Always baffled me why people try to push this stereotype of the Aztecs being tyrannical evil warmongers 😂 it only means they fell for Spanish propaganda and support colonialism
There is another advanced civilization in mesoamerica you didn’t mention, being the huastec civilization which was along the gulf coast of central Mexico, mostly within the Mexican state of veracruz
great video. Thanks dude. Do you know what the art image is at time 11:11. I thought that was an interesting image and was wondering who it was by. Thanks again!
I also agree ;) This video is pretty good, although I have to say that there wasn't a Toltec invasion or conquest of Yucatan. There used to be a hypothesis about that, but that idea has been rejected by many archaeologists based on the actual evidence from Yucatan :) Nevertheless I do appreciate your work promoting knowledge. We definitely need more channels like yours! ;)
Agreed 👍, i have also heard the theory that the Tarascan” peoples might have migrated north from coastal South America. aside from their language being unique it is also said they frequently used some cast metals, which was quite uncommon in the pre-columbian americas.. you explained things very well, was glad to hear some input on some of the lesser known nations of the region, besides the the Aztecs” or Mayans”
First name last name There were most likely many, although the conquest destroyed many scriptures and oral traditions before they could be deciphered..
I love how you actually drawn all tribes in Mesoamerica detailing their differences highlighting that they were different cultures. I was thinking that all of them looked the same.
Thanks :D I pretty much thought the same too..but while researching this video I started noticing there was some pretty distinctive way of dress for alot of the warriors on the pottery stone carving etc...so I tried to pick some of the more unique looking one from each to try to draw my little cartoon dudes from....I had a lot of fun making this one...I am super glad you liked it :D
"Tribes" really isn't accurate. As the video showed, Mesoamerica was predominately filled with urban societies with state governments and complex social systems. They were way closer to bronze or even iron age europe then they were to tribal socieites.
@Hineni John3:16 "Key Word" ancient Egyptian or Krmites Ancient!! Meaning the first the originators... Thry were black. Thst Caucazoid nonsense came from a 12th century' racist sociologist who was followed by german orientalists. You do kno that right.???!!
My family is has Zapotec blood. We're from Oaxaca and both my parents are from a Zapotec village. Its so hard to find information on the Zapotec civilization or I'm just bad a research. Thank you for this video and not exclusively talking about the Maya and Aztec.
Look up Irma Pineda, she is a Zapotec poet. I am making shirts in native languages of the Western Hemisphere and I took a phrase from her poetry one titled I will never parish in Zapotec, in Zapotec it’s Qui Zuuyu naa gate. She translates it also in Spanish unfortunately not in English
When you start finding more about history you'll find out that its alway much more complex than what it seems. Like how Aztecs and Mayas where only two groups among a crowd of other civilizations from mesoamerica.
@@milekrizman probably a couple of tribes that were completely wiped out due to disease and slave labor, whose culture is lost because the Spanish burned their books and enslaved those with the oral legends.
@@milekrizman spanish actually encountered other tribes before they spotted the Aztecs. Once that happened they helped out those tribes to overthrow the Aztecs
@@milekrizman not true the tarscans never lost a war againts the mexica and the real name is purepecha also they were around when the spanirds got here im from erongaricuaro michoacan one of the first villiges that allied with tatiacuri our hero who united the purepecha
:D Thank you ....It is very encouraging to hear so....I like to make videos on subjects that are ignored....love to draw and rant.....so happy to see TH-cam viewers agree and disagree with me....we live in a marvelous age
I had to explain to an adult American last week that yes, in fact, there were cities in North America during the European Middle Ages. He said “I don’t remember any cities in North America between 800 and 1100AD.” In response to my assertion that city life here may have been better than city life over there. Opinion of course, but the cities were actually there! I pointed out just a handful of the dozens mentioned in this video. Complete ignorance on his part. This stuff should be taught in schools here. We learn a ton about Mesopotamia, which is half the earth away and pretty irrelevant to the USA. But we don’t learn about great civilizations in our backyard.
I agree with you. While the mesoamericans we're building pyramids rivaling the Egyptians without the use of horses and the wheel, had sewers and aquaducts while Europeans were throwing waste out of their windows, and we're charting the skies and making accurate calenders that rivaled the Greeks. I hear a lot of rascist talk of how mestizo aka current day Mexicans have low IQs.
Pichkalu Pappita crassrockers5 Wrong and wrong, both of you. 1. Confirmation bias on waste-throwing. Why is this myth so prevalent: because people everywhere don’t usually note it when things go as normal. Thus, when things *don’t* go as normal (aka. people have to throw shit out themselves because the sewers can’t handle it and the guys in charge of going door to door and carting shit away are overworked and unavailable), there will be notice. Hence, instances of people throwing shit out the window are noted, especially when the city as a whole is rundown and badly-planned, whereas instances where they don’t won’t be. 2. Intelligence itself doesn’t rise over time; *infrastructural base* does. Why? Simple: getting dumber over periods of hundreds of years is impossible: time scale is just too short. More likely (and as always happened), every culture which used to produce much learning stopped because it decayed, collapsed or otherwise found itself in a situation where forward research had to be shelved for higher priorities (ie. survival). Moreover, technology doesn’t just work on its own once you have it; you have to have the tools to build what you want, and that requires resources. For example, put a physicist in a wilderness and his knowledge of physics won’t mean shit if he can’t hunt or gather or build shelter or farm. And resources are something a dying empire is going to be strapped for. Thus, the European Dark Age wasn’t a regression in technology: it represented the loss of a centralized authority (Roman Empire) which could put it into use in a meaningful way. Same with everyone elses’ dark ages.
@@makky6239 our culture isn’t descended from Mesopotamian civilizations. We come from Romans and even more so the Barbarians they fought against constantly. We used Greece as a model but European civilization isn’t a continuation of ancient Greece but simply a weird homage to it. Nor was Rome directly descended from Greece. Again, just a weird fan club. Most of what Europe gleaned from ancient civilizations was filtered through Islamic scholarship anyway. So yeah Mesopotamia has little to do with Europe directly. Other than the fact that it’s like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon. Everyone is connected. Just by how much...
Jaja qué? This video is oversimplified, do some research first. With this type of comments the only thing you are doing is telling foreign people that we are stupid or something.
