Aztecs: Arrival of Cortes and the Conquistadors
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- In our previous animated historical documentary we have covered the Rise of the Aztecs. During the reign of Moctezuma, the empire continued its growth, but it was during this period the Spaniards of Hernan Cortes landed in the region and the fight between the Aztecs and the Conquistadors began.
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Sources:
Hugh Thomas - Conquest
Micheal D Coe - Mexico from the Olmecs to the Aztecs
An Illustrated Dictionary of
Mary Miller and Karl Taube - The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
Jacques Soustelle - Daily Life of the Aztecs
Osprey Men At Arms 239 - Aztec, Mixtec, and Zapotec Armies
Michael E Smith - The Aztecs
Matthew Restall - Seven Myths Of The Spanish Conquest
Bernal Diaz Del Castillo - Bernal Diaz Del Castillo
Codex Mendoza
Florentine Codex
Codex Boturini
Miguel Leon-Portilla - The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
Music used:
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Kings and Generals please make video for Asia Pacific jungle people wars😎😳😳😊😊 thanks 😉😉
Thank you so much for these series, you guys are one of the best and most informed historie people that have a channel of them all.
A good " unkown" topic your channel can speak about its "Arauco War". Spanish empire a gainst mapuche warlords. A 300 years war that ended after the spanish empire fall and was ended by Chilean Goverment more that 60 years after its independence
Wait you're doing another version of the siege of Tenochtitlan!? or is it La Noche Triste that you're going to feature?
Porque no los dos? :D
So the "Spanish" army that entered Tenochtitlan was 5% Spanish soldiers and 95% angry locals? That puts the conquest into a new perspective, especially given that all those native warriors were ancient, bitter enemies of the Aztecs.
And still people today thinks 300 Spaniards killed 120 millons of people in Americas.
The one that conquered south America and Philippines were from Mexico
made possible by the spanish
Spain is practically the only empire of all that is judge with the morals of today, everyone ignore that when talks about Napoleon, Rome, mongols, Alexander, and other empires.
@@zamirroa pretty much, but that's because their depredations feel very close to the heart of many today. Nobody nowadays will mourn the destruction of Carthage or the millions suffering under the yolk of the Khans.
@@samuelperezgarcia they shouldn't since the khans destroyed Baghdad
This would make for an amazing tv series, HBO where you at??
Yeah, I would watch that.
There’s one being made with Javier Bardem as Cortés
well this is real history and culture worldwide.. and HBO is pure entertainment worldwide, when all you want is money (HBO) the worst thing to do is trying to throw mental nourishment on HBO
With all white actors like in the old cowboy and Indian shoot’em Up flicks.
History channel. Vikings is a badass show
Spain
Both world wars: "I sleep"
Blood and gold: "Santiago!"
Spain's little brother Portugal at least got some in during WW1, but slept during the Italian Wars.
Portugal was taking advantage of the fact that basically all of Europe was at war with each other, while they stayed out of it to instead conquer far away foreign lands and get a step up on the rest.
Spain sent the Blue Division to fight with the Nazis in Russia.
The Blue Division was not sent by the government of Spain, it was a group of volunteers who were permitted to join NAZI Germany in their war. It was similar to the Lincoln Battalion, which was a group of volunteers from the U.S. to fight in the Spanish Civil War, but the U.S. itself stayed out of it.
World was lucky of Spain sleeping during both world wars, otherwise we all would be speaking Spanish right now.
This war really makes me appreciate the importance of language and how
huge conflicts can arise from simple misinterpretations of another language.
Misinterpretation or an excuse to kill everyone
While a factor for much even if they could understand the Spanish already made their mind up
@@hunterq4202 realmente lo que Cortés quería era que el imperio Mexica fuera vasallo de España, pero la viruela exterminó al 90 porciento de los supervivientes de la guerra, lo que hizo que el sistema político del imperio Mexica se colapsara por completo.
ich bin ein berliner
That's wasn't the purpose of the war Aztecs were idol worshippers
Never allow anyone into your house that can kick you out!- timely advice...should have been followed!
Keith Shuler Montezuma’s brother knew what was going down
Haha so we should keep our wifes out then
@@deumevet definitely LoL
Israel is doing this to Palestinians
Advice that is still applicable today, I would say.
So.... when's the HBO series?
Amazon Prime Video has a series in the works called “Cortes” and Hernán Cortés will be played by Javier Bardem.
@@Homer-OJ-Simpson Amazon cancelled production due to Covid...
@@murphbrs42 NOOOO!!!!
@@murphbrs42 goddamit
Amazon prime already has a serie, and Cortes is not Javier Bardem but Oscar Jaenada (way better for the role if you ask me). It's also pretty accurate historically (overall)
This one of the most fantastic stories of all humanity.
The Aztec history is so understated
@@hou1381 soo sad how they were killed tho
@@tranium67 them and many others, conquest is ruthless
@UCQXjVCfdD6olsOuxz3gnLHw yeah the Aztecs were oppressors.
