The Rise And Fall Of The Aztec Empire

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @moom2k829
    @moom2k829 4 года назад +2523

    37:14 the original furries
    HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA man this youtuber is just epic

    • @legion999
      @legion999 4 года назад +70

      ha ha so funnay...

    • @prussianmapping9149
      @prussianmapping9149 4 года назад +98

      Wow this was pinned 1 month ago! He really always checks his comments

    • @moom2k829
      @moom2k829 4 года назад +52

      @@prussianmapping9149 yeahh he's awesome xD and im still laughing bt that furries joke when i think abt it lmao

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  4 года назад +126

      Of course I do!

    • @CooliMeanBool
      @CooliMeanBool 4 года назад +2

      Prussian Mapping ln. V

  • @xeonicSR
    @xeonicSR 4 года назад +4855

    The fact that this video is free to watch is insane.

    • @snm2011halo
      @snm2011halo 4 года назад +198

      I agree tbh. When people put this kinda time and knowledge into a video they normally on payroll lmao.

    • @snm2011halo
      @snm2011halo 4 года назад +41

      @@bigemugamer no I'm from a first world country just cuz you asked but it's also a country where hyperbole is quite common. Obviously its well within the realm of reality that the video is of such a good quality that someone could charge for the amount of effort put into it.

    • @bigemugamer
      @bigemugamer 4 года назад +13

      @@snm2011halo agreed =) It was very well done.

    • @shelbynihiser9345
      @shelbynihiser9345 4 года назад +23

      Their point of view might be knowledge should be free to everyone, as it should be.

    • @mr_byebye
      @mr_byebye 4 года назад +26

      It's not free the commercials are payment

  • @marcelleroux9172
    @marcelleroux9172 3 года назад +1081

    My guy really put together an hour long lecture, excellently presented to teach me everything I wanted to know about Aztecs, and he put it in RUclips for free. You sir, are an absolute mad lad!

    • @Justin-xd2wp
      @Justin-xd2wp 3 года назад +9

      And with no midroles

    • @Rguhbuh
      @Rguhbuh 3 года назад +3

      Well this is actually a lot of short previous vids combined, he said in one of the replies of the first one it was to test which type of vid got more views

  • @SweetSourPickle
    @SweetSourPickle 3 года назад +413

    I like the fact that these videos don't have annoying background music. I really love it. Please don't change.

    • @byproductofcheese
      @byproductofcheese 2 года назад +5

      Let's change that

    • @Baard5Szomoru
      @Baard5Szomoru Год назад +1

      ​@@byproductofcheese this channel doesn't even upload anymore

    • @byproductofcheese
      @byproductofcheese Год назад +1

      @@Baard5Szomoru wait what?

    • @wanjira9083
      @wanjira9083 Год назад +1

      Oh, so that's what it is!

    • @lorenzo6mm
      @lorenzo6mm 7 месяцев назад +1

      The fact this channel has read the
      "True Conquest of Mexico" bby Bernal Diaz Castillo is AMAZING.
      Every detail of the Cannibalism
      Of Central America is TRUE.
      ARCHEOLOGY PROVES IT.
      THE Papyrus Scrolls still EXTANT
      in Spanish antiquities
      Libraries
      PROVES IT.
      They sacrificed people to
      EAT THEM in massive weeks long
      FESTIVALS.
      They sacrificed them to Priests
      who bathed themselves in their
      Victims blood and engaged in
      Homosexual orgies with each other
      With their HAIR MATTED IN BLOOD
      DOWN TO THE GROUND IN LONG Lengths!!!!
      All of this is detailed in the
      Bernal Diaz first hand accounts.
      READ IT AND FING WEEP.
      MESO Americans were a fantastic
      Sick, evil Society that even
      Hollywood won't touch
      Ever, because it frightens even them
      Who revel in this kind of EVIL
      human beings practice even to this very day. In the Dark shadows of human beings
      who love evil is as evil does...

  • @rickyray2794
    @rickyray2794 4 года назад +2361

    It drives me inSANE when I hear/read about somebody burning the literature/libraries of a civilization, that is so much knowledge gone.. knowledge we can never get back.

    • @jackjohnson5083
      @jackjohnson5083 3 года назад +135

      That's why it's important to preserve our traditions. The more the world mixes with one another, the more will be lost.

    • @sergpie
      @sergpie 3 года назад +29

      @@jackjohnson5083
      Truest words.

