In the Old World there was a wealth of ideas exchanged across the Mediterranean. Not only did the Aztecs do this, but they did it in complete isolation. THAT is an amazing feat. It was basically a New World Venice. By the 16th century Europe already had many great cultural accomplishments. That the Spanish were amazed means it must have been truly great. Too bad we can't see it today.
@@jessejimenez5605 " Some (not all) died willfully. " Few, most were murdered non Aztecs. Taken in war or given to the Aztecs to avoid more war. "It’s not like in Europe where murder was rampant. " Going to war to get victims is murder.
these amazing monuments and structures speak for themselves.people can say what they want ,but the truth is some of the earths most amazing structures are in Mexico and people have been going there for centuries to visit these many places and it will always be like that . To all the haters, quit hating .It makes you sound sad.
Proud to be an AZTEC decendent and as long as the world revolves the Fame and Glory of "MEXICO TENOCHTITLAN" will not End!!! "IN KEXKICHKAUAH MANIZ ZEMANAUATL AIK POLLIUIZ IN ITENYO ITAUKAIN MEXIHKO TENOCHTITLAN"
Orgullosa de si misma Se levanta la ciudad de Meshico-Tenochtitlan. Aqui nadie teme a la muerte en la Guerra!!!! Esta es nuestra Gloria Este es nuestro mandato. Oh dador de la vida Tenerlo presents oh Principes No lo olvideis Quien podra mover los cimientos del cielo? Con Nuestras flechas Con nuestros escudos Esta existiendo la ciudad Meshico-Tenochtitlan Subsiste!!!
I'm a mexican architect so i know quite a lot about prehispanic architecture and its history. Their societies were a monarchy aswell so if you weren't a noble or a militar, you pretty much lived in poverty.
Ty Robertson that is not so a lots of kids are learnig Nahuatl again even here in beloved U. S.schools like harvar prisinton Yale and others teach Nahuatl the culture is coming back
"By greed and religion". You're absolutely right, mesoamerican cultures prior to hispanic colonization were in war with each other and even sacrificed people from different tribes all over the region for the gods. Even after spaniards arrived there were abandoned settlements and temples because of war.. let's not forget they all wanted more territory so... in the end it's the same bs.
this city could have been on a epic scale the giant pyramid in the center was about 200 ft and the aztecs made it taller by 50 feet every few decades so if it still exist in the 21st century the pyramid would almost be 1000 ft tall
Mexicans are great people, with a heritage such as this, they are to be respected, and welcomed into North America. They work and work and ask only for meager pay. They never complain. Americans should welcome these people into the states, and make them American. Imagine the innovations they could bring if they were allowed to flourish! If America had denied my ancestors from Italy passage into America, as well as Irish and Germans, New York would not be the greatest city in America.
Xiuhcoatl Tecuhtli Exactly right. I try not to think that way though. The Bering Strait was crossed by peoples who battled for the land now north and south america, there is even some evidence of South American tribes killing off another race of peoples that had crossed over from Polynesia. My ancestors were Romans, who conquered Sicily where my family is from. Then The Vikings came and the Moors. Its like Pete Seger wrote "This land is your land, this land is my land. Even so I still like the fact that the area I live in the US, Southern CT near NYC was uninhabitable until the 1800's due to floods. So I feel better about not disturbing sacred land. A far cry from why the Spanish did to Tenochtitlan.
Comment from my friend since he does not yet have his own account : "Most of the cities that the Spanish conquistadors destroyed were evenly constructed. If you go to Guanajuato, to San Miguel de Allende or Spain itself, the streets are crooked. I guess for being in the "Stone Age", we were much more advanced", thus says my friend Jose
I am Mexican, mestizo born in mex city not too far from templo major and TEOTIUACAN about a hour and a half from actually I speak nahuatl, Spanish, and pretty good english there is some european on me but from generations back yet everytime i climb the Piramid of the SUN and look at what tenochtitlan might have looked like it just takes me back in time its amazing mach pichu is my other impossible city and full of wonder this natives were religiousHumbleFarmersMasonsDoctorsSoldier not salvages
A nuestros ojos hoy en dia, los sacrificios eran una barbaridad, pero díganme, que llegaron a hacer los españoles con su sed de oro....barbaridad y media, ya que la historia de la conquista de Tenochtitlan es un muestrario sin fin de barbaridades, de modo que ahora no quieran venir con que son unos santos y que los vamos a canonizar por lo bondadosos que fueron, ya que según venían con la bandera de Dios pero cometieron atrocidad y media. No se justifiquen. Entiendo que no hay sociedad perfecta, pero por lo menos mis antepasados trataban de vivir en armonía con su entorno, en cambio los españoles solo vinieron a destruir maravillas y a desecar los lagos que rodeaban mi hermosa ciudad de Tenochtitlan.