@@CD-BVL Tell that to Julius Caesar , Genghis Khan or any other big conqueror in history.
"Let them die!" "Sir, we are letting them, but they are not dying" "I meant you had to kill them!"
I love the age of empires 2 sound effects!
Yeah, reminds of my childhood. :-)
I am glad someone else noticed too!
PRRROEH
Shi... hoh!
Mandaton?
But it's distracting me from the excellent content! :)
How crazy is it that this entire situation would’ve worked out so differently if not for that random castaway priest who spoke both Spanish and a maya language.
Divine intervention
“It’s treason then” best one liner yet
Yeah, the best movie line ever, maybe.
Fascinating take. I’ve always read the rise and fall of this amazing people with interest. They were like the Romans of the New World but they failed in integrating their conquered foes as the Romans did and instead had a huge empire waiting to topple its bloody masters. Yes they weren’t angels, but who is? Nobody. I’m always looking for more videos on this topic so thank you for reigniting an old passion of mine to read about .
Agree
It eventually fails the Romans too, or atleast become one of the reasons for the fall of Western Rome. Also yea weirdly people like to act like there lesser people for human sacrifices, yet its not unique to Mesoamerica. Romans saw Celts in the British Isles do shit like that and it freaked them the fuck out. I'm only mentioning it because i've actually seen someone correlate this savage behavior with why Mexico has brutal cartels lmao.
@@TheBucketSkill Really? Damm some people are just really dumb. Comparing that makes 0 sense.
I wouldn't call them the romans of the New World, more like the Mesopotamians, Egyptians or maybe Chinese of the new world. Please remember that Rome wasn't the only empire that ever existed in antiquity.
@@asdfomfglol yeah, but that wouldn't be a so good comparation either because before them came other civilazations in america so they where far from being the first. I guess its hard to compare. But anyway the Aztec empire wasn't (in structural way) similar to the roman empire. The best equivalent in america to how the roman empire worked, would be the Inca
Love the AoE2 creation sounds :D :D
We, too, apparently :-)
And the Metal Gear sounds too! :D
The most impactful YES in the History.
Diseases wiped out more of the native population than warfare.
Awesome video! The Age of Empires sounds combined with the excellent content and edition makes this awesome to watch.
Thank you!
Important mention of the Spanish Conquest being prophesied by Aztecs from astronomical events and Cortés being interpreted as an incarnation of Quetzalcóatl by Moctezuma are missing from video essay but it's nonetheless a high quality series. My sincere congratulations.
This was a proven myth debunked, Moctezuma saw a comet but it was a claim made after the invasion, those who actually took part of it had no recollection of that.
Wrong. That the Aztecs augured a calamitous end to their civilization -the particulars of which coincided greatly with the circumstances surrounding the arrival of the Castilians- is founded upon several pre- & post- columbian codexes (e.g. Borbonicus, Xólotl) and the readings of such materials by native historians (e.g. Cristóbal del Castillo, Diego Muñoz Camargo, Alva Ixtlilxóchitl) of the conquista period. The attempt to revision Moctezuma's view on early sightings of Antillean explorers and eventually Cortes' party is an ill-intended "exorcising" of messianic interpretation by Spanish chroniclers from the history field. An unnecessary endeavour to begin with, as these views were never held in high regard after Hispanic American emancipation.
They didn't see them as gods, but definitely as ancestors or supernatural, because even Moctezuma referred to Cortés and himself as "we are both men"
It’s been debunked as a self serving myth concocted years after the event.
We should see this story as one of the most incredible, of men like us, who were neither saints nor villains, the enterprises of men are not those of the gods, they are full of passions, arts, hatreds, virtues, blood, and sex. Any of us exposed to the most extreme situations would be totally different. I imagine myself with a rifle in some war and depending on the day I would be a hero or a demon!
This is the realm of Earth. Here we walk between knowledge and ignorance of good. Whoever is freaked out should go to the realm of Air with the university communists and their fucking mother. Dont talk about "spaniards or mexicas" talk about individuals, protagonists like Marina(la malinche), Cortés and his generals and wives, who make the history of mankind, something impressive, full of threads and turning points.
"Does your king have much gold?"
Words spoken moments before disaster
Spain: *Sends an expedition for exploration and trade.
*Conquers an Empire by accident.
Spain: Ooops.... My bad.
@Luiz Sá .. you mean pop who pédophilie with children.
@Luiz Sá yeah instead had live human sacrifices
@Luiz Sá they did that after the conquistadors came. Till then they would sacrifice their own.
@Luiz Sá lol native Americans were already killing each other by the time they reached there
@Luiz Sá the colonization of America was a good turnout.
