Aztecs: from Refugees to Hegemons
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We are continuing our animated historical documentary series on the pre-Columbian civilizations with a video on the rise of the Aztec civilization. How they went through a remarkable journey from the refugees in the region to the lords of a vast empire. This video covers the early history of the Aztecs, their capital - Tenochtitlan, their beliefs and sacrifices and much more.
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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:
Civilization V OST - Future Victory
Civilization V OST - Montezuma War Theme
Empire Warpath Menu Music
Civilization V OST - Hiawatha War Theme
Multi - Imperium • [Copyright Free Music]...
Civilization V OST - Pachacuti War Theme
#Documentary #Aztec #Inca
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Mexica is pronounced like "Meshica"
Hardly anyone says the name right in these videos about this topic from other channels.
Love the Age of Empires II sound when the little inhabitant figures spawn at the bottom of the sceen^^ Only kids from the 90's will remember.
Why is the draw bridge 6:49 retracting towards the mainland?
Kings and Generals can you make videos about the Punic Wars?
Can you make videos about the Punic Wars?
Their methods of agriculture are fascinating. "Chinampas" were artificial islands created on top of the lake. They were long and narrow, and anchored to the lake floor by willow trees to prevent erosion of the raised soil. The most clever element of them was that you could tend and harvest directly from your canoe. They were agricultural experts par excellence.
Indeed. Organic flood table hydroponics 😮
Tenochtitlan is the one historical city that has been destroyed that i would like to have seen with my own eyes the most...
Believe me- you don't want to be in there! They practiced ritual cannibalism, human sacrifice, wore human skin- they were disgusting. And if you went there and were captured- you'd be sacrificed in a brutal way and some monster Aztec priest would wear your skin. It is an interesting place to read about, not to visit.
@@nm9864 the ritual cannibalism was practiced on warriors captured in battle tho, sure there where other gods to sacrifice to, but as long as your paid tribute and kept your head down you were good, most of the sacrifices came from war or criminals with the exception of the occasional child... yikes.
@@MrNombik you're right Aztecs didn't sacrifice anyone without any reason.
@@nm9864 Aztecs chose people who evaded to pay taxes and mostly war criminals for sacrifice
@@magicalgaminguniverse5305 I wouldnt call war criminals, chances are the aztecs didnt know of the concept, on the battlefield Aztecs were more focused on capturing warriors for sacrifice rather than killing
Aztec homes had flushing toilets, the streets and pyramid plazas were spotless, people were clean and educated. There were courts of law, libraries, pharmacies, ball courts, schools, public saunas and the huge markets were stocked with a great variety of items.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Otro con sindrome de estocolmo 😂😂😂😂. NO SOIS AZTECAS, seguramente desciendes de los nativos que lucharon contra los propios aztecas. Seguro que los llamas traidores o alguna chorrada similar.
@@RogueReplicant 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 me llamas analfabestia??😂😂😂😂😂
still extremly backwards war conduct.
human sacrafice is pretty backwards in any chase but litteraly wageing war on that premissis is just stupid
Did they have wifi?
All empires start in an impressive way and die in a humiliating way
@ماجد الغزواني
Turkish fighters in the war of Anatolia weren't ottomans
@@iraqimapper8625 your comments are dumb
I guess the HRE and the British Empire kind of just gradually deflated rather than humiliated.
@@MrCordycep one was dismantled by France and the other was forced to free it colonies by USA and USSR
The Byzantine empire went in a badass way, they never found Constantine XI body
If someone could start a company that seels Aztec Jaguar Warrior onesies/overalls I swear I will buy the first 100 of them. I need this in my life.
- Cogito - can’t say I disagree! I would love a jaguar warrior onsie
I think we might help each other out here.
Cogito making Aztec videos while wearing a Aztec Jaguar Warrior onesies haha
That's the dream :)
I need this... if anyone finds one online, please let us know! :)
Haha! that's not a bad idea, problem is I don't know where you can find one, I live in Mexico and I have never seen something like that.