San Tiago este pendejo 😂 dices que nos dieron el idioma/ religion como si nosotros lo hubiéramos pedido. Nadie pedía to lenguaje o religión de mierda. Metetelas por el culo. Muerte al imperio español de mierda. :)
Hector, los que destruyeron tu bella ciudad fueron 2000 españoles y 130.000 aliados tlaxcaltecas y otros nativos, ni el 1% eran españoles, los que destruyeron tu bella cudad viven al lado tuyo y eran/son tan mexicanos como tu/los aztecas.... joder siempre echando los males a los extranjeros, los aztecas eran una ciudad estado, y su imperio tributarios, literalmente ni uno solo de sus aliados ni subordinados quiso ayudarles durante el asedio, la ciudad era bonita, los propios españoles lo dijeron, pero los aztecas tal cual, eran unos opresores, y literalmente toda mesoamerica prefirio aliarse con los españoles o pagar en oro y no en corazones y lo de desecar las cienagas era para prevenir enfermedades de mosquitos tener terreno de cultivo y construccion, una practica comun en el mundo antiguo en realidad
@@ferblancart8669 es cierto casi todo lo que dices, pero no justifiques a los españoles, se imparcial, pues ellos también hicieron atrocidades. En fin, no podemos juzgar esos tiempos con la moral actual, pues no es justo, el pasado ya se fue, ahora España y México tienen ese lazo de amor y un poco de odio, Explotemos nuestras cosas en común para ser unidos, de que nos sirve pelear? Y lo digo siendo mexicano amigo. Dejemos ir al pasado, construyamos un futuro. Mexicanos construyamos a un México grandioso otra vez! Esta en nuestras manos!
“trataban de vivir en armonía” Si vieras cuantas veces los Aztecas se chingaban y capturaban a los Tlaxcaltecas te darías cuenta que los Aztecas también eran bien culeros. Bien lo dijiste tú, no hay sociedad perfecta y la sociedad Azteca no fue ninguna excepción.
the natives didn't worship cortez or any of his men. even before cortez arrived his scout alvarado landed in guatamela and he was taken in by maya tribe... they didn't think he was a god.Alvarado learned their language,married and became more indegenious than euro. he wrote the account. when the natives saw the horse they weren't freaked out, accounts say they thought it was a new type of deer. Mexico didn't have Iron or steel to work on, thus they only had obsidian.
It's amazing walking the streets of Cuzco and seeing a city whose foundations, literally and figuratively, were built by a people who had never seen an Old World city. It's such a shame that Tenochtitlan wasn't spared by the Spaniards like much of Cuzco.
honestly, the tale of the destruction of this city makes me completely understand why people care so much about preservation of culture, I mean, this sounds like it should be one of the greatest cities in history, and yet fuckin colonialism had to destroy all of that culture, and now we'll never be able to see it.
Colonialism?? The destruction was mostly done by the neighboring tribes because of the insane cruelty the Aztecs had previously inflicted on them. Stop acting like this was an upstanding civilization, they bragged about sacrificing 80,000 people in 4 days...
in some ways, Tenoctitlan was the lost "9th wonder" of the ancient world; It was destroyed in the 1500s, (by rival natives as well as colonials, not just the spanish acting alone) but existed for centuries and was described by both natives and foreigners as "incredible." Like all the other "ancient wonders" barring the Pyramid of Giza, it simply ceased to exist.
me siento muy horhulloso de ablar el nahuatl y de tener sandre azteca mis niñas también ablan nahuatl .......nic machilia cualzi ne igua no pilzizihua tlatoa nahuatl mach tipinahua
In quexquichcau maniz cemanahuatl Ayc polliviz in intenyo in intauhca In Meshico-Tenochtitlan. En tanto permanezca el mundo, No acabara la Gloria y fama de Meshico-Tenochtitlan.
Mejor los extranjeros muestran mayor interés, respeto y admiración por nuestras culturas mexicanas que muchos de sus gobernantes. En México se concentran las mejores culturas del mundo! Impresionante!
At the center of the banner of Mexico, water, small portion of land, rattlesnake and bird. The sign the Aztec recognized from vison. Both Maya and Aztec used rattlesnake iconography, Scorpio is often represented by Aquila be it an Eagle / Vulture. Do you reckon there is something esoteric to the art on the banner? There is a deluge in man's rear view mirror.
tenochtitlán fue y será una potencia que jamás será comparada con otra en el mundo. la tristeza mas grande que me da es que poco a poco nos estamos quedando con una identidad perdida. y nuestros gobiernos no están haciendo nada para que nuestras culturas permanezcan vivas.
Qosqo y Mexico-Tenochtitlan...Inkas y Mexikas....saludos desde Lima-Peru, ojala se hubieran encontrado antes de la llegada de los españoles y haber formado una alianza, comercial y militar....pero bueno asi es el destino...
I would love a more detailed explanation of how they dealt with human sewage without polluting their lake. Did they build outhouses over boats and ship the waste to the mainland? Use it for farming? Did they have a network of plumbing to deal with this? etc.
Tenochtitlan no fue conquistada por Espana. Fue conquistada por Tlaxcala con la ayuda de Espana. Habian 1,000 Espanoles alliados con 150,000 Tlaxcalos contra 300,000 Aztecas. Muchos no saben eso. La destruction de los Aztecas fue causado por sus conquistas y sacrifios que causo resentimiento contra ellos.
Yea, the ancient Greeks were obviously writing about a city that wouldn't be founded for another 1,700 years or so, a city located on a landmass they were not even aware of. Damn those Greeks were good!