I am Mexican and there I leave you some curious information about the conquest, it is said that when Hernán Cortés arrived and met with Xicotencatl, the old man, one of the four leaders of the great state of Tlaxcala, reminded him of the other three leaders. . Among them, Maxixcatzin, about the Prophecy that said that a new race would arrive to mix and create a new people, the other three leaders agreed that these Spaniards were that new race that the prophecy said, it is believed that that is why the Tlaxcalans also helped so much to the Spanish, so much so that at the end of the defeat of the Mexica, the great Mr. Xicotencatl the elder converted to Christianity, and this shows the deep respect and importance that all Mesoamerica had towards any religion.
That is just a legend. Historical evidence has shown Xicotencatl knew very well the spanish where just another group of warriors who came to claim land just like they knew from the aztecs
Absolutely stunning history
This TH-cam channel is unmatched by any on here.
Not only is the history, as accurate as studies have shown, they offer great perspective into the insights of both sides of conflict, as well as the viewpoints of many other things, such as the language barriers, as well as the small insights of smaller conflicts.
This TH-cam channel deserves so much, for the content and time spent to bring us this knowledge.
Thank you so much Kings and Generals! This is my favorite historical TH-cam channel, I can not get enough of all of this.
Thank you very much, good sir!
Ahem...thegreatwar channel. Still, I do appreciate y'all work here.
The animations are so vibrant too. This channel is inspiring to me as a 25 yo out of work history/anthropology major. Thinking about starting my own channel but every time I mention it to someone they never seem to have much confidence in my ability to do so despite finishing my education with honours.
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Is this really accurate? It doesn't match with Bernal Diaz's account?
I wish a movie about this was made. Like an apocalypto 2
Apocalypto is actually an extremely innacurate movie when it comes to history and should not be used for education
Sabaton
@@Goblinsharkhundredsofthem yes
@@thaneofwhiterun3562 Apocalypto is just for entertainment and Mel Gibson is an idiot.
There is a lot of series
My God it is so tragic just how pivotal a moment in history this was.
Love this series! Great work and really interesting!
Thanks! More on the way!
Spanish were very lucky that montezuma was an incompetent leader and many meso American tribes wanting revenge on the Aztecs.
Should have dealt with Cortez when he landed, would have sent a message to the other people who would ally with him, self defense outranks hospitality every time
That's an anachronism though. It's not like they had anyway of knowing just how much danger Cortez was to them. How could they? The Aztecs first referred to horses as deer. They referred to the Spanish ships as moving mountains. Throwing the Spanish back into the sea implies the Aztecs would know this was necessary before they had any concept of how dangerous the Spanish actually were to them.
@@walsh9080 your right in a way, but seeing as Cortez was an unknown variable and was dealing with people the Aztecs knew did not care for their rule you have nothing to lose by striking first
And despite popular opinion then as now they knew the Spaniards were not gods so better to hit them first and prove it in my opinion
@@walsh9080 if a alien race came here now knowing how our own species were treated, we would study them, kill them and learn as much as we can of their technology, we have to, k how what it is to be our enemy before we're friends, our survival depends on it
Lol, they rode huge animals, ride in giant ships and have weapons that can destroy walls and kill at a distance of I was Aztec they'd sound like a threat to me :)
Impressive always. Hope you can make a spanish tercio series in near future.
Thanks! We will, it is on the list!
man all the work time and dedication you put into this you are absolutely amazing
Very good video! Thanks for your contribution. However I am confused when you talked about the Tlaxcala attacking Cortés when moments before they would have supported him on an attack to Tenochtitlán
Just watched this after finding it in my recommended.
Awesome! Thanks so much for this presentation. It was fascinating. Well done! Can't wait to watch more of your vids.
It’s like playing the Aztec Campaign in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors all over again
Age of Empires sound effects
They were basically like Vikings - Hollywood romanticizes Vikings yet scorns Conquistadors
vikings would strike and get whatever they could find and leave, the Spanish were full on in settling and spreading catholicism in all of America
@@kyomademon453 Yeah tell that to the english
@Association of Free People you are quite dense aint you, Normandy was born out of a weak french king who in his cowardice gave the northern coast a couple of vikings as an exchange for them defending the frankish coasts of more raiders, the normans who conquered england had norse blood but were all romaniced and spoke french
they conquered but they also ended a lot of human sacrifice which was rampant, which is why some tribes converted easily before they got to mexica, they would establish a spanish garrison in that conquered town protecting it from raiders of human sacrifice
@@kyomademon453 The vikings conquered nearly all of England in the 9th century... Ever heard of the Danelaw?
Can you site the use of Irish Wolfhounds? Documentation stats he mostly used Spanish Alano's (typical dog used by the Spanish Tercios in Europe) and in some cases Leones-Castillian Mastiff. I have yet to see a document that specifies Irish Wolfhounds.
There are few things in the world that I love quite as much as the fact you used sounds from Age of Empires II in this video.
I hope that in your next video you mention that aztecs were very clean which meant there were very little diseases in Tenochtitlan, and that made them more vulnerable to foreign diseases.