@@sanmartinovallevictorjuven3744 Lo siento, pero es un buen trabajo, es un resumen, soy aficionado a la historia universal y lamentablemente muchos de los historiadores Mexicanos suelen enfurecerse mucho cuando se habla de la conquista, aparte que no son objetivos, me han gustado en lo que a videos se refiere los de personas extranjeras, ya que son mas objetivos PD. Soy de México 🇲🇽
@@LORD_OSMYRK El vídeo no es malo, es muy entretenido pero no es algo como para alabarse. Sobre lo otro, te entiendo perfectamente, no me gusta mucho ese discurso que tienen los historiadores cómo Paco Taibo etc. Parece que quieren más introducir su agenda política o su manera de interpretar la historia más que analizarla y estudiarla. Por otra parte es un gusto ver qué otros mexicanos se aventuren a ver otro tipo de contenido y no quedarse con lo nacional. Saludos, también soy de México 😉🇲🇽
Please do take some effort to learn about your ancestors and record them too.Its so good to be in touch with our traditions and rituals ,then we don't loose the lineage .The conversion business has ruined all this its hard truth. It pains to see this kind of things like I don't know my past .🙏🙏
@@TANK0113 my grandpa is native to El Salvador, pretty sure he has no Spanish blood according to him but I could always have him do a DNA test. But Im mixed with the same as you! Arab, Spanish, and native. Also Portuguese
What many fail to know is that ,as stated in this video,the Mexica, pronounced more,like mejikuh, attempted to take over the tarascans. (Purepechas) they tried to but couldn't get close to tzintzuntzan the capital of the tarascans They were skilled blacksmiths,coppersmiths,masons,worked with various leathers/hides. That's why today some of the best copper artisans are still around quiroga the capital of carnitas. Or in Guanajuato they are known for the leather aka Panza's Verdes. What history fails to mention is towards the end ,the Aztecs begged and begged for help from the tarascans once they were being ravaged by the Spaniards. Tarascans said kick rocks. The only reason the Spaniards were able to get close to tzintzuntzan was disease. However unlike the Aztecs,the tarascans were able to work a treaty and remained in power because the Spaniards were still very much fearful of the tarascans gaining traction and wiping them out.
@@jrkustomz5538 actually after the treaty was made the Spanish imprisoned the ruler of the Tarascans and tortured him to death because they thought he was hiding treasure
@@JC-mn2ll wrong,if you're referencing Guzman who was later excommunicated for his savagery,wasn't based upon Spanish law but his own greed. The bishop quiroga ,which many monuments and streets and the most famous city for carnitas was built and named after him,he was who reunited and made amends with the tarascans and the Spaniards. Otherwise the tarascans would of been wiped out. Spain didn't know Guzman was terrorizing the locals. One lucky sailor was able to smuggle a message back to Spain. So it wasn't essentially the Spaniards that ruined the relations but a single man. Kinda of what happened later on in history with other countries. Still not to be confused with the Spaniards ruining the tarascan state but merely one man. Spain did right by sending the right men to fix everything and help the indigenous people rather than simply saying well sorry guys too bad so sad we own all of you now. Kinda like other countries have done.
I'm apache blacks needa STOP claiming lies to Mexicans we are native American we know our roots stop lying about Aztecs and Mayans they are indigenous we need a video to address this if not I'll do it
If you don’t use proper punctuation, I don’t understand what you’re trying to convey. Are you black, or are you talking about blacks (slave ancestors of subsaharan africans) who claim to be native american?
a recent Mayan city-state was discovered dating back to about 600 BC. which had: hieroglyphics math, carved Stone, large buildings, pyramids, and Roads Made of Stone.
“x” in a Mesoamerican context always means “(h)sh / (h)zh”. So, “Hzhipe Totek”, not “Ksipe Totek”. So, “Mishtek”, not “Mikstek”. So, “Meshika”, not “Meksika”. So, “Teshkoko”, not “Tekskoko”. So, “Tlashkala”, not “Tlakskala.” Also, the Tarascan people spoke a language of an entirely different family to the Nahuatl-speaking Mexica; it wasn’t merely a dialect.
@@IslenoGutierrez I'm not sure, but some of the indigenous practices and the Zapotec language is still in my family. At least the ones that my mother remembers anyway.
@@IslenoGutierrez That can't be helped. Many natives were forced to assimilate. All I know is that my mother was born in Santa Maria Tavehua, Oaxaca. And my father in Atlixco, Puebla. Where my mother grew up, there were people who spoke many different indigenous languages. I have thought of taken DNA tests, but I can't spend money right now. Must focus on bills and other expenses right now. In the future, perhaps.
Kurami Rocket So you have no idea what is in your DNA. Chances are you like the average Mexican and are mestizo, a mixture of Native American and European DNA.
LANGUAGE. Not dialect. The Tarascans spoke Purepecha a language not related to any other in the region like the basques in Spain or Korean. I'm pretty sure that is what you meant but I wanted to clarify for those who might not know the difference. Regardless fantastic video I loved the fact that you brought in so many other civilizations to the picture!
Just ran into your channel and I already love it! I got so excited when you mentioned the Purepechas/Tarascans because people hardly ever mention them, let alone talk about them. They were big rivals of the Aztecs and were the major players of the area at the time, its a shame we don't know so much about these other cool civilizations. Your video was very informative and hope to find more videos like yours.
Thank you for focusing on other civilizations besides the big two (Aztec and the Maya) but also for stating that the Tlaxcaltec alliance and European disease were the two key factors in the conquest of the Aztecs. It gives us more agency in a sense
I remember suggesting this to you! Fantastic video! Your channel is great. So much better than the "Aztecs and Maya lived there and then the Spanish showed up. . ." that people usually say.
Sage you are correct that is the correct pronunciation . I am so called Mexican American . I tell Mexicans from Mexico that Spanish is not the native tongue of Mexico , it was brought by the Spaniards. I tell them this when they ask me if I am Mexican why don't I speak Spanish.
Great review! Ironic how during the genocide wrought by the Spanish, they were HORRIFIED by the controlled human sacrifice practiced by the Indigenous! LOL
I'm not a Christian nor am I defending what was done in the "name of Christianity. I find it interesting that the various civilizations were doing the same thing among themselves long before the Europeans showed up. It is the way of the world.
Magnificent video. I wish there was more study on this too. Native American history as a whole is severely underrepresented or misunderstood. We need more of this. Also pronunciation: *Méxica - MEH-shee-kah (X is actually a sh sound because of mistransliteration by Spaniards) *Aztec - AS-tek (Z is actually an S, again because of Spanish) *Méxica is what they traditionally name themselves. The use of Aztec was popularized after the invasion of Spaniards. Aztec is said to be the name of the Méxica people's ancestors from their mythological place of origin, Aztlan (As-tłan) Lake Texcoco - TESH-koh-koh Méxica capital Tenochtitlán - teh-notch-tee-TŁAHN ("tl" is more like a breathy L sound or a mix of Th and L) Tlaxcala - *TŁAH-sh-kala Mixtec - MEESH-tek Zapotec - SAH-poh-tek
You're inccorrect on several. In Nahuatl, the penultimate syllable is stressed. Please just look up basic phonology of Nahuatl before posting as to not spread misinformation. With that said, it'd be... Me-SHE-ca Tesh-CO-co Te-noch-TEET-lan Tlash-CA-la Teo-ti-HUA-can (with the 'hua' sound pretty much like a Southern US accent of 'what' as 'hwat' -- though excluding the 't' in it of course' The case of 'Zapotec', and 'Mixtec' is different though since they slightly deviate from their original 'Zapoteca' and 'Mixteca' -- singular forms being 'Zapotecatl' and 'Mixtecatl'. But with that said, they'd be Za-po-TE-ca Meesh-TE-ca Those two instances are some of the few words where the Spanish didn't fuck up the stress of the words.