Tenochtitlan isn't older than 1325. There were aqueducts, intricate sewer systems, bridges and other huge constructions in Europe more than 1000(!) years earlier than that. Not that it matters really "who was first", but if you want to argue about it at least do it in a historically correct way.
@@aseefrehman How is it racist? For generations white Europeans in America n abroad made ppl of color to feel inferior to them (white man). They try'd n make the natives n all other non whites to feel ashamed of being brown blk or red instead of white. Like the man said before brown is beautiful!
Sadly, doing things together, for the betterment of mankind, seems to be a foreign concept amongst contemporary 'civilizations'. In a truly civilized world, then yes ... I have to agree that anything IS possible
Discutir lo que hubiera sido sin España no tiene ningún sentido. Las cosas son como son. Afortunadamente en México tenemos una cultura muy basta que combina muchas tradiciones milenarias tanto europeas, árabes y africanas, como aztecas, mayas, etc... QUE VIVA MÉXICO!!!
Man i wish i could time travel back in time and see that city with my own eyes, its a shame the spaniards were filled with greed and conquest and burned it all to the ground
Los aztecas comían carne de pavo, y en ocasiones especiales de un perro endémico llamado Xoloes uintle. El canibalismo se practicaba en ceremonias de sacrificios humanos, se comían al guerrero capturado para tener su fuerza vital, pero no era una práctica muy extendida; como dije, solo era en ciertas ocasiones.
All made possible by the chinampas. A truely amazing regenerative food growing system that is miles ahead of pretty much any western agricultural system.
I agree. I was not putting down Tenochtitlan, because it was one of the great cities of the Earth in 1500 and Mexico City is now one of the great cities of the Earth. I just think it is wrong to put down other great cities so as to try and build up others in comparison.
Para todos los que se andan llamando nombres, o reclamando superioridad, piensen en esto.. todo lo que es echo por manos humanas desaparece, a todos nos llega la muerte, "todas" las razas, tribus, I civilizaciones tienen la capacidad de crear cosas vellas(I todas lo an echo) I todas tambien pueden hacer cosas bien fregadas(I todas an echo eso tambien) entonces aprecien, I disfruten solo lo bueno de toda la humanidad, porque va llegar el tiempo en que la tierra se lo va a tragar todo :(
mexicans are descendants of the TLAXCALANS. Tlaxcalans are the ones who conqured the mexica(aztecs),chicemec(zacatecas),tarascans(jalisco),mayas(el salvador) and even apache(texas). They interbreeded with spanish settler's, they mixed spanish: language, archictecture,theatre, art, farming,military, justice system etc... with the indegenious , thus creating the MESTIZO. we still speak nahuatl today and dont even know it: cuate, coyote,chipotle, chamaco,guey, etc.
Hay en la ciudad más manera y policía en todas las cosas. Y por no ser más prolijo en la relación de las cosas de esta gran ciudad, aunque no acabaría tan aína, no quiero decir más sino que en su servicio y trato de la gente de ella, hay la manera casi de vivir que en España. Y tanto concierto y orden como allá, y considerando esta gente ser bárbara y tan apartada del conocimiento de Dios y de la comunicación de otras naciones de razón, es cosa admirable las que tienen en todas las cosas. Cortés
i believe the wall of skulls cortez talked about were put there by him after he slaughtered the entire civilization. he took their wealth and gold moved on. but its always amazed me the similarities of tenochtitlan and atlantis.
there have been found other fosas and towers of skulls dated way before 1500s . obiously the spanish sources of the time exagerated the size, but they did not invented it
@@nathanmcdonald1572 Aztecs would often exagérate their claims aswell, sort of a scare tactic Ana reminder to others, plus 80k is not mathematically possible.
deberian estar orgullosos de ser descendientes de los aztecas a pesar de sus sacrificios ellos no conocian nada de ahora pero han sido muy inteligentes y buenos maestros para su epoca de haber construido esta brillante capital en medio de un lago pantanoso!
first line of the thing is entirely inaccurate. This was not finally reaching Their "promised land". They were on the losing side of a battle and were pushed into the lake
i wonder if the plague that was there before the spaniards would have been stopped due to the sacrificing. Probably not, i still goto go with the graham hancock theory that this civilization was passed down by a lost ancient civilization that inhabited pangeia before the global flood from the last ice age melt down. but thats another crazy speculation that everyone seems to love to make.
the Aztecs was the healthiest and cleanest civilization, even more so than most modern countries by today standards. The lands and people were foreign to disease. In the 1500's the Spaniards implemented biological warfare and diseased the Native population with smallpox..
Veo mucha gente que tiene muy poca idea de historia, precisamente los que insultan y hablan mal de España, en fin, soy español y vivo en México y precisamente la unica gente a la que no le caigo bien o que me mira con malos ojos, son los más incultos, los que no tienen ni idea de lo que hablan. Por lo demás llevo a México en mi corazón, y el que quiera criticarme por ser español allá el. Los méxicanos cultivados no lo hacen, sino que me abrieron los brazos cuando llegué.
we were not aztecs when the invaders came we were mexicas decentdents of the Aztecs..mexicans , central americans and native americans using colonial terms ...we are one people indigenous pride ! indigenous land ! always will be , never forget 1492.