Keep the great work.
danyalillo lol, irony
Genetic tests done on Plague victims from the 1500's in Mexico show that they died of Native diseases.
1:34 That's a sound effect from age of empires II when u select the Dock.
3:15 another ones
Interesting side note: Cortez captured Cholula without firing a shot. All of the prisoners were sacrificed by Montezuma but not in the usual manner of live dissection and heart removal. Instead they were boiled alive in large vats. After simmering all the water off of this human stew you're left with the original recipe for this delicious hot sauce that goes well with pretty much anything.
Not funny
Just say you like your scrambled eggs plain.
Im loving these Age of Empires spawning sounds!!
What a coincidence that things went sideways during a feast dedicated to the god of chaos and turmoil
Alone in a god forsaken wilderness, the conquistadors were horrified by the human sacrifices they saw happening and they had the ability to stop them. Let’s say you were well armed and alone in the wilderness and came upon a human sacrifice about to happen.... what would you do?
Sneeze on them
@@drewfoster2375 A simple tactic, but quite effective.
These type of revolts tend to happen every so often in Mexico. But what's more amazing is that no one would believe that Mexico is currently going through a revolt as we speak. Post=2018.
Cortez was so fucking based.
Another great video K&G and Cogito! Thank you for that. I had a chance to visit these places recently so it's great to learn the history behind them.
Just a quick question, is Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz the same as today's Veracruz? And if yes, I guess that makes it the first Spanish city on Mexicain land?
Wow. You guys have come a long way in production. Hopefully you remake this time line
Beautiful video, I have an suggestion for an next video(why not..) Make an documentary about the Winged Hussars. They are one of the beautiful and interesting European unit, and there is no full video on TH-cam, who can explain something about them. Cheers😊
Thanks! It is on the list and will happen down the line.
Kings and Generals I imagine your list must be very long by now with all those requests. In any case, keep up the good work!
We will, thanks!
You forgot to mention that the tribes outside the Aztec empire helped the Spanish because their lands and women were raided and raped. The Aztecs used outside tribes for sacrifice and taxed them to death. The Aztecs were no different than the Spanish empire in terms of human rights but probably even more harsh
And people say history is boring.
Fukumean
3:14 ahh yeah, age of empire. Game that make me want learn more about any history of kingdom
Should do a vid on the Chichimec wars, my ancestors kicked the crap out of the spanish and the fallen Mexika for a hundred years and were never defeated.
Zacatecas became part of "new spain" by paperwork and trickery. Standard stuff we still fall for.
But even the spanish called the Zacateco the greatest archers.
This was a fun video. Cortez was certainly a bold one. I'll give him that. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.
@Wet Mustard---Yep that's what I meant by Bold One.
People should not feel very sorry for either Montezuma or Aztecs themselves. It is a sort of poetic justice. Aztecs absurd their neighbors and tortured people and then people just as bad but more advanced came and did the same to them. Maybe Aztecs should have been nicer to their neighbors
StopFear.....Maybe they all should have been given trophies,for participation.And taught that winning and losing were not relevant. Or just given a time out.
.. and that somehow justifies the Spanish atrocities ?
I love how you used sounds from Age of Empires...lol
Great video, very detailed and well explained. This is exactly what i was looking for, nicely done!
The reason Mexicans speak Spanish
Two periods away from my exam, thanks for the help.
This is one of those moments that with hindsight its quite frustrating to see.
The emperor should of listened to his brothers. They were right. The Spanish couldn't of possibly defeated the Aztecs that easily. They would have to travel across the Atlantic and then proceed to attack in unfamiliar territories. The capital city with 5 long narrow causeways with multiple draw bridges and gate houses would be the PERFECT kill zones. And due to the nature of the city, the residential area is separated by canals connected by only bridges which make for great subdivision.
Not only that, arquebus ranges were roughly equivalent to the bows available to the Natives. Archers had faster rate of fire to boot. Cortes was also being hunted by the Spanish.
Yet the Emperor kept treating him well, meeting him practically defenseless... and even let them inside bypassing all the insane defensive layout the city had!
And he saw what Cortes was doing. sacked several cities, rallied opposing factions to his side. I just don't get what he is thinking.
The Spanish would probably still win if they put in the effort. BUT... BUT! The Aztec have a lot of advantages they could of used to raw out the war and force the Spanish to recognize them as a independent state and not invade. And the Spanish wouldn't leave unscathed.
I know smallpox decimated the native population, but c'mon the Spanish would have to go through a lot to really beat a major empire, even if the enemy is not as technologically advanced in weaponry.
The Spanish would blow them to bits with cannons, sorry but reality often differs from imagination.
Brought to you by Cuauhtémoc, Jaguar warrior of Tenochtitlan
I do want to commend you guys on an excellent job with this conflict between the natives in the Americas and the Spanish
Proud to be spanish and native American 💪🏻
These Age of Empires soundtracks make me feel things
Fascinating.