1:13, incredible reference! I haven't heard that sound in years.
I used to have that shh sound as phone message sound for ages :D
And 12:07 😀 "oooo-ah!"
saratov99 It's Age of Empires.
saratov99 I think it's Civ 5, not Age of Empires... not sure!
@@Nikkimond u had to tell em
finally you cover the rise of Aztecs Empire
I always admire the way they build Tenochtitlán. A city that built on a marsh Island in the middle of lake
Tenochtitlan was a marvel by any standard. I can't imagine the kind of mega-city it would have become had it survived. Mexico city which is built on it's ruins is already a metropolis in it's own right.
- Cogito - If Tenochtitlán was survived and not destroyed, it should be an " original old town" area with ancient building surrounded by skyscrapers
@@wildannugrahanurdinsyah2797
Some kind of "old city" like that would be amazing to see today.
Tenochtitlan is certainly one of the great cities of the Middle Ages. A surviving old Tenochtitlan consisting of ancient temples surrounded by modern skyscrapers would be a sight to behold! Still, geography put a cap on Tenochtitlan's expansion. The city depended on Lake Texcoco which would need to be filled in order for the city to acquire enough land to exceed a certain size. Tenochtitlan could not have maintained its ancient character without preserving the lake.
The city would have eventually expanded beyond the lake into the mainland.
My ancestors were from Texcoco. Great to see a video about the Valley.
You should have included the shorn ones. They were considered the fiercest and most elite warriors of the Aztec Empire
None on chichemicas
Y'all hired us because y'all were scared of us
But much love bro la raza
Us used us because we were nuhales
A diferencia de lo que la gente cree los mexica seguian viviendo en sus barrios en la epoca colonial. Habia nobles indigenas y mantenian su cultura y su lengua hasta la llegada de los borbones que centralizo el virreinato.
Also, an in depth video of Tenochtitlan would be awesome. People don't realize how advanced and incredible it was - the irrigation system, the sanitation, the agricultural systems, etc. It was truly incredible.
It would also be interesting to discuss the environmental harms of Spaniards, who destroyed these advanced irrigation system to install inadequate plantation systems. This lead to severe soil depletion and erotion that created famine in just a few years and hinders Mexico City even today! In fact, they were some projects that wanted to bring back Mexico City back to pre-Spain designs to improve its soil quality. However, I don't think it went anywhere.
It's really interesting, at least, for someone who studied Geography like me.
CK Lim I know that Cortes was significantly helped by the Aztec's many enemies. I was discussing the poor soil use following the fall of Tenochtitlan.
Soil quality is beneficial even if you don't need to farm. It avoids soil erosion or landslides and improves water retention. It can also promote plant/trees growth in a town plagued by air pollution.
Rubén Vivo No he's right. The Spanish used a biological weapon without realizing it. Plague
Rubén Vivo No he's right. The Spanish used a biological weapon without realizing it. Plague
David Gonzalez-Herrera Smallpox. Do you realize how fucking stupid saying "they used a weapon without realizing it" or "to exterminate them" is?
Rubén Vivo They didn't even know what germs were back then, thinking disease came from "bad air", so how do you expect them to knowingly use smallpox as a weapon?
I'm not denying that they took the opportunity to easily take over the decimated populations, but it was more opportunistic than knowingly.
Aztecs are very interesting. They've always fascinated me.
Hopefully you'll really enjoy this series then :D
You should read Aztec by Gary Jennings a great story
@@mcwhittman great book from gary Jennings, also read Aztec fall ( I think it's written like that) and Aztec blood .
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Anyone else recognize the AoE II villager and troop recruitment sounds
Yes
Rogan?