No, "Aztec" is not colonial, it's Anglo pseudo history. The Tenochcas called themselves Mexica. Tlacopans were Otomis, Texcocans were Kuhluas. Etc. Cortes brought 40000 Tlaxcallans as a "Coalition". The Conquest was more a Civil War. Learn before braying.
No, he's right. But again, that isn't necessarily a mark against the Aztecs. A large city doesn't mean a good city. Considering the limited space with which the Mexica had to build on the island, 200,000 is probably as much as you could have without suffering from over crowding. This is probably one of the reasons the Aztecs started the practice of colonization in the late 1400s/early 1500s in places Xoconoco or the border with Tzintzuntzani.
75,000 Tlaxcala people helped the Spaniards after smallpox decimated the Aztec numbers. Even with the new (overwhelming) odds, the Aztecs still managed to fight for a ridiculously long time. If it hadn't been for the Tlaxcala (even if the Aztecs still contracted smallpox) the Spaniards would have been undoubtedly been defeated quickly as they were when the Aztecs first drove them from their city.
Most people today dont care to learn or understand these great cultures because they dont see any way to make money with it. Knowledge is no longer the wealth but materials and illusions. This is a sick society. Far more sick than one who sacrafices humans.
In the Old World there was a wealth of ideas exchanged across the Mediterranean. Not only did the Aztecs do this, but they did it in complete isolation. THAT is an amazing feat. It was basically a New World Venice. By the 16th century Europe already had many great cultural accomplishments. That the Spanish were amazed means it must have been truly great. Too bad we can't see it today.
It will alway be a mystery
You know they ripped people’s hearts out as well as slaughter a city to death. Right?
@@mrabootoo5556
Yes they did but it was still wrong of the Spaniards to destroy ALL the city.
Mr Abootoo they did it for religious reasons. Some (not all) died willfully. It’s not like in Europe where murder was rampant.
@@jessejimenez5605
" Some (not all) died willfully. "
Few, most were murdered non Aztecs. Taken in war or given to the Aztecs to avoid more war.
"It’s not like in Europe where murder was rampant.
"
Going to war to get victims is murder.
these amazing monuments and structures speak for themselves.people can say what they want ,but the truth is some of the earths most amazing structures are in Mexico and people have been going there for centuries to visit these many places and it will always be like that . To all the haters, quit hating .It makes you sound sad.
San Tiago tu que has construido pendejo
@@jibaritomx jjajaj
Proud to be an AZTEC decendent and as long as the world revolves the Fame and Glory of
"MEXICO TENOCHTITLAN" will not End!!!
"IN KEXKICHKAUAH MANIZ ZEMANAUATL
AIK POLLIUIZ IN ITENYO ITAUKAIN
MEXIHKO TENOCHTITLAN"
Cuauhtli Astorga wow you are really a Aztec descendent? nice, I love the Aztecs
Cuauhtli Astorga
But but tour sur name is Astorga an spanish tipical surname..
Micheal Jordan is a proud white Englishman from London? GTFO, last names don't mean shit
@@Index145 well the Spanish invaded
Orgullosa de si misma
Se levanta la ciudad de Meshico-Tenochtitlan.
Aqui nadie teme a la muerte en la Guerra!!!!
Esta es nuestra Gloria
Este es nuestro mandato.
Oh dador de la vida
Tenerlo presents oh Principes
No lo olvideis
Quien podra mover los cimientos del cielo?
Con Nuestras flechas
Con nuestros escudos
Esta existiendo la ciudad
Meshico-Tenochtitlan Subsiste!!!
The most beautiful city ever.
NO YOU SUCK
@@ValorVogue what the hell?
@UCn9L_SaOYhEA0IoDS1OVjkw stfu lil kid
true bro, it's the most beautiful city ever!
Please tell we where is the rest of this great documentary
I’m 6 months late but I hope you found the rest of the video 😂
Has anyone found the rest ?
Mexico has a great ,history, the Aztecs build the best modern in Mexico ,better than the some cities in europe
We Spanish never saw anything like it in Europe
+francisco javier ortiz
Oh yes!
I'm a mexican architect so i know quite a lot about prehispanic architecture and its history. Their societies were a monarchy aswell so if you weren't a noble or a militar, you pretty much lived in poverty.
@Sebastian Benitez Soy yo o estas admitiendo abiertamente tu racismo? lol..
@@leeroycastillo2912 I guess neither do you... ever heard of the Alamo?
"In Japan the performance of no drama had reached its height of popularity."
...imagine a world with no drama!
Man i love learning about these civilizations but its mad depressing how its been completely eradicated thanks to greed and religion
Ty Robertson that is not so a lots of kids are learnig Nahuatl again even here in beloved U. S.schools like harvar prisinton Yale and others teach Nahuatl the culture is coming back
It was only constructed in the first place because of religion... Aztec religion in this case.
Ty Robertson they were not completely eradicated. Aztecs still live in Mexico.