First of all great video, congratulations. I have great curiosity of the people in comments, are they paying atention? They say about a small group of conquistadores but they don't mention the thousands of native allies, the reason why they made it to the capital was because tha natives and the conquistadors both saw the oportunity to gain from the war, not only the tlaxcalans followed Cortés, but also many of the peoples under the Mexica domain, the Mexica had at the time a poet/philosopher as emperor, it would have been interesting if they were ruled by a warrior at the time of the conquest. Another thing is that in the comments many people thinks that Mexico is in south America just look a map, any way, i hope the next video talks a little about the diseases that brought down the natives alongside the war.
3:15 The most beautiful sound
I'm with Cortes. The major aztec tribe was a endless bloodshed. That's way minor tribes joined forces with Spain
If the spanish wouod have actually let their allies have their part of the territory like they promised, but they did not
Very interesting, and educational!
So that's where my hot sauce comes from
This is one of the biggest events in human history. The bravery and cojones that took going into a fight with an enemy that outnumbered you many times , then run the risk of being taken alive would garantee you a horrible sacrificial death. Many people today don't realize the amount of courage that this took and many just criticize it as barbaric and oppressive , while totally ignoring the fact that this is how it was in those times and judging these men from their comfortable modern times and standards computers.
One thing is sure , absolutely none of those criticizing Cortes would have the courage or bravery to do what Cortes and his men did.
Oh god the AOE sound effects take me back. Great channel!
The Aztecs were bloody people!
Spanish were 100% worse
@@journey95far49 Only in propaganda
I just started a new campaign in the old classic game Total War Medival 2, Americas. Time to subdue some natives. Needed a good guide, well here we go. Thanks man.
My mother suddenly told me yesterday, me being 22 years old, that my family considers themselves descendants of Cortes and La Malinche. Which is... Something.
@@regaininglife9084 Gotta love being psychoanalyzed by strangers on the internet. How exactly did you deduce that from a simple retelling? Idiot is a subjective word and I don't think anything I could say would prove otherwise, not even my university education. Might it be possible we don't know enough to claim each other to be idiots? I think it's mostly your comment that says quite a bit about the person you were when you posted it.
Man I’m tired of hearing that Spain conquered Mexico. they conquered the native civilizations of America, not by any means they conquered Mexico.
That’s like saying Great Britain conquered the U.S.
mexico is both a region of a continent and a national name saying they conquered the region of mexico is accurate saying theyconquered the country of mexico is semi accurate as they did indeed conquer the Mexica Empire
@John Newman without the spanish warriors and their guns the aztec wouldn't have fallen
@John Newman even thought there were not many spanish in the battles, in the end they were the one who ruled the territories, so... in a way they did conquered it
Shady Merchant Mexico was formed in 1821, when it gained its independence from Spain. The Mexican empire was formed after that. Once Mexico gained it’s Independence, Spain did try to conquered what we can call now Mexico and guess what? their invasion force was captured, put in boats and send back to Spain. By saying Spain conquered Mexico, causes the same confusion as saying The U.K Conquered the U.S.
Hernán Cortés and Pedro de Alvarado, real heroes!
that age of empires 2 soldier finished creating sound lol
*I thank you for this information sincerely.*
I have looked for an hour online and in books and I can’t find reference to the bit at 3:34. Where did you get that from?
Someday, when this story becomes ancient history, people won't believe it really happened. In fact, revisionist historians already discount some of it. Terrified of being labeled racist, they explain away much of the Aztec's perspective. In their wokeness, they try to cover over those embarrassing native superstitions, and so inadvertently they disparage native culture right down to the heart and soul of its people.
The story is too good to be covered so briefly. If you had enough interest to click the video, and you obviously did have, please don't think the K&G version touches on how incredible this snippet of history really is. Imo, it's well worth a deeper look.
Every time you let an invader come in and obtain some sort of power that invader always ends up taking over. Time and time again this is repeated through out history.
@DopamineDreams yes
DopamineDreams yes very possible for it to happen
@@thebridge5483 It almost happened once before when the Arabs conquered the Iberian peninsula and invaded France only to be repelled by Charles Martel of the Franks. This time, there is no Charles Martel to save Europe from Islamic rule. The Europeans are letting them in with open arms lol
If anyone is REALLY interested in finding out about what actually happened read 'CONQUEST: Montezuma, Cortez and the fall of Old Mexico' by top of the line historian Hugh Thomas ! It's an advanced read very detailed and indepth EXTREMELY informative ! Those with ADD will probably not finish the book but those that do will know more than 99.8% of general population as to the beginning of European occupation of the American continent !! If any movie ever be made, this book should be the historical source !! It is NOT pro Spanish NOR pro Aztec, just plain to the point historical facts, no bias either way !! Thumbs up educational literature in my view 👍!!