@@teawizard4416 I'm just sad they didn't save the books. Probably one of the biggest reasons I dislike religion, although I don't think there's anything wrong with worship, this is a really nasty blemish on organized religion for me.
@@Potatotenkopf Yeah, I feel the same and think about that a good bit. The accumulated knowledge on a multitude of things of distinct and unique cultures generated over a millenia just lost due to the the whims of Catholic fanaticism. Sucks a lot (to put it lightly) in general for obvious reasons, but even more so for someone fascinated with Mesoamerica like myself. Religious zealotry has and will always be a problem. Hell, we still have similar things going on even in Australia with recent aboriginal converts destroying and or desecrating the very sites of their own ancestors. Or ISIS destroying infinitely priceless archaeological sites. Strange and sad world.
@@teawizard4416 yeah it's all really sad when someone destroys the relics of the past and books, especially if the stuff that was destroyed was unique and couldn't be found anywhere else, one of the biggest losses of knowledge in my opinion is when a fire destroyed most of the library of Alexandria.
thank you for this video, I've always been curious about the Mesoamerican civilizations... I only ever knew of Aztecs and Mayans because they were what my childhood history books talked about, and what Age of Empires II included.
As a man who grew up in the United States I wish they would teach more about the amazing and ancient cultures of the places we now inhabit. It is an absolute atrocity how these cultures have basically disappeared from the world. These civilizations have contributed to so much to humanity and it is almost all forgotten. It truly is sad.
This is a good video and pretty thorough overview of Mesoamerican Indigenous history. One thing though, and I can only speak specifically of the Mexica aspect, is the pronunciation. The X is like an SH sound. So it's Mesheekah, and other words follow that pattern, too, when in reference to Nahuatl words. Again, great info. I learned more about things I hadn't known much of. I'm a descendant of one of the various indigenous groups that settled in Sinaloa, but I'm on a search for more info. Thanks.
Thanks Remy! I wish I would have known that on the pronunciation before making the video...Yes this is fascinating history...was so cool to see the scans of the Yucatan that showed that the cities were way bigger than originally thought. Glad you liked the video :)
I'm Apache and Aztec The Olmecas today are chilling in Oaxaca I'm not going to tell you the tribe that is the from olmecs. But they are doing amazingly well today. They are friends with the mixtecos
Awesome video, there finding new buildings and road and channel systems all over the Amazon as well. Thank goodness someone came up with lidar. pre Columbian history of the Americas is so interesting. May be I think that because my grandpa was from the rice lake band of Chippewa, he was mixed with Huron, and Irish. I'd like to see one on the northeastern, and great lakes tribes too someday. Thanks my friend, keep the videos coming!
Hi! I love your videos I’ve been watching them nonstop. Just one minor thing, the “Tarascan” tribe is actually called the Purepecha tribe. The Spanish invaders changed the name of my tribe because they were being called “Tarascan” by tribal members. The Spanish did not know that it meant “son in law.” They called them that because they raped many of their daughters.
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The tarascans or purepecha of the West already knew how to craft bronze weapons and it’s believed to be one the reasons why the Aztecs could never conquer them. They kept metal working a big secrete that only they knew about it..till this day the town of Santa Clara, patzcuaro Michoacán have an annual copper festival. Look up the tlaximaltepoztli..a bronze axe weapon from the purepecha.
Excelent.finaly a foreign person that truly investigates.and knows what he is talking about.im.a mexican antropologist. And before i was a tour guide from mexico.interesante video.
you failed to mention how small participation the Spanish provided during the fall of the Aztec empire. also that the Aztec empire was in full rebellion, also the other tribes that helped take down the Aztec empire (Otomi)
@@sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025 Not what this video is showing m8. I'm going by what I see here. If you have anything on the contrary link it so I can have a look.
LOVEEEEEE this video!!!!!!!!!!! Explained so much!!! Thank you!!! Im from El Salvador and there's always been a its either mayan or toltec, but this made more sense! Im from chalchuapa (tazumal ruins) so if you have any information on that Id love to see it!
Thank you for covering so many! I love to learn about Mexica, Maya and Olmec, but it was information about Tlaxcalan Republic that I found most interesting. I also really enjoyed the Zapotec and Tarascan (Purepecha) part.
As a Mexican it brothers me alot why can they just accept that the olmecs were Native Americans nothing less nothing more almost like saying that my ancestors weren't capable of building their own Civilizations kinda racist if you ask me
My name is Jade... and the love of my life happens to be a descendant of Mesoamerica and Andean Civilizations. Isn't that crazy? His ancestors prized Jade above all else... looks like he found his precious stone.
Cool. I'm researching the Toltec and now am interested in more civilizations. I do pest control and watch ants that's how it all started lol. I love planet Earth 😍❤️😍
Cool video! I'm purepecha/chichimeca (Guanajuato) and nahua (from Guerrero and Puebla-Tlaxcallan area but an ancestor is from Cholula). Also Tlaxcalla and Mexica are pronounced "Tlas-calla" and "Me-shee-ca"
Nope, Tlaxcala is pronounce as "Tlacscala" if you pronounce "Tlashcala" it will sound like the bread that is made in Tlaxcala, the "tlaxcal". Even my nahua teacher from Tlaxcala pronounces like how I'm telling you. I'm Tlaxcalteca by the way.
I think even if there are human sacrifices , Never ever any scriptures should be burnt or destroyed, I that's the worst crime anyone can commit to history.
Pronounced Mish-tex. Good video. Toltecs still a mystery. May have adopted the name.You should check out Xochicalco, where Mayan and Mexica art collided.
I let the commercials play because I felt you gave such good information. than you for taking time out of your life to put this video up and put this information out.
Although its not Tarascan its Purepecha, great video!! Love to see you make one about the purepecha people specifically before and after the Spaniards arrival. Still so much too be told there. Good stuff though!!
Fantastic video! It would be interesting to include the mexica as part of the bigger náhuatl migrations from the north. It is noteworthy to know mexicas and tlaxcalans were 2 rival tribes of the same people, with shared culture (even poetry) among all the warfare. Also de Mesoamerican Sprachbund; and naming Tetzcohco! the Mesoamerican Athens.
The reality behind the Toltec expanse was that it was more of an Ideology than an empire. Their religion and militaristic ways were adopted by many different peoples around Mesoamerica. The Toltec period called also "epiclasic" was indeed a convulse era without definite borders though.
IM OLMEC DECEDENT FROM VERACRUZ, KEY POINT TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE PEOPLE NEVER DISAPPEARED, THEY WERE CONQUERED BY BIGGER TRIBES AND FORCE TO JOIN THEIR CULTURE AND RITUALS
Good video 👍🏻 I found out that my ancestors were Tlaxcaltec Indians on AncestryDNA. I visited Cancun and Tulum couple weeks ago to see what more information I can get, I plan to go back to tulum again soon. Wish you could find some more information about the Tlaxcaltec tribe/Indians
They are not Indians since they are not from India. There are many theories of where they come from but it is stated that they came from the north. They habited Aztlan which 6 other tribes also inhabited. They also speak the same language as the mexicas (aztecs).
is it just me, or is it amazing to know.. that maybe in a hundred years from now our empires could fall.. just like everything in the past? I wonder what people will remember about us?