Well mexica then
"By greed and religion". You're absolutely right, mesoamerican cultures prior to hispanic colonization were in war with each other and even sacrificed people from different tribes all over the region for the gods. Even after spaniards arrived there were abandoned settlements and temples because of war.. let's not forget they all wanted more territory so... in the end it's the same bs.
this city could have been on a epic scale
the giant pyramid in the center was about 200 ft and the aztecs made it taller by 50 feet every few decades so if it still exist in the 21st century the pyramid would almost be 1000 ft tall
The Aztecs, their name will echo in eternity.
Mexicans are great people, with a heritage such as this, they are to be respected, and welcomed into North America. They work and work and ask only for meager pay. They never complain. Americans should welcome these people into the states, and make them American. Imagine the innovations they could bring if they were allowed to flourish! If America had denied my ancestors from Italy passage into America, as well as Irish and Germans, New York would not be the greatest city in America.
You almost make me cry! :)
Aw! Well I meant every word. I guess I should pursue writing.
matt mammone Mexicans are indigenous to these lands, it's the borders and racist laws that makes my people immigrants on our own lands :/
matt mammone I'm glad for that :) one love!
Xiuhcoatl Tecuhtli Exactly right. I try not to think that way though. The Bering Strait was crossed by peoples who battled for the land now north and south america, there is even some evidence of South American tribes killing off another race of peoples that had crossed over from Polynesia. My ancestors were Romans, who conquered Sicily where my family is from. Then The Vikings came and the Moors. Its like Pete Seger wrote "This land is your land, this land is my land. Even so I still like the fact that the area I live in the US, Southern CT near NYC was uninhabitable until the 1800's due to floods. So I feel better about not disturbing sacred land. A far cry from why the Spanish did to Tenochtitlan.
The great Tenochtitlán one of the greatest civilization of the western world 🌎
Comment from my friend since he does not yet have his own account : "Most of the cities that the Spanish conquistadors destroyed were evenly constructed. If you go to Guanajuato, to San Miguel de Allende or Spain itself, the streets are crooked. I guess for being in the "Stone Age", we were much more advanced", thus says my friend Jose
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I am Mexican, mestizo born in mex city not too far from templo major and TEOTIUACAN about a hour and a half from actually I speak nahuatl, Spanish, and pretty good english there is some european on me but from generations back yet everytime i climb the Piramid of the SUN and look at what tenochtitlan might have looked like it just takes me back in time its amazing mach pichu is my other impossible city and full of wonder this natives were religiousHumbleFarmersMasonsDoctorsSoldier not salvages
A nuestros ojos hoy en dia, los sacrificios eran una barbaridad, pero díganme, que llegaron a hacer los españoles con su sed de oro....barbaridad y media, ya que la historia de la conquista de Tenochtitlan es un muestrario sin fin de barbaridades, de modo que ahora no quieran venir con que son unos santos y que los vamos a canonizar por lo bondadosos que fueron, ya que según venían con la bandera de Dios pero cometieron atrocidad y media. No se justifiquen. Entiendo que no hay sociedad perfecta, pero por lo menos mis antepasados trataban de vivir en armonía con su entorno, en cambio los españoles solo vinieron a destruir maravillas y a desecar los lagos que rodeaban mi hermosa ciudad de Tenochtitlan.
San Tiago este pendejo 😂 dices que nos dieron el idioma/ religion como si nosotros lo hubiéramos pedido. Nadie pedía to lenguaje o religión de mierda. Metetelas por el culo. Muerte al imperio español de mierda. :)
Hector, los que destruyeron tu bella ciudad fueron 2000 españoles y 130.000 aliados tlaxcaltecas y otros nativos, ni el 1% eran españoles, los que destruyeron tu bella cudad viven al lado tuyo y eran/son tan mexicanos como tu/los aztecas.... joder siempre echando los males a los extranjeros, los aztecas eran una ciudad estado, y su imperio tributarios, literalmente ni uno solo de sus aliados ni subordinados quiso ayudarles durante el asedio, la ciudad era bonita, los propios españoles lo dijeron, pero los aztecas tal cual, eran unos opresores, y literalmente toda mesoamerica prefirio aliarse con los españoles o pagar en oro y no en corazones
y lo de desecar las cienagas era para prevenir enfermedades de mosquitos tener terreno de cultivo y construccion, una practica comun en el mundo antiguo en realidad
Hola Héctor. Llamándote Héctor Pérez, apuesto a que eres descendiente directo de aquellos españoles .
@@ferblancart8669 es cierto casi todo lo que dices, pero no justifiques a los españoles, se imparcial, pues ellos también hicieron atrocidades.
En fin, no podemos juzgar esos tiempos con la moral actual, pues no es justo, el pasado ya se fue, ahora España y México tienen ese lazo de amor y un poco de odio, Explotemos nuestras cosas en común para ser unidos, de que nos sirve pelear?
Y lo digo siendo mexicano amigo.
Dejemos ir al pasado, construyamos un futuro.
Mexicanos construyamos a un México grandioso otra vez! Esta en nuestras manos!