Haha I like the age of empire sound effects, and the metal gear alert sound
War? It is genocide not war!
Depends on which part
Turks got no right to talk about genocide.
Cortes is a hero!
The destruction of the Aztec empire is one of the greatest moments in history. Thank God that evil barbaric empire was destroyed!
Yet people praise Vikings who raped, pillaged and murdered northen Europe and beyond 🤦🏻♂️
@@jr3753 yup same thing with pirates.
I hate empire or kingdom or country or anyone who enslaved and kill others for their own gain. That's so cruel and inhumane. Fortunately, those are things in the past.
@@bendahara8284 well they aren't in the past at all. China and many other countries use what equates to slave labor today, cartels traffic at least 20,000 people across the american border alone, and Islamic lead countries kill any person that adheres to a different religion from there own.
Not to mention the millions of babies slaughtered every year for pure convenience sake.
Also the Aztecs sacrificed human beings not for anyone's gain but in order to get favors from there demon gods.
@@bendahara8284 That's pretty much the world, lol...Romans, Greeks, European powers (England and Spain), Islamic Caliphate, Chinese, etc.
It's still happening today. Look at the proxy wars of the last half of the 20th century, Middle East, now Ukraine-Russia war, etc.
3:14 anyone else recognize the age of empires sound effects
Glad they stopped the human sacrifice and cannibalism tradition.
stfu. Respect their traditions. Just because human sacrifice doesn't happen in the west doesn't mean its barbaric or bad.
They didn’t tho pretty sure their native allies continued it not to mention they brought over African slaves later on
I love the little sounds from Age of Empires 2 haha. Are you an Age fan?
Can you please make a video about the indigenous people of Cuba and the Carribean. The Tainos. I really wanna learn more about them
𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍- Hernan Cortes 1519
UNLIMITED SMALL POX!!!!!
More like unlimited Moctezuma's failure
Font change?? That's new. Cool trick
AAAAAHHHHHH- Hernan Cortez
I'm glad I'm not the only one who got it
So Cortez basically pulled a Caesar
Lucas Dimoveo I like that term, “pulling a Caesar”
I think it would be interesting to know if Cortez, had read Caesar's Comentarii and remembered them when he was in Mexico.
Nope. Tlaxcala made up 99% of the forces. There were only 400 Spaniards and Tlaxcala slaughtered 40% of his men on firs contact. The Aztecs slaughtered 60% of his remaining 400 on Night of Victory. Xicocatl >Cortez. If anything CUATHEMOC pulled a Ceasar (battle of Alesia) and Sun Tzu on Tlaxcala and the Spanish-Arab-Moors-Andalusians when he surrounded them and then starved them out but granted them an exit on purpose.... during the NIGHT OF VICTORY.
Ceasar surrounded Vercingetroix and built a fort within a fort in Alesia and starved them out.
Cuathemoc did the same.
Caligvla Caesar Hitler was an idiot
and each dead Spaniard brought down with him 100 dead native. The Spanish would've failed if they weren't so powerful in the first place. And Tlaxcala would've been the dominant power after the defeat of Aztec instead of Spain if Spaniards were killed so easily.
Hernan Cortes
Could be considered a Spanish Caesar because he went rogue in foreign territory and conquered it for his homeland.
@John Newman not genocide
Same with Francisco Pizarro
@Avery You are by blood, lol
@NOA so what are they? they're still the descendants of those native americans, more than they are the descendants of europeans lol
@@devvv4616 depends what country most Mexicans aren’t even more than half native
I hope everyone enjoyed this episode on Cortés' arrival. One interesting tidbit I learned from researching for this episode was that the Mexica referred to both Cortés and La Malinche as simply La Malinche, due to her being the primary translator and always being with Cortés.
Another interesting bit was that after his first battles with the Tlaxcala in which some of his horses were decapitated by Tlaxcala swords, Cortés had the horses bodies immediately buried in order to maintain the belief that these bizarre creatures were immortal.
Another great video my friend! My Grandma is Cuban but I never knew Cortés left from there, always kind of assumed he left directly from Spain, but Cuba makes so much more sense haha
Do you know how locals feel about La Malinche now? Since she was so sympathetic to Cortés.
That's really cool, Cuba played a huge role in the expeditions in Mexico and Central America.
La Malinche is, to put it lightly, a controversial figure. Some see her as a traitor that sided with invaders over her people. Others see her as a victim, used by Cortés possibly against her will and some others see her as one of the first "Mexicans" a combination of Spain and native culture and mother to some of the first mestizo children. How you see her usually depends on how you view the conquest. She is a fascinating figure nonetheless.
@@CogitoEdu Yes, I guess, by that time, the Spanish were definitely settled in Cuba?
I see why she would be so controversial. Fascinating person nevertheless - I will read more on her.
Edit: excessive use of definitely.
Yeap Cuba at this point was firmly under Spanish control. Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the same governor that recalled Cortés took part in the conquest of Cuba.