    • @joshuacampbell1625
      @joshuacampbell1625 3 года назад +286

      @@jackjohnson5083 that's some backwards logic right there. Knowledge and discovery being shared is what created the world in which you can watch this video.

    • @jackjohnson5083
      @jackjohnson5083 3 года назад +67

      @@joshuacampbell1625 It also destroyed the world, because now ancestors, traditions, and cultures are not being honored. History and genetics lost. You can't get these back. Had they progressed at their own level without interference, they would become a successful people by their own biological standards (this applies to every race and culture). Impose rules designed by a certain race onto another race and it's replacement, it's interrupting the natural course for those great societies.

    • @sergpie
      @sergpie 3 года назад +60

      @@joshuacampbell1625
      Knowledge and discovery, along with the preservation of tradition and culture, are not mutually exclusive. Your logic seems to be limited, irrespective of how forwards or backwards it may be.

  • @ayomayonnaise8886
    @ayomayonnaise8886 4 года назад +257

    I loved that they called the city “place where we found the rock cactus”

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 3 года назад +60

      Not only that, but the other tribes and cities outside of the Aztec empire were named as “those who speak weirdly” lol

    • @Ttegegg
      @Ttegegg 3 года назад +2

      @@ericktellez7632 tbf they came from some other region of the world

    • @Reibaku
      @Reibaku Год назад +9

      Aren’t most places named like that? Land of the Angles, Land of the Franks, Land of the Germans. Damascus, the oldest capital of the world, means well watered land. Paris means Cauldron. And so on, we are not very good at naming places as species it seems.

  • @Wertsir
    @Wertsir 3 года назад +883

    The Aztecs: “Can we build an aqueduct to get some water?”
    The council: “Peace was never an option!”

  • @vulpesinculta7157
    @vulpesinculta7157 4 года назад +1585

    I learned the enitre history of the Aztecs which is something my school couldn't do in 6 months.

    • @celestiallions4050
      @celestiallions4050 4 года назад +81

      Not that they really tried.

    • @SageAmariKeyes
      @SageAmariKeyes 3 года назад +59

      @@celestiallions4050 Yeah, school care about grades more than actual education sadly. That’s why there are so many dumb and ignorant people in this world.

    • @Pilsnor
      @Pilsnor 3 года назад +91

      I honestly really think that the fact you choose to watch this video by yourself on you own time really plays a role in that.... not defending the bad teachers and all that, but when you are in school the last thing you care about is the aztec Empire, and if this video was shown to me in school i would most likely fall asleep. But now i am really enjoying the video because there is no grades and social pressure, i am currently watching the video for the third time 🤣

    • @sergpie
      @sergpie 3 года назад +17

      Unless you’re majoring in the study Mesoamerican culture, you’re likely not going to learn anything other than a couple of tropes about the Aztecs; like how they were folk who grew corn and ate the hearts of their kin in sacrifice, and sometimes in habit (like when they’d dry-rub executed folks in chili).

    • @serafinalig.
      @serafinalig. 3 года назад +2

      I learn alot more from RUclips than I ever learned in School

  • @IrKeNoVa
    @IrKeNoVa 4 года назад +1466

    As a mexican, your náhuatl pronunciation is beyond accaptable for a foreigner compared to others, nicely done.

    • @sergpie
      @sergpie 3 года назад +26

      @@YellowGaming08
      I’d take the Spanish Inquisition any day over the kind of normalized cannibalism that was practiced throughout Mesoamerica.

    • @flamesofjihad4069
      @flamesofjihad4069 3 года назад +108

      @@sergpie Ritualistic cannabilism not normalised throughout society. Christian sources are heavily biased and altered to justify colonisation and the slaughter that ensued.

    • @vargasmartin7143
      @vargasmartin7143 3 года назад +32

      @@sergpie Seems like you didn't watch the video to the end

    • @lucio.martinez
      @lucio.martinez 3 года назад +33

      As a Mexican, I see, we've never been accepted i'm our own lands. USA included!
      Time to steal some hearts! Hahaha

    • @jango7889
      @jango7889 3 года назад +12

      @@lucio.martinez i already had my heart stolen by a mexican. her name was renee and she ate it up and spit out... fucking bitch

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 года назад +385

    This is such a well edited documentary, really good job, History Scope.

  • @setsana_inc
    @setsana_inc 4 года назад +1052

    8:13
    Priest: Stabs daughter, rips out her heart, wears her skin
    King: >:(

    • @amehak1922
      @amehak1922 4 года назад +89

      You can say she kept him warm.