“trataban de vivir en armonía” Si vieras cuantas veces los Aztecas se chingaban y capturaban a los Tlaxcaltecas te darías cuenta que los Aztecas también eran bien culeros. Bien lo dijiste tú, no hay sociedad perfecta y la sociedad Azteca no fue ninguna excepción.
the natives didn't worship cortez or any of his men. even before cortez arrived his scout alvarado landed in guatamela and he was taken in by maya tribe...
they didn't think he was a god.Alvarado learned their language,married and became more indegenious than euro. he wrote the account.
when the natives saw the horse they weren't freaked out, accounts say they thought it was a new type of deer.
Mexico didn't have Iron or steel to work on, thus they only had obsidian.
It's amazing walking the streets of Cuzco and seeing a city whose foundations, literally and figuratively, were built by a people who had never seen an Old World city. It's such a shame that Tenochtitlan wasn't spared by the Spaniards like much of Cuzco.
What tragedy!
I wish that all of Mexico was like Tenochtitlan, without the sacrifices, that is.
The sacrifices were exaggerated by the Spanish.
Robs sacrifice how do you call 50 000 in Viet Nam 5000 in abganistan and sofore and so on? how many there are in Arlington Virginia?
The aztecs sacrificed 60000 people in three days
E-SACK SANCHEZ so sad that they failed to sacrifice you
ayotochtli wtf is your race
honestly, the tale of the destruction of this city makes me completely understand why people care so much about preservation of culture, I mean, this sounds like it should be one of the greatest cities in history, and yet fuckin colonialism had to destroy all of that culture, and now we'll never be able to see it.
Colonialism?? The destruction was mostly done by the neighboring tribes because of the insane cruelty the Aztecs had previously inflicted on them. Stop acting like this was an upstanding civilization, they bragged about sacrificing 80,000 people in 4 days...
in some ways, Tenoctitlan was the lost "9th wonder" of the ancient world; It was destroyed in the 1500s, (by rival natives as well as colonials, not just the spanish acting alone) but existed for centuries and was described by both natives and foreigners as "incredible."
Like all the other "ancient wonders" barring the Pyramid of Giza, it simply ceased to exist.
Veían toda la vida como una oportunidad de ser creativo…
Sencillamente admirable
Why european always invaded and destroy that awesome civilization? 😥 it happen in my country when the dutch landed in 1595
Should have been better civilization, Europe rushed to imperial age while Aztecs, Huns, Incas, Cumans and Mayans where still in castle age.
me siento muy horhulloso de ablar el nahuatl y de tener sandre azteca mis niñas también ablan nahuatl .......nic machilia cualzi ne igua no pilzizihua tlatoa nahuatl mach tipinahua
Pedro Diaz que hermoso, nunca te olvides de tus raizes.
In quexquichcau maniz cemanahuatl
Ayc polliviz in intenyo in intauhca
In Meshico-Tenochtitlan.
En tanto permanezca el mundo,
No acabara la Gloria y fama de Meshico-Tenochtitlan.
Que bueno que reconozca tus raises ,pero no entiendi lo que escribiste?😕
@@clementinaresendiz3497 el primer parrafo es en Nahuatl. El segundo es la traduccion del misno al castellano. Saludos.
A ok , gracias
wow great clip :) helped me with my project
johnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn i love your vidoes homie !
500 years!
500 YEARS since Cortes's invasion of that magnificent looking place!
It's incredible!
Where’s the full version
I want it too
1:49 i love that music. If its an actual soundtrack, can someone give me the link to where its from.
Mejor los extranjeros muestran mayor interés, respeto y admiración por nuestras culturas mexicanas que muchos de sus gobernantes.
En México se concentran las mejores culturas del mundo! Impresionante!
What documentary is this from? I'd like to see the full thing.
At the center of the banner of Mexico, water, small portion of land, rattlesnake and bird. The sign the Aztec recognized from vison. Both Maya and Aztec used rattlesnake iconography, Scorpio is often represented by Aquila be it an Eagle / Vulture. Do you reckon there is something esoteric to the art on the banner? There is a deluge in man's rear view mirror.
4:28 what song is that?
tenochtitlán fue y será una potencia que jamás será comparada con otra en el mundo. la tristeza mas grande que me da es que poco a poco nos estamos quedando con una identidad perdida. y nuestros gobiernos no están haciendo nada para que nuestras culturas permanezcan vivas.
Is that Spock speaking?
No, it's Leonard Nimoy
I can not be the only one that’s here for history class lol
ur not lol
@@erinc675 thx buddy
I’m also here for class lol
yep
@@rosebelI same
I am using this for school. THX
same
Problems yep same here
I swear, your diss was the funniest and the best ever! :)
Qosqo y Mexico-Tenochtitlan...Inkas y Mexikas....saludos desde Lima-Peru, ojala se hubieran encontrado antes de la llegada de los españoles y haber formado una alianza, comercial y militar....pero bueno asi es el destino...
Is that Leonard Nimoy narrating?
No it’s daddy
I would love a more detailed explanation of how they dealt with human sewage without polluting their lake. Did they build outhouses over boats and ship the waste to the mainland? Use it for farming? Did they have a network of plumbing to deal with this? etc.
Wow I never knew there were people that actually watched this for fun I thought all of the comments were gonna be about online school.
IKR I’m doing this for class T^T
yeah that's what I was thinking
Aaron Richards, I would so like to see a movie you describe.
How did they build that though?