One of my favorite things of the conquest is that the move that Cortes does to legalize his conquest by having his men appoint him, is the same move that Diego Velazquez used to become Governor of Cuba in the first place.
This moment in history seriously should have been made into a movie already. So epic
JAMES IRIZARRI one of the most underrated stories of conquest
@@zacharypeavy7801 seriously we have a relatively small group of raiders topple an empire while at the same time fighting among themselves!? I love history
You should watch ''Aguirre , The Wrath of God''. While it is largely a work of fiction, it is inspired by real events, and some real life conquistadors appear in the movie, such as Gonzalo Pizarro and Gaspar de Carvajal. The opening scene alone is worth watching, especially with the surreal and mystic sounding soundtrack. The movie makes you feel like you're right there exploring Peru alongside the Conquistadors and witnessing their morbid obsession with gold.
@@MA-ck4wu I think that the idea of the obsession with gold is something that only the anglosaxon world thinks.... you know the spanish Black Legend is still very alive as I can see in the comments.... Of course they were looking for gold, but not only.... in fact the original idea of Columbus was to find an alternative route to Asia in order to trade mainly spices, silk, porcelain, etc which were very valuable in those times. In addition these peoples were very very religious people, pure fanatics by today standards and I think they were really seeing themselves as soldiers of God, looking for to expand the limits of Cristianity.... Why a country that only wants to steal your gold construct churches, schools, hospitals, roads, etc for spanish and NATIVES with part of that gold they stole from you? The answer is they were not there only for the gold, but they thought they had a "civilizatory" mission.
In general, there are a lot of missconceptions in the anglosaxon world about Spain and its roll in America. I have to read regularly that Spain is one of the most racist countries in the world, when is just the opposite. We can prove it if you want.... read about Garcilaso de la Vega "el Inca" and after reading his life try to show me an example like that in any other country of the world in those times.... try, try it.... the best you will find is Pocahontas... but i think she doesn't wrote the "General History of the Old Northern America"
@@David_-_-_-_C You're maligning people of Anglo-Saxon descent. I'm from England, when we were taught the Spanish Armada, we were taught about Spain's desire to assert Catholicism over England and how they had been doing this in the New World. Maybe you've encountered people that believe the Spanish were purely motivated by gold, this is not something we generally teach.
From a military viewpoint, I reckon the Spanish Conquistadors achievement will remain unmatched in history. The odds against them were astronomical.
Yea but people try to play off the diseases that played a major role aswell
In the early stage of Iberian colonisation, the various Iberian kingdoms at the time only became Spain several decades later, the overwhelming majority of warriors that defeated the Aztecs were other indigenous enemies with the assistance of deaths caused by introduced diseases, not Europeans according to European accounts. So in essence these battles resembled civil wars more than anything else.
Iberians were at no stage defeating the Aztecs by themselves with indigenous enemies conveniently joining them later.
There are European accounts that confirm that Iberians were almost annihilated by enemies of the Aztecs in battles. But the indigenous leaders of these ethnic groups reconsidered their position and decided to spare the foreigners lives and become allies instead to topple the Aztecs.
In a later battle that involved Iberians along with native allies against the Aztecs, Iberians were also again almost annihilated but were helped to escape by their indigenous allies who provided Iberians with shelter, food and protection while they recovered from the loss of soldiers, physical injuries and equipment, which took many months.
The sheer number of indigenous Americans in what is now known as Latin America, compared to North America where the native population was sparse, meant that Iberians from the outset had no alternative but to rely heavily on forging alliances with indigenous enemies of the ruling native empires at the time.
The decision to make indigenous allies was not out of benevolence but out of necessity as they were seriously outnumbered from the outset and could not have toppled the ruling native empires without assistance.
After the fall of the Aztecs Old World diseases then wiped out a large portion of the native population rather than warfare due to a lack of immunity to these introduced diseases, including indigenous allies.
In the first decades of colonisation European colonies were established mainly in the areas where the toppled indigenous empires were based which comprised only a sliver of Latin America.
In the 1500s and 1600s the vast majority of Latin America and native populations that inhabited the regions outside the established European colonies, were not under European rule.
However Westernised mestizos (people of mixed ancestry) fared better against the pandemics than those of purely indigenous ancestry who succumbed to these diseases in greater numbers.
Over time mestizos, who along with the indigenous population outnumbered those of mainly European ancestry since early on in the colonisation period, thrived at the expense of the indigenous population and gradually gained the ascendancy and assimilated the remaining native populations spread across Latin America in a process that lasted centuries.
It was only until the 1800s that most Latin America was under the rule of the European colonies, colonies that by that stage were mostly made up of mestizos of varying admixture and indigenous people.