Good job on highlighting some of the better sides of the Aztecs. They had a solid food system that insured no one went hungry, compulsory education for almost everyone, rather lax restrictions on slaves, the best engineering skills in the American continent, sophisticated trade and commerce, and a strong sense of moral decency such as laws against public drunkenness and encouraging families to care for their sick and elderly. People just stop at the human sacrificing and warmongering, and even then that wasn't so strange to Meso-American civilizations, even though the Aztecs cranked it up to eleven for their own ends.
Yeah, the Aztecs were in a very complex situation. They had to keep paying the sun by cutting people's hearts out or the world was going to end! What else could they do? That's what ignorant people nowadays don't understand lol. Honestly, I wish people could be as forgiving and open-minded towards our own good but imperfect society as they are towards societies that lost the clash of civilizations.
Paul Hanson Yeah or when people demonize the Aztecs as warmongers. Yet European history is full of warmongering. I mean they (Europeans) initiated Ww1 and Ww2.
@@publiushoratiusclocles7952you don't even have to mention the two world wars, the fact that the spanish wiped them out completely is evidence enough ☠️
Publius Horatius Clocles every civilization's history is filled with war! Europe is not an exception.
Can you guys imagine if some really smart aztec started being like: 'yo, the sun isnt going to end if we stop the human sacrifices, trust me on this one'
And the next day a solar eclipse happened? That would suck
11:52, Total War Medieval Kingdoms soundtrack :D
And one little touch of the Age of Empires unit production. I couldn't forget that tune! Well done!
Kings and Generals has excellent taste.
Easter Eggs for us!
@@gyanchor2495 1:05
*EjAAAjAAAAJAAAJAAAAA, OUaJJAAAjaaaAAAA*
Yep, nice lyrics.
I am from Mexico, and while visiting Venice, I was filled with sorrow because I couldn't help but think of what would have been of my country If Tenochtitlan was preserved
@Yanger Aier what's a lie?
@Yanger Aier what's a lie?
I feel you
It wasn't your country though. It was in the same geographical location but not your country...
I don’t think Venice murdered 20 thousand innocent people per year for their bloodthirsty gods.
Tenochtitlan undoubtly appeared epic but I wonder if the amount of moscitos there was bearable considering it is built on a lake in a warm climate 😅
Thanks for covering this, I especially love the art and detailed city layouts, really helps me picture it!
Who would win?
One of the most brutal, sophisticated, and badass empires of all time
Or
A sneeze
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Was really hoping you were gonna mention the Cuachicqueh or (Shorn Ones) as they were the most elite of all the warrior classes in the Aztec Empire, even more elite than the Eagle and Jaguar warriors.
basically the Seal Team 6 of there time.
And the Otomies.
A lot better than I initially thought, learnt A lot and really enjoyed it, thank you
YES!
I LOVE THE MESOAMERICANS SERIES!!!
I think that you deserve more views. Your videos are a historical and artistic masterpiece!
Thank you :-)
12:07 Age of Empires sound ?
Damn yeah!
Lmao. Is that the sound of a castle unit being created?
Hell yeah! :D
KatariaGujjar yep
Abderrezak Ghozlane no, just any military unit :)
Excellent video! Great visuals, and very informative. I'm glad you guys revisited the Aztecs.
Thanks for watching :D
Impressive to go from the ones getting knocked about to the ones knocking others about.
beautiful civilization greetings from Saudi Arabia
1:14 and suddenly Age of Empires memories from childhood re-emerge. Thank you Kangz! :)
Overlooked region. Thanks for making a video about it!
You forgot to quote: "Va a quedar mamalón", said by the dude who found the prophesized eagle eating a snake, after being (reasonably) questioned by his entourage, in virtue of the place being a little dank island
I haven't seen the video yet and i will finish it later. But as a Latin American all i can say it's thanks you for making native American/latin American history more visible. And recommend you to make a video about Mapuches, those were the native Americans who were never conquered by the Spaniards.
This is a really nice comment, thank you for watching and I'm happy you enjoyed the video. The Mapuche are definitely on our list.