Excelent work Epimetheus! This has been so digestible and informative at the same time. I noticed a little mistake in the video, though: Tikal is actually in modern day Guatemala, not Yucatan, Mexico.
Indigenous - as the term “Native Americans” is used in Canada + the United States - are found all over the world, not just the Americas. They are also in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia. 🤗
I was reading, recently, that there was a lot of "diversity" in certain Mayan cities, and I was wondering the sources of the "diversity." Your video helps explain a lot. I had heard & read that even the Mayas were not a monolithic group but a collection of city states & tribes. (Is "tribe" the proper choice of term?)
@@jpb2366 Well to be completely fair everyone else did it before the rise of chirstanity and even then chirstians still had no problem killing each other.
@@rodrigosantoscienceros Yes christians still kill each other because humans are animals. However it did lay ground to future humanist values. Even during slavery times there was a huge opposition in christian world against it mostly based on religious values. Then it was money (merchant) vs faith vs political power. To justify slavery, merchant had to bribe religious power to say that natives/blacks had no soul. It did not last long... There is a very good reason 5000 years of slavery was brutally ended by christians (english) power, enforcing their views of human nature on the rest of the world.
Awesome video! We are in Mexico now and have visited a bunch of Mesoamerican sites but none of the tour guides gave us such a neat summary, thanks so much!
The Spanish: horrified by Aztec human sacrifice.
Also the Spanish: burned "heretics" alive.
St Peter the Aleut is a good example of this
Aztec : horrified by purepechas
Men: purepecha 50k> aztecs 300k lasted a day
Europeans had the worst torture methods ever 😂
@@dottlenoodle9052 me when I make scenarios:
Always baffled me why people try to push this stereotype of the Aztecs being tyrannical evil warmongers 😂 it only means they fell for Spanish propaganda and support colonialism
There is another advanced civilization in mesoamerica you didn’t mention, being the huastec civilization which was along the gulf coast of central Mexico, mostly within the Mexican state of veracruz
Ooo i been to veracruz once...id be interested to learn about this civilization
great video. Thanks dude. Do you know what the art image is at time 11:11. I thought that was an interesting image and was wondering who it was by. Thanks again!
and your video is so helpful with the Mesoamerican timeline. Thanks!
Fascinating, great video.
this is good. can you talk about how you learn this? do you have a history degree or something? Thanks
Great video! FYI, the tribe was pronounced "Me-shi-ca" not "Mexi-ca"
Mate this is so good. As an enthusiast of Mesoamerican history I can safely say this is Incredible work.
Thanks, man I appreciate it!
I also agree ;) This video is pretty good, although I have to say that there wasn't a Toltec invasion or conquest of Yucatan. There used to be a hypothesis about that, but that idea has been rejected by many archaeologists based on the actual evidence from Yucatan :) Nevertheless I do appreciate your work promoting knowledge. We definitely need more channels like yours! ;)
Agreed 👍, i have also heard the theory that the Tarascan” peoples might have migrated north from coastal South America. aside from their language being unique it is also said they frequently used some cast metals, which was quite uncommon in the pre-columbian americas.. you explained things very well, was glad to hear some input on some of the lesser known nations of the region, besides the the Aztecs” or Mayans”
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Then how about you make a video if you can explain things better..
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There were most likely many, although the conquest destroyed many scriptures and oral traditions before they could be deciphered..
You can't have an advanced civilisation without hot chocolate. Just a fact.
buddyltd Thanks Aztecs for this wonderful gift😀
Or a Hershey bar...
Bloody Marine uh you mean the Maya
@@albertgarcia2541 olmecs actually
@@Skadi609 actually thanks to the olmecs
I love how you actually drawn all tribes in Mesoamerica detailing their differences highlighting that they were different cultures. I was thinking that all of them looked the same.
Thanks :D I pretty much thought the same too..but while researching this video I started noticing there was some pretty distinctive way of dress for alot of the warriors on the pottery stone carving etc...so I tried to pick some of the more unique looking one from each to try to draw my little cartoon dudes from....I had a lot of fun making this one...I am super glad you liked it :D
"Tribes" really isn't accurate. As the video showed, Mesoamerica was predominately filled with urban societies with state governments and complex social systems. They were way closer to bronze or even iron age europe then they were to tribal socieites.
Tribes?
Jabberwockxeno ikr they think because they are referred to as “Indians” they must be of a tribe.
@Hineni John3:16 "Key Word" ancient Egyptian or Krmites Ancient!! Meaning the first the originators... Thry were black. Thst Caucazoid nonsense came from a 12th century' racist sociologist who was followed by german orientalists.
You do kno that right.???!!
My family is has Zapotec blood. We're from Oaxaca and both my parents are from a Zapotec village. Its so hard to find information on the Zapotec civilization or I'm just bad a research. Thank you for this video and not exclusively talking about the Maya and Aztec.
You should request information or seek some help from the official institutions like INAH, INBA or academic people from UNAM
I'll look into that. thanks
Wolf-Jester my dad side speak one of the zapotec dialects and my moms side speak nahuatl
You are Zapotec.
Look up Irma Pineda, she is a Zapotec poet. I am making shirts in native languages of the Western Hemisphere and I took a phrase from her poetry one titled I will never parish in Zapotec, in Zapotec it’s Qui Zuuyu naa gate. She translates it also in Spanish unfortunately not in English
When you start finding more about history you'll find out that its alway much more complex than what it seems. Like how Aztecs and Mayas where only two groups among a crowd of other civilizations from mesoamerica.
They teach you what they want in schools.. history isnt real history, they skim the surface
They were only two who were present when Spaniards came
@@milekrizman probably a couple of tribes that were completely wiped out due to disease and slave labor, whose culture is lost because the Spanish burned their books and enslaved those with the oral legends.
@@milekrizman spanish actually encountered other tribes before they spotted the Aztecs. Once that happened they helped out those tribes to overthrow the Aztecs
@@milekrizman not true the tarscans never lost a war againts the mexica and the real name is purepecha also they were around when the spanirds got here im from erongaricuaro michoacan one of the first villiges that allied with tatiacuri our hero who united the purepecha
This is great, it shows that pre Columbian america is not just the aztecs maya and inca... thank you
Hola, soy mexicano 🇲🇽 empecé a estudiar inglés y se me ocurrió ver videos sobre la historia de los países en inglés. encontrar tu canal fue genial! ✌️
And what does Israel have to do with you?
@@Kaial_altraaf305
“Israel” is a common name in Mexico.
@@scorpiondeathlock980 Thank you for this information.
@@Kaial_altraaf305 that's his NAME, genius! Maybe u should start learning Spanish before u speak and assume things Hispanics say. Girl bye!
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Absolutely agree. Sometimes the most interesting stories are the ones you don't hear of very often.