Where can I see the rest of the video?
Tenochtitlan no fue conquistada por Espana. Fue conquistada por Tlaxcala con la ayuda de Espana. Habian 1,000 Espanoles alliados con 150,000 Tlaxcalos contra 300,000 Aztecas. Muchos no saben eso. La destruction de los Aztecas fue causado por sus conquistas y sacrifios que causo resentimiento contra ellos.
Yea, the ancient Greeks were obviously writing about a city that wouldn't be founded for another 1,700 years or so, a city located on a landmass they were not even aware of. Damn those Greeks were good!
This is very well explained, thanks!
This technology was way before europe!
Tenochtitlan isn't older than 1325. There were aqueducts, intricate sewer systems, bridges and other huge constructions in Europe more than 1000(!) years earlier than that. Not that it matters really "who was first", but if you want to argue about it at least do it in a historically correct way.
False! I'm all for proppin' old ancient native cities cuz I'm a native, but fuck off with the fake news to drive a narrative. That's what racists do.
Did you forget ROME is in Europe? They where a might that would crush aztecs in day in 117 AD
Beautiful.
BROWN IS BEAUTIFUL
racist son of bitch
@@aseefrehman How is it racist? For generations white Europeans in America n abroad made ppl of color to feel inferior to them (white man). They try'd n make the natives n all other non whites to feel ashamed of being brown blk or red instead of white. Like the man said before brown is beautiful!
@@aseefrehman Shut up
TOGETHER ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBE!!!
Sadly, doing things together, for the betterment of mankind, seems to be a foreign concept amongst contemporary 'civilizations'. In a truly civilized world, then yes ... I have to agree that anything IS possible
Nelly Smuts 1LUV
Discutir lo que hubiera sido sin España no tiene ningún sentido. Las cosas son como son. Afortunadamente en México tenemos una cultura muy basta que combina muchas tradiciones milenarias tanto europeas, árabes y africanas, como aztecas, mayas, etc... QUE VIVA MÉXICO!!!
Man i wish i could time travel back in time and see that city with my own eyes, its a shame the spaniards were filled with greed and conquest and burned it all to the ground
Una ciudad sin duda increíblemente grande y la más limpia del planeta
anyone know what documentary is this from?
If I become as rich as Elon Musk I'm a build a massive replica of Tenochtitlan somewhere
The first time I put on a VR headset I thought someone needs to make this. Unbelievable.
Eso de que eran caníbales (según dice uno de los documentales) yo jamás lo había escuchado. ¿Estaré mal enterada o qué? Me impresionó mucho...
Los aztecas comían carne de pavo, y en ocasiones especiales de un perro endémico llamado Xoloes uintle. El canibalismo se practicaba en ceremonias de sacrificios humanos, se comían al guerrero capturado para tener su fuerza vital, pero no era una práctica muy extendida; como dije, solo era en ciertas ocasiones.
Who else is here because of a school assignment?
Vivian Claire me what grade are you in?
Me🤦🏽♀️😂
Im proud of being of Nahua descent
Me too :)
Me too
What show is this from?
Do u have this documental in spanish lenguage? please!! :3
All made possible by the chinampas. A truely amazing regenerative food growing system that is miles ahead of pretty much any western agricultural system.
Streets ahead!
Is that lenard Nimoy narating
OMG, turn subtitles on at 02:50 hahaha
lmao nice catch!!
Alfonso Irazabal
What is it?
@stjimy Y por qué me iba a ir de este pais al que quiero tanto?
I agree. I was not putting down Tenochtitlan, because it was one of the great cities of the Earth in 1500 and Mexico City is now one of the great cities of the Earth. I just think it is wrong to put down other great cities so as to try and build up others in comparison.
Tenochtitlan build on an island. Aztec- Aztlan - Atlantis. Someone else thinks that Tenochtitlan is Atlantis?
No .
I feel if they were left to their own devices and traded with the Europeans we would have seen a situation similar to Japan
Alguien tiene el documental completo de esto y si es mejor subtitulado al español mexicano?
Para todos los que se andan llamando nombres, o reclamando superioridad, piensen en esto..
todo lo que es echo por manos humanas desaparece, a todos nos llega la muerte, "todas" las razas, tribus, I civilizaciones tienen la capacidad de crear cosas vellas(I todas lo an echo) I todas tambien pueden hacer cosas bien fregadas(I todas an echo eso tambien) entonces aprecien, I disfruten solo lo bueno de toda la humanidad, porque va llegar el tiempo en que la tierra se lo va a tragar todo :(
mexicans are descendants of the TLAXCALANS.
Tlaxcalans are the ones who conqured the mexica(aztecs),chicemec(zacatecas),tarascans(jalisco),mayas(el salvador) and even apache(texas).
They interbreeded with spanish settler's, they mixed spanish: language, archictecture,theatre, art, farming,military, justice system etc...
with the indegenious , thus creating the MESTIZO.
we still speak nahuatl today and dont even know it: cuate, coyote,chipotle, chamaco,guey, etc.
This video was extra awesome just because it is narrated by Leonard Nimoy aka SPOCK! RIP Spock, you lived long and prospered :(
I found a gold relic made for hermon cortes show his victory over the Aztec it was made in 1522.
but how was the great temple of tenochtitlan built?