@@CogitoEdu thanks and its an honour to be replied by you !!
And if you can, you should read something about Galvarino or Lautaro.
Jabo javier so how come the Mapuches we were never conquered? Were they outside of the reach of the Spaniards, or are they in some inaccessible region, or dare I say successfully resisted military influence?
"Never conquered by the Spaniards." I'm sorry, what language does Chile speak? And why is it the wealthiest Latin American country if not by following European ideas of merit, law, and rights?
@@Levitiy It's wealthy because of copper and they do a lot of their trade with the U.S.
This is a great video man! I hope you can cover the military of the Tlaxalan and Aztec people soon! It would be interesting to see what people think of the Swan, Jaguar and Eagle uniform, as well as the fearsome Death whistle! Either way, i know i'm late to the party but still just as great!
best history explainer, you are explaining everything wonderfully, the Mayas, Incas, Alexander army, king Ashoka and now the Aztecs. I'm your great fan and I will keep watching your all videos.
Nice little Age of Empires reference when mentioning the eagle warriors.
Im interested in the Aztecs because they're my ancestors from my mother's side of the family on the Mexican side. I discovered that Im descended from the Apache Tribe which, in turn, has been linked back to the Aztecs. Little do alot of people realize that the Apache lands in the Southwest USA is the ancient lands of the Aztec and Mayans (mostly Aztec) that they fled from due to a cataclysmic event in their history long before the Aztec and Mayan Empires rosed in modern day Mexico and Central America.
I loved the Age of Empires spawning sound in the video!! Brought back great memories!
Great video. Look forward to more. Cheers!
I am Mexican, and your videos are an incredible source of information, not only mentioning sources but also using excellent visual support. This type of information does not exist in Spanish, but I am glad that someone like you spreads it in this great way, without stereotypes or mistakes.
Yes! This channel should definitely try to translate some of these videos. I could even offer help if needed.
Congratulations on the video! What surprised me the most was that you had the pronunciation of most of the nahuatl words correct (this is difficult even for Mexicans). As a piece of advice, the word Mexica, should be pronounced as meh-shih-cah. Thanks a lot for this great work.
Please name which pronunciations were correct. I didn't hear a single one.
I classified the words according to the quality of pronunciation. I hope I didn't miss any:
Good Pronunciation
- Tenochtitlan
- Teotihuacano
- Toltec
- Azcapotzalco
- Tepochcalli (or Telpuchcalli as it is spelled in the video)
- Tula
- Huitzilopochtli (though he mispronounces at 8:34)
- Acamapichtli
- Aztek
- Culhuacan
So so Pronunciation
- Texcoco (letter x is pronounced as in current word Mexico)
- Tlacopan (stresses the wrong vowel)
- Calmecac (stresses the wrong vowel)
- Tlaxcala (letter x is pronounced as in current word Mexico; by the way, he refers to these people, the main foes of the Mexica, using this term, when he should be using Texcalteca)
- Mexica (stresses the wrong vowel and letter x is pronounced as in current word Mexico)
Bad Pronunciation
- Nahualt
- Tlacaelel
- Macuahuitl
- Atlatl
Perhaps it's not most of the words if you don't consider the ones with a so so pronunciation, but anyways, they are many. What I really wanted to highlight with my previous comment was that the guys making the video really tried to pronounce correctly, but I understand that's no easy task, especially for native english speaking people, that's why I really appreciate the effort.
@İnsan dude, your fucking dumb. Go play in traffic with your hating ass!
He did a terrible job of pronunciation,he even mangled the Euro words. That is his normal thing though.
Tells great tales,and messes up the pronunciations,I would give him a pass if he didn't do it so often.
@@Nubias Alright Nubias, go ahead and make your own history channel and @me when you reach the same level of consistency and quality.
I love this channel. Amazing video
I love it how you use age of empires sounds to implement in your videos. Haven't heard these sounds in ages!