I had to explain to an adult American last week that yes, in fact, there were cities in North America during the European Middle Ages. He said “I don’t remember any cities in North America between 800 and 1100AD.” In response to my assertion that city life here may have been better than city life over there. Opinion of course, but the cities were actually there! I pointed out just a handful of the dozens mentioned in this video. Complete ignorance on his part. This stuff should be taught in schools here. We learn a ton about Mesopotamia, which is half the earth away and pretty irrelevant to the USA. But we don’t learn about great civilizations in our backyard.
I agree with you. While the mesoamericans we're building pyramids rivaling the Egyptians without the use of horses and the wheel, had sewers and aquaducts while Europeans were throwing waste out of their windows, and we're charting the skies and making accurate calenders that rivaled the Greeks. I hear a lot of rascist talk of how mestizo aka current day Mexicans have low IQs.
Pichkalu Pappita crassrockers5
Wrong and wrong, both of you.
1. Confirmation bias on waste-throwing. Why is this myth so prevalent: because people everywhere don’t usually note it when things go as normal. Thus, when things *don’t* go as normal (aka. people have to throw shit out themselves because the sewers can’t handle it and the guys in charge of going door to door and carting shit away are overworked and unavailable), there will be notice. Hence, instances of people throwing shit out the window are noted, especially when the city as a whole is rundown and badly-planned, whereas instances where they don’t won’t be.
2. Intelligence itself doesn’t rise over time; *infrastructural base* does. Why? Simple: getting dumber over periods of hundreds of years is impossible: time scale is just too short. More likely (and as always happened), every culture which used to produce much learning stopped because it decayed, collapsed or otherwise found itself in a situation where forward research had to be shelved for higher priorities (ie. survival).
Moreover, technology doesn’t just work on its own once you have it; you have to have the tools to build what you want, and that requires resources. For example, put a physicist in a wilderness and his knowledge of physics won’t mean shit if he can’t hunt or gather or build shelter or farm.
And resources are something a dying empire is going to be strapped for.
Thus, the European Dark Age wasn’t a regression in technology: it represented the loss of a centralized authority (Roman Empire) which could put it into use in a meaningful way.
Same with everyone elses’ dark ages.
Pretty irrelevant to the USA? Are you kidding?
@@makky6239 our culture isn’t descended from Mesopotamian civilizations. We come from Romans and even more so the Barbarians they fought against constantly. We used Greece as a model but European civilization isn’t a continuation of ancient Greece but simply a weird homage to it. Nor was Rome directly descended from Greece. Again, just a weird fan club. Most of what Europe gleaned from ancient civilizations was filtered through Islamic scholarship anyway. So yeah Mesopotamia has little to do with Europe directly. Other than the fact that it’s like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon. Everyone is connected. Just by how much...
@RyanAlexanderBloom what do you mean by filtered through Islamic scholarship?
Mesoamerican history is super complex, confusing and interesting, you did an amazing job covering it, even better than Mexican historians
@estaocupadoYahawahbashamYahawashi I mean you can state your opinion but you can't tell him the truth.
Nah
Jaja qué?
This video is oversimplified, do some research first.
With this type of comments the only thing you are doing is telling foreign people that we are stupid or something.
@@sanmartinovallevictorjuven3744 Lo siento, pero es un buen trabajo, es un resumen, soy aficionado a la historia universal y lamentablemente muchos de los historiadores Mexicanos suelen enfurecerse mucho cuando se habla de la conquista, aparte que no son objetivos, me han gustado en lo que a videos se refiere los de personas extranjeras, ya que son mas objetivos
PD. Soy de México 🇲🇽
@@LORD_OSMYRK El vídeo no es malo, es muy entretenido pero no es algo como para alabarse.
Sobre lo otro, te entiendo perfectamente, no me gusta mucho ese discurso que tienen los historiadores cómo Paco Taibo etc. Parece que quieren más introducir su agenda política o su manera de interpretar la historia más que analizarla y estudiarla.
Por otra parte es un gusto ver qué otros mexicanos se aventuren a ver otro tipo de contenido y no quedarse con lo nacional.
Saludos, también soy de México 😉🇲🇽
I’m half Mexican half Salvadoran. I know nothing about my culture or ancestral background , so I thank you for making this video. I want to learn more
Please do take some effort to learn about your ancestors and record them too.Its so good to be in touch with our traditions and rituals ,then we don't loose the lineage .The conversion business has ruined all this its hard truth. It pains to see this kind of things like I don't know my past .🙏🙏
So what races are you mixed with from those two countries of your nationality?
@@melissafreeman7416 huh?
@@iloveToonLink101 She's asking what is your family mix with? My family are mixed with native, spanish, and arab
@@TANK0113 my grandpa is native to El Salvador, pretty sure he has no Spanish blood according to him but I could always have him do a DNA test. But Im mixed with the same as you! Arab, Spanish, and native. Also Portuguese
The tarascan definitely interest me, since my family is from that region. They were more settled in western Mexico in the modern state of Michoacan.
Yo! My family is Tarascan, but they live in more central Mexico in Guanajuato
Panzas verdes.
What many fail to know is that ,as stated in this video,the Mexica, pronounced more,like mejikuh, attempted to take over the tarascans. (Purepechas) they tried to but couldn't get close to tzintzuntzan the capital of the tarascans
They were skilled blacksmiths,coppersmiths,masons,worked with various leathers/hides.
That's why today some of the best copper artisans are still around quiroga the capital of carnitas.
Or in Guanajuato they are known for the leather aka Panza's Verdes. What history fails to mention is towards the end ,the Aztecs begged and begged for help from the tarascans once they were being ravaged by the Spaniards. Tarascans said kick rocks. The only reason the Spaniards were able to get close to tzintzuntzan was disease. However unlike the Aztecs,the tarascans were able to work a treaty and remained in power because the Spaniards were still very much fearful of the tarascans gaining traction and wiping them out.
@@jrkustomz5538 actually after the treaty was made the Spanish imprisoned the ruler of the Tarascans and tortured him to death because they thought he was hiding treasure
@@JC-mn2ll wrong,if you're referencing Guzman who was later excommunicated for his savagery,wasn't based upon Spanish law but his own greed. The bishop quiroga ,which many monuments and streets and the most famous city for carnitas was built and named after him,he was who reunited and made amends with the tarascans and the Spaniards. Otherwise the tarascans would of been wiped out. Spain didn't know Guzman was terrorizing the locals. One lucky sailor was able to smuggle a message back to Spain. So it wasn't essentially the Spaniards that ruined the relations but a single man. Kinda of what happened later on in history with other countries. Still not to be confused with the Spaniards ruining the tarascan state but merely one man. Spain did right by sending the right men to fix everything and help the indigenous people rather than simply saying well sorry guys too bad so sad we own all of you now. Kinda like other countries have done.
I'm apache blacks needa STOP claiming lies to Mexicans we are native American we know our roots stop lying about Aztecs and Mayans they are indigenous we need a video to address this if not I'll do it
We are all native to the americas all tribes
If you don’t use proper punctuation, I don’t understand what you’re trying to convey. Are you black, or are you talking about blacks (slave ancestors of subsaharan africans) who claim to be native american?