    • @Iloveyou-vw4rl
      @Iloveyou-vw4rl 4 года назад +7

      @@amehak1922 😮🤣

    • @keithhancock9710
      @keithhancock9710 4 года назад +25

      y wud u do dat du het ):

    • @davidbravovelez9332
      @davidbravovelez9332 4 года назад +19

      i remember my mom told me this story when i was younger

    • @josevalderaz2805
      @josevalderaz2805 4 года назад +17

      Guess now we know where Ed Gein & Texas Chainsaw Massacre got its idea from

  • @adlsfreund
    @adlsfreund 5 лет назад +980

    Kudos for going more in-depth than almost any other indie edutainment RUclipsr.

    • @janner_jsadventure6660
      @janner_jsadventure6660 4 года назад +7

      adlsfreund ikr so much detail im sure he did his hw from this one coming from fellow aztec blood jajajajja

    • @azteknology4416
      @azteknology4416 4 года назад +1

      You are very wrong about your information on the "AZTEK", actually you might be able to learn if you're not as ignorant as you are arrogant. What a shame but not a surprise. Once or twice you say that you really don't know and that is the truest statement you've made. Because you know that ALL the information you studied and present here was that which was allowed to be written by the imprimatur a declaration authorizing publication by the church, in this case, you are in fact presenting unsustainable and biased information. More so, you are denigrating and in fact being disrespectful to a People and a Tradition that has guaranteed rights to their culture and religion under the UNDRIP, rights of indigenous peoples... SHAME ON YOU!!!

    • @rjskum688
      @rjskum688 4 года назад +2

      LMAO! Indie? Now hipsters are trying to make youtube a fashion statement. "Man, I only listen to indie RUclipsrs. The ones you watch are too mainstream".

    • @pinkyhotmessx69
      @pinkyhotmessx69 4 года назад

      @@azteknology4416 then go make your own fuckin channel

    • @koltoncrane3099
      @koltoncrane3099 4 года назад +2

      Aztek if you know more correct info why don’t you publish a correct video based on “native” knowledge? Without doing that you’re really doing a disservice to yourself and the knowledge you have because merely complaining about disinformation does nothing. If, however, you make a correct film people would watch that and more people would learn what you’re trying to teach rather than just reading some comment that’s criticizing.

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment 3 года назад +65

    Wow, learned more with this quick video about the Aztecs than I did in years of going to history classes in school

    • @Robespierre-lI
      @Robespierre-lI 8 месяцев назад

      What was wrong with you in school?

  • @abdelrahmanwael2551
    @abdelrahmanwael2551 5 лет назад +943

    The history of the Mayans and the Olmecs would be amazing

  • @beyondborderfilms4352
    @beyondborderfilms4352 4 года назад +349

    These shipwrecked spanish expectioners that cortez found lives are already a pre made Hollywood movie. Too bad most Hollywood film makers tend to avoid reading historical sources as if it was kryptonite.

    • @yoloswaggins7121
      @yoloswaggins7121 3 года назад +17

      Bro, I love history so much, but every time I watch any historical film/series I just can't help but feel annoyed by historical inaccuracies.

    • @beyondborderfilms4352
      @beyondborderfilms4352 3 года назад +1

      @@yoloswaggins7121Me too I hope their is someone with the ability to make a movie as accurate as possible without relying too much on CGI,while also not sacrificing in making the movie entertaining.I want a history movie that is accurate and Good as a film.

    • @allcommentsmatter6890
      @allcommentsmatter6890 3 года назад

      @@yoloswaggins7121 marxism

    • @yoloswaggins7121
      @yoloswaggins7121 3 года назад

      @@allcommentsmatter6890 Shut up fool

    • @AlfredoPuente8
      @AlfredoPuente8 3 года назад +4

      Cortez never tried to find El Dorado, so no idea why he is in the movie "The Road to El Dorado" instead of Pizarro.

  • @igorsmet1123
    @igorsmet1123 3 года назад +4

    Officially one of my favourite channels now , thanks for your content.

  • @ChrisSmith-ro1ev
    @ChrisSmith-ro1ev 4 года назад +220

    I watched probably thousands of videos on youtube but this was one of the best 80 min. ever! I didn't even had one break! This simple animations are so on point plus your narration makes all this information so easy to digest. I'm so glad I still have several more of your videos to watch.