Can't wait for the next episode!
One of my Spanish ancestors was a black smith for Cortes, and if his account is to be believed, was present at the Aztec conquest... that's such a cool thought to me.
Stephen Richards you have Conquistador blood running through your veins
I do have conqueror's blood
Same here! A couple of my ancestors were with Cortes in the conquest of Tenochtitlán. We still live in Mexico City 500 years after that
Nefi Arenas Salazar are you pure Spanish?
Or mixed of Spanish and locals
So your ancestors invaded my ancestors
So Aztec war was just a shounen battle manga?
AYAYAYA
Finaly, I could not wait for this.
Incredible that there was no widespread metallurgy yet at that point. Fascinating thanks for posting I want to learn more about these cultures.
Kings and Generals: From Cleopatra's Video to the best history channel of youtube
WRONG. It is not the best history channel of youtube. It is THE BEST history channel.
Gianluca Borg wrong. It is the best channel lol
Umar Ansari Worng..... it is SIMPLY THE BEST !!!! Better than all the rest!!!!!
Gianluca Borg yeah bro you are right
Gianluca Borg well your spellings is worng
That thumbnail makes me want to drink Arizona Iced Tea
Yeah, kinda reminds of the bottle :-)
Great video!
Thanks for this video, the Aztecs were an incredibly intriguing civilization.
Glad you enjoyed the video :D
Make videos on tarascan and chichimecas please! Interesting neighbors we have
Actually the Mexicah called their leader "Great Speaker" (Hueyi Tlatoani), not Emperor.
just like the Mouth of Sauron!
Very interesting! Your work is valuable.
Excellent video, looking forward to your video on the Siege of Tenochtitlan.
Thanks, it is coming!
I’m Mexican and I like world history and your video it’s so good there’s no much web material for Aztec and Mayan culture so it’s quite good you researched the subject
There are Kevin, but you should stay away from biased british propaganda like this channel, their lies are always trying to discredit Hispanic countries.
bulisen12 Why do you say so?
@@kevz6313 Black Legend...
@@bulisen12 Pretty sure the narrator isn't British...
i heard aoe noises
i was pleased
I noticed that too in the beginning (the villager spawn sound effect at 1:15 or so). I was hoping someone else had noticed. XD
Great video fellas but never got the notification. Good thing I just new to tune in... Thx!
You never fail to impress us , Thank you very much for your videos and i wish you reach 1million subscribers soon
Will there be a documentary on Tarascan Empire and Chichimecs?
Probably would see the more famous NA tribes first
I hope so! Their are barley any…
Tenochtitlan sounds amazingly modern.
To someone who doesn't know anything about architecture or infrastructure. They still used aqueducts, a permanent Roman fixture by 0AD. In the 1500s there was already tubing and limited mechanical pumping.
@@Levitiy Yeah without horse or trade with the local powers of the time, like china, India and others as well.
@@Levitiymaybe that has something to do with their geography and what was possible/necessary within that? It was said over and over again that their wet marshland area was not the most ideal for constructing a city
I cannot express how much I love these videos
That makes me really happy to hear. Thanks for watching :D
Fascinating! *Love* this channel. 🤓
Thanks :-)
It is very nice to see the Mexica referred to by their autonym rather than 'Aztec'. The 'X' in Mesoamerican languages (when Latinised) is spoken as a 'sh' sound, as the Spanish were familiar with the Portuguese method of using 'X' for 'sh' and used it for convenience.
K Barkla the spanish picked up the x from the Aztecs none of the spanish and Portuguese cities and names use an x to represent a certain sound
@@josemachina3996
The X was already as "sh" in Old Castillian. Literally any word in spanish that has a J, either was X (sh).