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition
@@e.i.6709 Its from the spanish inquisition
Eh??? Didnt expect that did you??
a recent Mayan city-state was discovered dating back to about 600 BC. which had: hieroglyphics math, carved Stone, large buildings, pyramids, and Roads Made of Stone.
Old post, but anyone have any links?
@@D33Lux same
Same
“x” in a Mesoamerican context always means “(h)sh / (h)zh”.
So, “Hzhipe Totek”, not “Ksipe Totek”.
So, “Mishtek”, not “Mikstek”.
So, “Meshika”, not “Meksika”.
So, “Teshkoko”, not “Tekskoko”.
So, “Tlashkala”, not “Tlakskala.”
Also, the Tarascan people spoke a language of an entirely different family to the Nahuatl-speaking Mexica; it wasn’t merely a dialect.
No, Tlaxcala is pronounce correctly, Tlacscala
"Tlashcal" = is a bread made in Tlaxcala XD
X in mesoamerica, has 3 pronounciations, sh, h, and cs
Still pisses me off that the colonizers destroyed much of my people's culture and religion 😤
Kurami Rocket Are you 100% mesoamerican?
@@IslenoGutierrez I'm not sure, but some of the indigenous practices and the Zapotec language is still in my family. At least the ones that my mother remembers anyway.
Kurami Rocket You probably descend from the “colonizers” too. Take a DNA test.
@@IslenoGutierrez That can't be helped. Many natives were forced to assimilate. All I know is that my mother was born in Santa Maria Tavehua, Oaxaca. And my father in Atlixco, Puebla.
Where my mother grew up, there were people who spoke many different indigenous languages.
I have thought of taken DNA tests, but I can't spend money right now. Must focus on bills and other expenses right now. In the future, perhaps.
Kurami Rocket So you have no idea what is in your DNA. Chances are you like the average Mexican and are mestizo, a mixture of Native American and European DNA.
LANGUAGE. Not dialect. The Tarascans spoke Purepecha a language not related to any other in the region like the basques in Spain or Korean. I'm pretty sure that is what you meant but I wanted to clarify for those who might not know the difference. Regardless fantastic video I loved the fact that you brought in so many other civilizations to the picture!
Just ran into your channel and I already love it! I got so excited when you mentioned the Purepechas/Tarascans because people hardly ever mention them, let alone talk about them. They were big rivals of the Aztecs and were the major players of the area at the time, its a shame we don't know so much about these other cool civilizations. Your video was very informative and hope to find more videos like yours.
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Amazing history!! As a Mexican it’s sad to hear the book 📖 were destroyed. We couldn’t learn so much more history of the Americas.!!
read a book called america is the old true world.. start there.. it’s self published.. that’s how you’ll know you have the right book
Just a young Purépecha man trying to learn his mesoamerican roots 💪🏽
Hey. Are u a purepecha? Na eran disckcha brother ✊🏿✊🏿💯🇲🇽
Mood
Na. Eran disckcha✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 💯💯🏹🏹🏹 telpochtl
Thank you for focusing on other civilizations besides the big two (Aztec and the Maya) but also for stating that the Tlaxcaltec alliance and European disease were the two key factors in the conquest of the Aztecs. It gives us more agency in a sense
I remember suggesting this to you! Fantastic video! Your channel is great. So much better than the "Aztecs and Maya lived there and then the Spanish showed up. . ." that people usually say.
Slowly but surely, the people of these lands slowly became more fashionable and epic looking.
Thank you for this! I'm of Zapotec descent and we are vastly under represented.
So true! I also come from the Zapotec people. I wish I knew more about my indigenous roots!
@@KuramiRocket I have Native American blood but the Mesoamericans were way more advanced than those in the costal US.
Master's degree is Spanish says that Mexica is correctly pronounced Meshica.
Absolutely correct! The Mexica would never recognize the word Aztec.
Sage McAllister correct af
Phd. in human behavior says your Masters degree remark makes you a butthole.
Sage McAllister is Mexico ancient Africa as well
Sage you are correct that is the correct pronunciation . I am so called Mexican American . I tell Mexicans from Mexico that Spanish is not the native tongue of Mexico , it was brought by the Spaniards. I tell them this when they ask me if I am Mexican why don't I speak Spanish.
Great review! Ironic how during the genocide wrought by the Spanish, they were HORRIFIED by the controlled human sacrifice practiced by the Indigenous! LOL
AND at the core of the Spaniard religion ... wait for it ... symbolic human sacrifice and cannibalism
The Spanish invaders being horrified by human sacrifice is peak irony
This is so sad. Christianity has burn so much of our past
I'm not a Christian nor am I defending what was done in the "name of Christianity. I find it interesting that the various civilizations were doing the same thing among themselves long before the Europeans showed up. It is the way of the world.
Magnificent video. I wish there was more study on this too. Native American history as a whole is severely underrepresented or misunderstood. We need more of this.
Also pronunciation:
*Méxica - MEH-shee-kah (X is actually a sh sound because of mistransliteration by Spaniards)
*Aztec - AS-tek (Z is actually an S, again because of Spanish)
*Méxica is what they traditionally name themselves. The use of Aztec was popularized after the invasion of Spaniards. Aztec is said to be the name of the Méxica people's ancestors from their mythological place of origin, Aztlan (As-tłan)
Lake Texcoco - TESH-koh-koh
Méxica capital Tenochtitlán - teh-notch-tee-TŁAHN ("tl" is more like a breathy L sound or a mix of Th and L)
Tlaxcala - *TŁAH-sh-kala
Mixtec - MEESH-tek
Zapotec - SAH-poh-tek
Thanks! :)
You're inccorrect on several. In Nahuatl, the penultimate syllable is stressed. Please just look up basic phonology of Nahuatl before posting as to not spread misinformation. With that said, it'd be...
Me-SHE-ca
Tesh-CO-co
Te-noch-TEET-lan
Tlash-CA-la
Teo-ti-HUA-can (with the 'hua' sound pretty much like a Southern US accent of 'what' as 'hwat' -- though excluding the 't' in it of course'
The case of 'Zapotec', and 'Mixtec' is different though since they slightly deviate from their original 'Zapoteca' and 'Mixteca' -- singular forms being 'Zapotecatl' and 'Mixtecatl'. But with that said, they'd be
Za-po-TE-ca
Meesh-TE-ca
Those two instances are some of the few words where the Spanish didn't fuck up the stress of the words.
@@teawizard4416 I'm just sad they didn't save the books. Probably one of the biggest reasons I dislike religion, although I don't think there's anything wrong with worship, this is a really nasty blemish on organized religion for me.
@@Potatotenkopf Yeah, I feel the same and think about that a good bit. The accumulated knowledge on a multitude of things of distinct and unique cultures generated over a millenia just lost due to the the whims of Catholic fanaticism. Sucks a lot (to put it lightly) in general for obvious reasons, but even more so for someone fascinated with Mesoamerica like myself.