@@jr3753 In the early stage of Iberian colonisation, the various Iberian kingdoms at the time only became Spain several decades later, the overwhelming majority of warriors that defeated the Aztecs were other indigenous enemies with the assistance of deaths caused by introduced diseases, not Europeans according to European accounts. So in essence these battles resembled civil wars more than anything else.
Iberians were at no stage defeating the Aztecs by themselves with indigenous enemies conveniently joining them later.
There are European accounts that confirm that Iberians were almost annihilated by enemies of the Aztecs in battles. But the indigenous leaders of these ethnic groups reconsidered their position and decided to spare the foreigners lives and become allies instead to topple the Aztecs.
In a later battle that involved Iberians along with native allies against the Aztecs, Iberians were also again almost annihilated but were helped to escape by their indigenous allies who provided Iberians with shelter, food and protection while they recovered from the loss of soldiers, physical injuries and equipment, which took many months.
The sheer number of indigenous Americans in what is now known as Latin America, compared to North America where the native population was sparse, meant that Iberians from the outset had no alternative but to rely heavily on forging alliances with indigenous enemies of the ruling native empires at the time.
The decision to make indigenous allies was not out of benevolence but out of necessity as they were seriously outnumbered from the outset and could not have toppled the ruling native empires without assistance.
After the fall of the Aztecs Old World diseases then wiped out a large portion of the native population rather than warfare due to a lack of immunity to these introduced diseases, including indigenous allies.
In the first decades of colonisation European colonies were established mainly in the areas where the toppled indigenous empires were based which comprised only a sliver of Latin America.
In the 1500s and 1600s the vast majority of Latin America and native populations that inhabited the regions outside the established European colonies, were not under European rule.
However Westernised mestizos (people of mixed ancestry) fared better against the pandemics than those of purely indigenous ancestry who succumbed to these diseases in greater numbers.
Over time mestizos, who along with the indigenous population outnumbered those of mainly European ancestry since early on in the colonisation period, thrived at the expense of the indigenous population and gradually gained the ascendancy and assimilated the remaining native populations spread across Latin America in a process that lasted centuries.
It was only until the 1800s that most Latin America was under the rule of the European colonies, colonies that by that stage were mostly made up of mestizos of varying admixture and indigenous people.
hardly unmatched in history. the Portuguese empire did the same down in Brazil. always at a huge numerical disadvantage yet still managed to carve out a massive piece of real estate in South America fighting not only Native Americans, but also other European colonial powers, namely the French & Dutch
It was only a Cortés achievement, also they had a couple of cannons, but as it has been said a million times 99% of the army was tlaxcalans and other natives.
There's a saying that goes "The conquest was made by the natives, Independence was made by the Spanish." And it's true...
Saying to Cortes about how much gold you have is like inviting the thief in your house and tell him what to steal.
Montezuma really disgraced his people by showing hospitality o such a rat
@@johangonzalez783 He was too gullible and that was his and his people undoing.
The Aztecs did not value gold, in fact a proverb about it was "a shiny piece of useless rock is still a useless piece of rock" they really did not have a use for it with the exception that it looked really neat, so they were willing to give the Spanish all the gold they had. To them killing for gold was meaningless and savage so the thought never crossed their mind.
Didn't other tribes hated their leader because they have to pay tribute in gold? they started war because of that i think.
@@arturorodriguez665 Well, Cortez didn't see it that way.
*NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORS!*
Nobody cares about the Aztec Inquisition!
haha. indeed.
What the romans did for us?
* nobody expects the Spanish sneeze
A man of culture I see
Not gonna lie to you, man, especially as a mexican
It's only the first part, and you've explained all of this way, way better and with much more detail than what all my history teachers ever did in at least 12 years of education
Keep up the good work
Thanks!
@@KingsandGenerals Great video and channel. Have you done the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741)?
@@lauramartin-bk9nr yep, both are on the channel
@@KingsandGenerals Thank you!
Unfortunately there are still many misrepresentations here.
Cortez has been villianized over time, but one has you admit the guy had huge balls. The Aztecs weren't choir boys themselves. Cortez was able to recruit tribes that had been attacked by the Aztecs to help him defeat them.
You can be a brave and horrible person at the same time. As well was you can be a coward but a good person too
@@spammergenerico5679 Cortez was many things, but a coward wasn't one of them.
@@artistaprimus7080 guys do you even read? I said he was the example of brave, when the hell did I said he was a coward???
@THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR when did I said he was a coward???
@@spammergenerico5679 so the conversation is Cortez. Why say a coward but good person?
On map, green Aztec and yellow Spanish. Subtle EU4 reference.
Also I recognize these Age of Empires 2 sound assets.
You guys like strategy videogames, isnt? It shows.
Yep, we do!
I’m glad to see a fellow EU4 brother. This makes me want to play as the Aztecs and defend against the Cortes regime.
Pretty sure the animation of the rider moving across the screen when they mention bringing horses is also from EU4.
Spain being Yellow is just one of those things, like England/GB being red and France blue.
Yeee