There were some macuahuitl the Spanish recounted were as long as a man. The Spanish also said the obsidian was crafted so precisely into the wood that they had not idea how they were capable of doing this. Some macuahuitl had the obsidian spread out, others had the obsidian so close that you couldn't fit anything in between. There is only one artist rendition of an authentic one before it was lost in a fire. You should look it up, its the closest thing we have to how it actually looked. Looks pretty cool. The Spanish also claimed A macuahuitl could slice a horses head clean with one strike. The spears they had also had the power to penetrate even the most advance armor the Spanish had. Obsidian being one of the most sharpest substances in the world, where at a cellular level instead of tearing a cell it slices it clean in two.
The Spanish called my ancestors homeland the Venice of the new world. My people were clean, they already had a janitor system. Nothing was wasted. If you had to poop, the bathrooms were the chinampas and your poop became fertilizer for the crops. The Aztec's were master recyclers. Upon seeing the city, the Spanish saw a gleaming white city of what appeared to look like marble in the middle of a lake. Sounds like atlantis kind've. Many of Cortez's men he claimed had toured all over Europe and seen all the great cities claiming none compared to the size and architecture of this illustrious metropolis. It said Cortez even cried when the grand city fell. It so happen to fall on my birthday. Why did the Spanish do it,? Where they jealous that apparently a heathen people had a cleaner more grand city of masonry and pyramids that rivaled the old world? The new world never used the wheel. Yet the Aztec's engineered an artificial island by grabbing reeds and mud and tying them and letting them sun bake to create land. Soon they built the Roman equivalent of imperial dominance in the new world until the Spanish ruined everything. The Spanish claimed they came to make the people more civilized. To an extant yes. Yet these people knew things the Spanish didn't. There astronomical calculations being very meticulous. The Maya being the most revered for this that historians say the greeks compared to the Maya were lazy. The Maya were extremely meticulous on there astronomical calculations. Maybe it was because they believed the world would fall apart from the gods if they didn't do so. The Maya also ha the concept of zero. Only two other civilizations had that concept. The Maya loved mathematics.
By the time of the Spanish invasion, the entire old world (Eurasia) had the concept of zero, and it was the modern zero which is different from the zero Mayas created. You're confusing inventing something and having it, India's zero spreaded fast so even those that didn't invent it had knowledge about it.
As for armors, it was the main technological advantage of the Spanish (gunpowder wasn't that effective, but metal working was) so I highly doubt the claim about obsidian is true, since it was never verified and since it highly unprobable, the Spanish probably wanted to glorify their conquest. Also, comparing the Greeks' achivement to the Maya's makes no sense since their golden age was almost a millenia apart, not the same period. It was just different, both great considering the context but different.
I wouldnt doubt one of those paddle swords would slice through some armor. They seem heavy and the obsidian is beyond razor sharp. Even unworked obsidian can be sharp af.
Also the Spanish conquered them because they wanted the land and knew they would resist. It was a war of aggression pure and simple.
12:07 i love the Age of Empire unit spawn sound effect!!
Amazing as always! You should do a series on he Borgia or other famous family from renaissance
This is a really great overview of the Aztecs! You don't mention the cannibalism, but otherwise probably the best I've seen on TH-cam.
Thanks for watching :D Somethings had to be cut just for time so things that weren't central to Aztec history or daily life were left out.
Cannibalism wasn't common in the Aztec Empire. It was reduced to only a few priests and nobles on important dates. The Spanish saw this and greatly exaggerated in their accounts.
For some reason I feel like I want to go with the Spaniard's account.
[Western chauvinism intensifies]
Cannibalism was such a minor thing in their civilization reserved for specific people at specific times it is hardly worth mentioning in a 15 min video.
The American Netherlands.
Elaborate?
They were masters of building cities around water is what he was getting at :D
I thought of Venice..
The conquistadors actually compared it to Venice quite a lot. It was like a massive version of Venice :D
Can you at least try to troll better? This is just sad
I came here because of curiosity, stayed and watched a couple of videos because the content and the presentation are flawless, but I subbed for more Age of Empires sounds in videos I can learn something from.
fascinating, thank you!