Religious zealotry has and will always be a problem. Hell, we still have similar things going on even in Australia with recent aboriginal converts destroying and or desecrating the very sites of their own ancestors. Or ISIS destroying infinitely priceless archaeological sites. Strange and sad world.
@@teawizard4416 yeah it's all really sad when someone destroys the relics of the past and books, especially if the stuff that was destroyed was unique and couldn't be found anywhere else, one of the biggest losses of knowledge in my opinion is when a fire destroyed most of the library of Alexandria.
Most of Mexico is not MesoAmerican ……. Don’t spread misinformation. It’s only the SOUTH of MX.
thank you for this video, I've always been curious about the Mesoamerican civilizations... I only ever knew of Aztecs and Mayans because they were what my childhood history books talked about, and what Age of Empires II included.
Olmecs were not destroyed, the culture transitioned into the MAYAS
Have always wondered about that.
I love how you made the Toltec figures look like the atlantean statues of tula , yes I noticed and I appreciate it
As a man who grew up in the United States I wish they would teach more about the amazing and ancient cultures of the places we now inhabit. It is an absolute atrocity how these cultures have basically disappeared from the world. These civilizations have contributed to so much to humanity and it is almost all forgotten. It truly is sad.
Ditto.
This is a good video and pretty thorough overview of Mesoamerican Indigenous history. One thing though, and I can only speak specifically of the Mexica aspect, is the pronunciation. The X is like an SH sound. So it's Mesheekah, and other words follow that pattern, too, when in reference to Nahuatl words. Again, great info. I learned more about things I hadn't known much of. I'm a descendant of one of the various indigenous groups that settled in Sinaloa, but I'm on a search for more info. Thanks.
Thanks Remy! I wish I would have known that on the pronunciation before making the video...Yes this is fascinating history...was so cool to see the scans of the Yucatan that showed that the cities were way bigger than originally thought.
Glad you liked the video :)
Cualli toneci!
it's actually more between a "sh" and an "s" sound but yeah :)
Xut up ! hehe
I'm Apache and Aztec
The Olmecas today are chilling in Oaxaca I'm not going to tell you the tribe that is the from olmecs. But they are doing amazingly well today. They are friends with the mixtecos
Consistent Mindzet Do tell...
It's awesome that you show the Native American people were as colonial as any other people. We forget that too much. Also: go Purepecha!
No it’s only bad when white people do it bigot
Can you please make a video about the Purépecha
Awesome video, there finding new buildings and road and channel systems all over the Amazon as well. Thank goodness someone came up with lidar. pre Columbian history of the Americas is so interesting.
May be I think that because my grandpa was from the rice lake band of Chippewa, he was mixed with Huron, and Irish.
I'd like to see one on the northeastern, and great lakes tribes too someday.
Thanks my friend, keep the videos coming!
So they were horrified by the human sacrifice but not the fact that the were murdering and raping in the name of the church
Tarascos , also known as purepechas were awesome..they were the Aztec rivals
Your best video I have seen so far and I liked all of them, great to have all of this in one brief narrative with map, love your format
Hi! I love your videos I’ve been watching them nonstop. Just one minor thing, the “Tarascan” tribe is actually called the Purepecha tribe. The Spanish invaders changed the name of my tribe because they were being called “Tarascan” by tribal members. The Spanish did not know that it meant “son in law.” They called them that because they raped many of their daughters.
So cruel🥺
But no ALSO EL EURO AND MIDDLES EASTERNS MEN INVOLVED WITH EL ESPANCOLA AND PORTUGUESE EQUALLY DUMB ANTIHUMAN ALL CRAZY A ZOMBIES TOGETHERED TO KILLLLLLED TO THAT A STRANGER LITTE BROWN ORIGINALLY PEOPLE INTO UNITED 500 NATIONS INCLUED AMERICAN AUSTERLIA NEW ZEALAND GUAM HAWAII ALASKA IN THE BROWN COUNTRIES ENFORCED WIPED OUT , REMOVED GUN UNITED ! VIVA LA RAZAS A RAPIST MASSIVE MURDERD A LONG TIME AGO ALL GONE IN 1492 DESTROYED IT ,, … de Los indigenouses Mexico Central American South American FROM TO STARTED in 1325 THEY ARE STILL HERE A LONG LIVES LITTLE BROWN PEOPLE WERE REAL NOT DEAD YET AN EVIDENTED !
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Victory !
The tarascans or purepecha of the West already knew how to craft bronze weapons and it’s believed to be one the reasons why the Aztecs could never conquer them. They kept metal working a big secrete that only they knew about it..till this day the town of Santa Clara, patzcuaro Michoacán have an annual copper festival. Look up the tlaximaltepoztli..a bronze axe weapon from the purepecha.
Excelent.finaly a foreign person that truly investigates.and knows what he is talking about.im.a mexican antropologist. And before i was a tour guide from mexico.interesante video.
you failed to mention how small participation the Spanish provided during the fall of the Aztec empire. also that the Aztec empire was in full rebellion, also the other tribes that helped take down the Aztec empire (Otomi)
The virgin Toltecs vs. The chad mayans
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
@@Sleepless4Life No. Maya are badass warriors.
@@sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025 I mean the Toltecs conquered the Yucatan, which was Mayan territory. By default Toltecs > Mayans. Just sayin'
@@Sleepless4Life The Mayans also conquered their northern neighbours.
@@sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025 Not what this video is showing m8. I'm going by what I see here. If you have anything on the contrary link it so I can have a look.
LOVEEEEEE this video!!!!!!!!!!! Explained so much!!! Thank you!!! Im from El Salvador and there's always been a its either mayan or toltec, but this made more sense! Im from chalchuapa (tazumal ruins) so if you have any information on that Id love to see it!
5:35 Actually Spearthrower Owl was the ruler of Teotihuacan. Siyaj K'ak' was probably his general.
Ęÿūį Æßñ you are correct
David Stuart would agree
Thank you for covering so many!
I love to learn about Mexica, Maya and Olmec, but it was information about Tlaxcalan Republic that I found most interesting. I also really enjoyed the Zapotec and Tarascan (Purepecha) part.
Great job, man. This was the exact video I was looking for. So much fixation on Aztec and Maya.
SWEET, HE DIDN'T BRING UP ANY CONSPIRACY ABOUT THE OLMECS
But...but...ALIENS!!!
Seriously I also get so sick of people trying to diminish the accomplishments of ancient people by saying "It must be ALIENS!!"
@@katnerd6712 or the ethnocentrists' and their wacky theories
As a Mexican it brothers me alot why can they just accept that the olmecs were Native Americans nothing less nothing more almost like saying that my ancestors weren't capable of building their own Civilizations kinda racist if you ask me
To be fair, they do say the same things about Egypt...
Thank you Epimetheus, I really enjoy your videos! 👍
Awesome Javier! Thank You for watching :) I am glad you found my channel!
My name is Jade... and the love of my life happens to be a descendant of Mesoamerica and Andean Civilizations. Isn't that crazy? His ancestors prized Jade above all else... looks like he found his precious stone.