Kimberly Castro architecturally engineered, stone by stone on the TEZCUCO lake , I know your posting is six years But here’s my humble answer ,🌸🌺💝🦋✊🏾
Chris H. I most agree with you.
Hay en la ciudad más manera y policía en todas las cosas. Y por no ser más prolijo en la relación de las cosas de esta gran ciudad, aunque no acabaría tan aína, no quiero decir más sino que en su servicio y trato de la gente de ella, hay la manera casi de vivir que en España. Y tanto concierto y orden como allá, y considerando esta gente ser bárbara y tan apartada del conocimiento de Dios y de la comunicación de otras naciones de razón, es cosa admirable las que tienen en todas las cosas. Cortés
I'm the 1,000 like on this vid!
its interesting how they literally made artificial land
17aelwan Da robloxian so does Dubai (I think)
@@jessangel5082 no shit after 21 centurys everyone makes artificial lands now
So they knew of the wheel, but decided to do it the hard way?
i believe the wall of skulls cortez talked about were put there by him after he slaughtered the entire civilization. he took their wealth and gold moved on. but its always amazed me the similarities of tenochtitlan and atlantis.
there have been found other fosas and towers of skulls dated way before 1500s . obiously the spanish sources of the time exagerated the size, but they did not invented it
Um, no you're wrong. And the Aztecs once bragged about sacrificing over 80,000 people in 4 days so let's not pretend they weren't absolute monsters.
@@nathanmcdonald1572 Aztecs would often exagérate their claims aswell, sort of a scare tactic Ana reminder to others, plus 80k is not mathematically possible.
The wheel was largely worthless without farm animals capable of pulling carts and on rough earth
history finals?
deberian estar orgullosos de ser descendientes de los aztecas a pesar de sus sacrificios ellos no conocian nada de ahora pero han sido muy inteligentes y buenos maestros para su epoca de haber construido esta brillante capital en medio de un lago pantanoso!
first line of the thing is entirely inaccurate. This was not finally reaching Their "promised land". They were on the losing side of a battle and were pushed into the lake
i cant hear ur video
Is the jam here
i wonder if the plague that was there before the spaniards would have been stopped due to the sacrificing. Probably not, i still goto go with the graham hancock theory that this civilization was passed down by a lost ancient civilization that inhabited pangeia before the global flood from the last ice age melt down. but thats another crazy speculation that everyone seems to love to make.
the Aztecs was the healthiest and cleanest civilization, even more so than most modern countries by today standards. The lands and people were foreign to disease. In the 1500's the Spaniards implemented biological warfare and diseased the Native population with smallpox..
Veo mucha gente que tiene muy poca idea de historia, precisamente los que insultan y hablan mal de España, en fin, soy español y vivo en México y precisamente la unica gente a la que no le caigo bien o que me mira con malos ojos, son los más incultos, los que no tienen ni idea de lo que hablan. Por lo demás llevo a México en mi corazón, y el que quiera criticarme por ser español allá el. Los méxicanos cultivados no lo hacen, sino que me abrieron los brazos cuando llegué.
Came from Mcflynn class
we were not aztecs when the invaders came we were mexicas decentdents of the Aztecs..mexicans , central americans and native americans using colonial terms ...we are one people indigenous pride ! indigenous land ! always will be , never forget 1492.
No, "Aztec" is not colonial, it's Anglo pseudo history. The Tenochcas called themselves Mexica. Tlacopans were Otomis, Texcocans were Kuhluas. Etc. Cortes brought 40000 Tlaxcallans as a "Coalition". The Conquest was more a Civil War. Learn before braying.
No, he's right. But again, that isn't necessarily a mark against the Aztecs. A large city doesn't mean a good city. Considering the limited space with which the Mexica had to build on the island, 200,000 is probably as much as you could have without suffering from over crowding. This is probably one of the reasons the Aztecs started the practice of colonization in the late 1400s/early 1500s in places Xoconoco or the border with Tzintzuntzani.
Nope poor little girl 👧
The biggest city the best city the most advanced city
Deal with it
OMG THATS A SICK TRICKSHOT BRO!!!!!!!!
Ahh the Aztec period
Little did I know that empire was just the beginning
Soon there was so much more people
And eventually reach 250,000 people
Let's begin 13OO BC
75,000 Tlaxcala people helped the Spaniards after smallpox decimated the Aztec numbers. Even with the new (overwhelming) odds, the Aztecs still managed to fight for a ridiculously long time. If it hadn't been for the Tlaxcala (even if the Aztecs still contracted smallpox) the Spaniards would have been undoubtedly been defeated quickly as they were when the Aztecs first drove them from their city.
Tlaxcalteca s Though....have you ever met one? There is something extra in their DNA. THEYRE NO JOKE.
México is North America too
2:33 in my class somebody said that this person looks like their dad💀
Didn’t mention they’re the Mexica people. Later to be named Aztecs
Timeless!!!
Most people today dont care to learn or understand these great cultures because they dont see any way to make money with it. Knowledge is no longer the wealth but materials and illusions. This is a sick society. Far more sick than one who sacrafices humans.