There are so many words that are mispronounced. Not sure where to start.
I remember asking you for South American battles about a year ago. Thanks 😆! Very interesting learnt alot.
Thanks a lot for watching. We have a series on the Inca which is set in South America :D
- Cogito - YES! Loved that series - super interesting. I'm currently in Santiago, Chile, and went to Santa Lucia. There, there was a monument dedicated to the 150 conquistadors that founded the city and I couldn't stop thinking about your videos man!
That's awesome to hear. I love Santiago. I spent a few weeks there and never got over the view of the mountains surrounding the city. It's a spectacular spot and filled with interesting history and musuems.
- Cogito - Absolutely. I find it incredible that you can see snowy mountains from anywhere around town and since I'm a hiker, I'm having a blast.
Glad you enjoyed the city man.
Mexico is not South America. We are in North America😎. Inca is the best example of South America empire.
the subtle AoE sounds throughout were highly appreciated ;)
What an amazing time period man so much too learn
After a long time gonna see Kings and Generals video with 0 tension
Exam has just finished and there holidays for 5 days I am on top of the world lol
Hope you aced it!
@@ThePrinceofParthia thanks bro
I envy you. I don't even have an off-day this week. :(
Vosloff feel sorry for you :(
8:54 it's all good dude, i'm okay being sacrificed *thumbs up*
LOL
Love these videos
Love that he used Medieval II: Kingdoms soundtrack and also Age of Empires II unit recruitment sound.
Hehe, the age of empires two villager creation noise on population count and unit training noise on jaguar warriors
The armed conquest is always the same.
The Spaniards did the same as the Aztecs. They conquered a foreign country and an alien civilization. The only difference is that the Aztecs had the same skin color and came by land - on foot, and the Spaniards were white and arrived by the ocean on ships.
Mjak 1309 and Spaniards nearly wiped them out completely while Aztecs just conquered didn't killed many
Umar Ansari
The Spaniards were cruel, but they did not kill many Aztecs. The Aztecs and many other Indians (Native Americans) were killed by illnesses brought by Europeans, and for which they were not immune
Mjak 1309 yeah around 90% of those deaths were caused by diseases especially small pox
But when you study about those Conquistadors, you will see how far they went just to get golds
@@v4enthusiast541 because the Spaniards didn't showed how cruel they were to them
Umar Ansari The Spaniards were a lesser evil, and on many occasions their Tlaxcalan allies would be far more cruel to the Aztecs than the Spanish.
VERY nice, man, hopefully we'll one day see one about the Azcapotzalco war.
12:08. I liked that they played an Age of Empires sound there.
:-)
Aztecs are Bad asses.
von Vypierdalen the primitive that can bulid a mega city on the marsh islands in the middle of lake
If aztecs are badass what does that make the Spanish?
Savage definitely. Primitive not so much, because culture and morality don't really evolve linearly. In the 20th century, we were still doing things just as violently as the Aztecs were. The colonists in the New World didn't usher in a new era of peace when they arrived. Things stayed just as or even more violent for centuries. Aztec sacrifice was horrific, so was the burning of heretics in Europe or the pulling apart by horses in Asia. But all of these things were usually limited to the nobility, military, and religious authorities. Your average Aztec or Spaniard would not have been more violent than each other.
@@Johnny3Batony the spianiards guns fired 2 shots a minute in the hands of a pro and they were out numbered 10, 000/ 1. The aztecs got embarrassed badly
@Harry Paul the aztecs were morally superior to literally no one ever in the entirety of human history
The gift of life comes with the curse of death.🤔
I have an 8 paged essay on the aztecs so this really helped me, thank u so much!!!!!!
Glad to hear that!
This is a very informative I find Aztec culture and history very interesting
Anyone else hoping for a video on the Tarascans?
There is always limited information about Medieval History of South America. Thanks for work!
It's very interesting. How would they have lived today if european civilisation never interfered in their life?