Cool. I'm researching the Toltec and now am interested in more civilizations. I do pest control and watch ants that's how it all started lol. I love planet Earth 😍❤️😍
Wonder what was in those books the Spaniards burned?
Cool video! I'm purepecha/chichimeca (Guanajuato) and nahua (from Guerrero and Puebla-Tlaxcallan area but an ancestor is from Cholula).
Also Tlaxcalla and Mexica are pronounced "Tlas-calla" and "Me-shee-ca"
Nope, Tlaxcala is pronounce as "Tlacscala" if you pronounce "Tlashcala" it will sound like the bread that is made in Tlaxcala, the "tlaxcal".
Even my nahua teacher from Tlaxcala pronounces like how I'm telling you. I'm Tlaxcalteca by the way.
@@lionandkitsune Well, you could've lead with that but ok.
@@lionandkitsune they called themselves the tlashcaltecas. The X in náhuatl makes a “sh” sound
I'm Moroccan (North African) I have 3% Mesoamerican and Andean DNA!!! from MyHeritage DNA 😊 So proud!!
SOCIAL PARIAH nice
How??
@Ork Well technically speaking Moors ruled Spain for hundreds of years most of Europe to be precise
I've always been fascinated by this region's history. Also, Inca Peru.
My Blood come from Mayan & Aztec!!
I Loved Discovery This !! Lovely Video!! 🥰✨Txx 4Share!! ✌️
mesheeka
albirasistendragen meh-shee-kah
X is not pronounced as a CK, it’s pronounced as an SH. *Meshika.
Do Indonesian Empire history pls...
Enjoyed this video so much. I love the hispanic people but know little about their history.
I think even if there are human sacrifices , Never ever any scriptures should be burnt or destroyed, I that's the worst crime anyone can commit to history.
Really well done! As a salvi-american, I enjoy the comprehensive dive into the ancestral pool.
quetzacoatl my beloved
Pronounced Mish-tex. Good video. Toltecs still a mystery. May have adopted the name.You should check out Xochicalco, where Mayan and Mexica art collided.
Has anyone noticed that Mexico’s map makes a seahorse
just noticed it now
I let the commercials play because I felt you gave such good information. than you for taking time out of your life to put this video up and put this information out.
Although its not Tarascan its Purepecha, great video!! Love to see you make one about the purepecha people specifically before and after the Spaniards arrival. Still so much too be told there. Good stuff though!!
Fantastic video!
It would be interesting to include the mexica as part of the bigger náhuatl migrations from the north. It is noteworthy to know mexicas and tlaxcalans were 2 rival tribes of the same people, with shared culture (even poetry) among all the warfare.
Also de Mesoamerican Sprachbund; and naming Tetzcohco! the Mesoamerican Athens.
with all their math and astrology they still didn't expect the Spanish inquisition
All lies !! An afrocentric would say. Olmecs are Africans and so is everyone from Mexico. They probably want to take credit for Mariachi music too. 😅
Wey wuz KANG n' shieeet
@@ReyCarmesi666Y’all are obsessed with us …
@@rollitupmarsYou people too
Atlast please add history of------ through western lens.
Do one on the Tarascans.
My Family and friends family come from Michoacan where there is still Taracan people.
Your of Purepecha descent !
If only teotihucan was on power when cortez came to the 🌎 probably our history would be diferent
Sadly that's doubtful. It was disease that beat them. Cortez would have been wiped out if it had just been a case of military power and ability.
The reality behind the Toltec expanse was that it was more of an Ideology than an empire. Their religion and militaristic ways were adopted by many different peoples around Mesoamerica. The Toltec period called also "epiclasic" was indeed a convulse era without definite borders though.
IM OLMEC DECEDENT FROM VERACRUZ, KEY POINT TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE PEOPLE NEVER DISAPPEARED, THEY WERE CONQUERED BY BIGGER TRIBES AND FORCE TO JOIN THEIR CULTURE AND RITUALS
Good video 👍🏻 I found out that my ancestors were Tlaxcaltec Indians on AncestryDNA. I visited Cancun and Tulum couple weeks ago to see what more information I can get, I plan to go back to tulum again soon. Wish you could find some more information about the Tlaxcaltec tribe/Indians
They are not Indians since they are not from India. There are many theories of where they come from but it is stated that they came from the north. They habited Aztlan which 6 other tribes also inhabited. They also speak the same language as the mexicas (aztecs).
is it just me, or is it amazing to know.. that maybe in a hundred years from now our empires could fall.. just like everything in the past? I wonder what people will remember about us?
Oh yeah and some cool technology lol
Excelent work Epimetheus! This has been so digestible and informative at the same time.
I noticed a little mistake in the video, though: Tikal is actually in modern day Guatemala, not Yucatan, Mexico.
I keep forgetting that there were and are native Americans in not just the USA, but also the rest of the Americas, including Mexico.
Indigenous - as the term “Native Americans” is used in Canada + the United States - are found all over the world, not just the Americas. They are also in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia. 🤗
All those Native American's in the U.S.A. come from these ancient people's. All the America's were Indigenous tribal people.
D33Lux not true. Genetics show a distinction from those further north of mesoamerica.
And tribal? Having Kings and empires hardly means tribal.
This was so beautifully executed 🤧
Tip for pronunciation in Nahuatl the x is pronounced like shhh example: me-sh-i-ca hope this helped
I was reading, recently, that there was a lot of "diversity" in certain Mayan cities, and I was wondering the sources of the "diversity." Your video helps explain a lot. I had heard & read that even the Mayas were not a monolithic group but a collection of city states & tribes. (Is "tribe" the proper choice of term?)
city-state is a better term for most mesoamerican nations
LiDar will rewrite Mesoamerican history. The incredible story of the Maya is still unfolding!
Great video, wish you would of gone into more detail on the Purepecha seeing as they rivaled the Aztec Empire both in size, military and technology.
Fantastic work! I really appreciate you exploring understudied histories! Did you have any particularly useful sources?
Amerindians did not need European intervention
@Bobby Alan How and why?
Yeah, they were killing each other well enough before the Europeans arrived
Human sacrifice is good ... right ?
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Well to be completely fair everyone else did it before the rise of chirstanity and even then chirstians still had no problem killing each other.
@@rodrigosantoscienceros Yes christians still kill each other because humans are animals. However it did lay ground to future humanist values. Even during slavery times there was a huge opposition in christian world against it mostly based on religious values. Then it was money (merchant) vs faith vs political power. To justify slavery, merchant had to bribe religious power to say that natives/blacks had no soul. It did not last long...
There is a very good reason 5000 years of slavery was brutally ended by christians (english) power, enforcing their views of human nature on the rest of the world.
As someone who is a Mexican who doesn’t like Mexico for some personal reasons. I find it’s history interesting.
Awesome video! We are in Mexico now and have visited a bunch of Mesoamerican sites but none of the tour guides gave us such a neat summary, thanks so much!
What would the Indian tribes look like today all over the Americas if the Europeans had never arrived?
Cool video dude and the characters look amazing so thanks for making and sharing this video of knowledge of the ancestors with us!!