he is from the US, “Marriott” all of this stuff IS taught in Mexico, not in the US though

    • @jesusalfaro6185
      @jesusalfaro6185 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was taught in my school if you took Spanish 3

    • @sb416
      @sb416 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only hillbilly jones history is allowed in school duh

  • @isaacurielmartinez8
    @isaacurielmartinez8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The interesting thing is that I am from Iztapalapa , and most people that I met in Mexico City and schools are unaware of the Aztec history and culture. They don’t know about the significance / meaning of the names , on some occasions we don’t realize that we sometimes speak Nahuatl words, we were told of the Spanish point of view of the history that went down, it is to sad that people from Mexico City do not find interesting the rich history and culture of the Aztecs its also sad that some foreigners know more of the Aztecs than residents in Mexico City.

    • @josephmatthews7698
      @josephmatthews7698 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't be too hard on your brethren, it is this way in most of the western hemisphere. I live in Missouri and almost everyone can tell you at least American history if not English, French and German as well with a spot of Roman but you'd be lucky to find one or two that even knows Missouri was a tribe.

  • @wehaveasituation
    @wehaveasituation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video essay. Thanks.

  • @Hilf8855
    @Hilf8855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video, accurate and I appreciate your pronunciation.

  • @dwaynethewokjohnson6646
    @dwaynethewokjohnson6646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    They then created a stone mask which was taken by a British boy and becomes a vampire

    • @eeyuup
      @eeyuup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      It all finally makes sense. Huitzilopochtli was a Pillar Man who was hungry, hence all the blood sacrifices.

    • @dwaynethewokjohnson6646
      @dwaynethewokjohnson6646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @nhà độc tài Yang Wen Li Very sorry, I was cringey but Aztecs were cool

    • @Hobo_Knight
      @Hobo_Knight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @nhà độc tài Yang Wen Li dude, calm down, it was a joke.

    • @ramenbomberdeluxe4958
      @ramenbomberdeluxe4958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Hobo_Knight I swear to goodness this guy is either a blatant troll, or a standard issue stereotypical racist white christian male who believes in white male christian superiority. Typical, but again, I feel like the spelling implies its a troll, or English isnt their first language.

    • @takuame7
      @takuame7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @nhà độc tài Yang Wen Li cant tell if trolling or mentally deficient.

  • @itzamna3080
    @itzamna3080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Incredible video dude, very accurate and true, except for one tiny detail.
    I don't know if it's already been pointed out in the comments, but Huitzilopochtli told them that they would find an eagle eating a heart on the top on a nopal, and they would stablish their city there. What they found was an eagle eating a red tuna (or prickly pear, the nopal fruit), resemblig a human heart, and there's where they stablished.
    Later on, this was changed by the spanish priests because it was considered barbaric. But it makes sense because offering the heart of a victim, was the way of honoring Huitzilopochtli.
    Anyways, amazing video and the general content of your channel, I'm subscribing from Mexico.

    • @shiroumxm2052
      @shiroumxm2052 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      a heart no idiot

    • @barrymcoc8171
      @barrymcoc8171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It wasn’t an eagle eating a snake?

  • @Bigbudda12
    @Bigbudda12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome, thank you!

  • @raimundosouza195
    @raimundosouza195 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video.

  • @estebanmedina3963
    @estebanmedina3963 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    That image is not Huitzilopochtli, it's Coatlicue. The difference is crucial. Any way, as a mexican, thank you for this great video

    • @Bell_Matt
      @Bell_Matt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      esteban medina nobody cares.

    • @rexkraft_
      @rexkraft_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @esteban medina wow neat!

    • @estebanmedina3963
      @estebanmedina3963 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Bell_Matt poor freak .Go to watch your cartoons and allow the adults talk

    • @steverangon1658
      @steverangon1658 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bell_Matt Care enough to comment. Idiot.

  • @SlyPearTree
    @SlyPearTree 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought we barely knew anything about the Aztec's history, thanks for making this video.

  • @xconlogistics6328
    @xconlogistics6328 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the vid.

  • @IvorMektin1701
    @IvorMektin1701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    The Aztecs should have built a wall!

    • @eduardofreitas8336
      @eduardofreitas8336 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      More like people should have built a wall around the mexica lol

    • @1994CPK
      @1994CPK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      and have the mexica pay for it?

    • @loldiamond1017
      @loldiamond1017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Well thye did. It was broken by cannonfire

    • @loldiamond1017
      @loldiamond1017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      they* fucking hell i know history but not English

    • @sergioislas323
      @sergioislas323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fuck the walls.

  • @acp288
    @acp288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    17:03 Anyone else notice it says Itzcoatl ruled from 1247 - 1440 in the video? Just a typo, he ruled from 1427 - 1440. Great video though.

  • @selenajones7398
    @selenajones7398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow man !!!!!
    Very informative…….

  • @smolbeen3723
    @smolbeen3723 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video 👍

  • @khalifa5756
    @khalifa5756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These videos are way more insightful than whatever I learned in history class at school! :) #aztec #history