It's really interesting question.
Smallpox would have eventually found another vector anyway. Chinese, Japanese, maybe even those sweetheart slavers known as "The Barbary" would have come over, delivered the plague, and then culturally enrich the New World themselves... Who knows?
Mexico is technically North America, but I get your point. I wish there was more information about all those peoples too. The Inca empire has always intrigued me.
Another good question would be: "What would have happened if the peoples of the new world had domesticated their native horses instead of having eaten them all."
Dogs too! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua_(dog) Burned alive.
Chihuahua on a stick!?
@@badlaamaurukehu I'm pretty sure there were no horses in the Americas before the arrival of the europeans, at least not in mesoamerica. And the Chihuahua weren't eaten, it was the Chihuahua's ancestor, the Techichi, the one that was on the plate sometimes.
It’s gonna be a good day when kings and generals uploads
Love the aoe 2 spawn sound for eagle warriors 12:07
Then, Quetzalcoatl came.
A very good in depth view of the Aztecs! Good job. This enlightened me about the issue where a certain European told of an eclipse to scare natives!
The idea that the Aztecs saw the Spanish as gods is thouroughly discredited at this point, none of the accounts of the time give any indication that Moctezuma II or anyone for that matter thought that.
pizzapicante27 I know that it is 99.99% not true, yet it is till a fun joke. Keep in mind that Quetzalcoatl was basically a Serpent Monster that kills, it is funny to imagine the Aztecs seeing the Spanish as demons coming to destroy them unless appeased! And it is mostly know of as being true unfortunately, but might as well turn it into a small joke for those of us like you and I who know, right?
Gianluca Borg Sorry, you honestly never know in the internet.
pizzapicante27 No need to apologise mate, If all the people like us are gathered into one place, we might at best fill a medium sized warehouse, so, well meeting one more always makes me happy! Cheers man!
pizzapicante27 THANK YOU. I was just about to go off. Many english documentaries love to claim this false knowledge. Whilst if you listen to a aztec documentary in Spanish, it's a completely different story.
“ The Aztecs had the strongest will and the greatest might amongst all of central America and they grew to be one of if not the most powerful empire in the Americas.
>enter the Spanish
Spain: hello there, you and I are going to be close friends
1:13 ... age of empires villager spawn audio.. I fricken love it.
Thank You!
10:40 Literally just Civilization 5, when you encircle a barbarian camp to farm xp...
Waiting for a Video on Cholas!!!
Go Indian ;)
Indian History is useless You would never get
it forget that
@@avinashmishra1404 Have seen many such vids but these guys make anything special
Also recruiting an indian guy would help
They are on the list :D
@@CogitoEdu Excellent
Still haven't seen the video, but as usual I have to leave a like first.
Incredible stories.
The Europeans were may the creators of the Greatest Empires on Earth but were also destroyers of the Greatest Civilizations...
Europe only had two great empires: Rome and Greece (Alexander the Great). The others were just a complete failure.
On the other hand it seems that you forgot other great civilizations: Sumer, Ancient Egypt/Nubia, Persia, Xia dynasty, Indus valley civilization amongst others.
@@NinjoTerror I don't mean only Aztecs
@@NinjoTerror exactly. The earliest and greatest empires were African and Asian not European. However Europeans did have the largest empire because of the British empire and Russian empire
+kwadwo baidoo Yeah I know. The problem is that some people think that greatness is about km². The reality is, the greatness of an empire is estimated by the legacy that left behind.
@@NinjoTerror What is in your opinion the greatest empire that ever existed?
Pronunciations all over the video were butchered :/. For a start Mexica is pronounced "meh-cheeka." Tlaxcala = "t-lash-cala"
Damn I can't believe I had to come this far down the comment section to see this. They didn't even try to pronounce things correctly it gets so frustrating.
Nice use of the new worker sound from AoE at 1:14!
Fascinating!!!!