    • @kyle18934
      @kyle18934 3 года назад +4

      If you liked this video I'd recommend the fall of civilazations. Its also a good history channel.
      This channel is an amazing find. I'm always happy when RUclips sends me these channels that are small goldmines

    • @ChrisSmith-ro1ev
      @ChrisSmith-ro1ev 3 года назад +2

      @@kyle18934 you right about fall of civilizations - it's very well made, I also like that they release videos in audio only, I listened to all of it and can't wait for more. Since lockdowns started I found a LOT of great YT channels with content far better than anything that Netflix or Amazon has to offer.

    • @B88-h6n
      @B88-h6n Год назад

      Same thing here. Pure GOLD (pun intended, I'm Spanish)

  • @lib-center96
    @lib-center96 5 лет назад +1474

    Pity the princess, thinking she'd marry a King and getting her heart stolen.

    • @umontortle
      @umontortle 4 года назад +134

      King: How could i make her love me
      King's Friend: Dude just need to steal his heart.

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 4 года назад +162

      She was marrying a god.

    • @HisShadowX
      @HisShadowX 4 года назад +41

      This depends multiple reports share this videos version. Other sources report the Princess was sent by King to civilize what were considered the very backward and hideous people the Mexicas.
      What stays the same in every historical account is the Princess was mutilated and the high priest went to the king wearing the Princesses skin and the King ordered all Mexicas to be wiped out. Mexicans still to this day celebrate wearing people’s bones and flesh. It’s called Day of the Dead.
      Cortez when he took offense to Aztec religious ceremonies just like the King this is when Cortez has to flee what is today Mexico City but all the surrounding people and cities and nations before Cortez landed and after tried to warn him of the Mexicas. We are taught incorrectly in schools that a big bad Spanish army swarmed the poor Aztec people as propaganda.
      Well Cortez was fighting an illegal war what they do not tell you is that Cortez had a very small force with advanced weaponry. It was the surrounding nations that made it so Cortez won the war.
      Everyone wanted to get rid of the Mexicas, everyone. To this day the Mexican people are not much different and still celebrate backwards traditions like wearing people’s skulls and brag that LA RAZA (Which means, The Race) will control the world and recreate Azlan.

    • @Terabit3
      @Terabit3 4 года назад +65

      @@HisShadowX tbh, with the kind of crazy stuff they did, they totally deserved to be wiped out

    • @HisShadowX
      @HisShadowX 4 года назад +17

      Terabit3 Gaming The Mexicas are not wiped out they are called Mexicans today. Also they still celebrate wearing people’s flesh and bones. It’s called Day of the Dead and celebrated by Mexicans till this day

  • @lukaspfortner6753
    @lukaspfortner6753 3 года назад +28

    Fascinating stuff! Would absolutely love to see more videos on other Mesomerican civilizations neighboring the Aztecs, as well as the other Mesomerican civilizations predating them. Pre-columbian civilizations are something I haven't been taught about as often!

  • @GeneralLiuofBoston1911
    @GeneralLiuofBoston1911 5 лет назад +493

    I really liked how in depth this went into Aztec society, especially for a nation that is talked little not just in school, but also Historians in general due to the heavy bias brought on by the few sources available to us.

    • @samo8565
      @samo8565 4 года назад +59

      @BARBATVS 89 I'm Mexican American.. so I'm part Spanish and part native so I can be biased on both sides conveniently... when I see your comment, I become biased against any religion who murders, including Christians (millions or murders).... yea the Aztecs and other tribes sacrificed.. thats still murder. Cannibalism is nasty. But its murder.... it was done on a larger scale before the Aztecs were even discovered. Your bias is hypocritical.

    • @brooklynjayy
      @brooklynjayy 4 года назад

      Sam Ortega atleast explain why

    • @grimkaizer8417
      @grimkaizer8417 4 года назад +10

      @@samo8565 aztecs are fucking awful dude

    • @martyshrekster
      @martyshrekster 4 года назад +42

      @@grimkaizer8417 Were. Just as Christians were awful. If left alone, Aztec society likely would have progressed beyond human sacrifices and constant war - just as Christianity has progressed beyond putting slave girls to death if they sleep with a man, while the man just has to bring a ram or whatever as tribute, not allowing tattoos or raw meat, planting two types of seeds in one field, and wearing clothing made of two different materials.
      One of my favorites is Deuteronomy 25:11:
      “When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity."

    • @raydolo2530
      @raydolo2530 4 года назад +14

      BARBATVS 89
      But your not against slavery, genocide, religious persicution, and torture? All history is violent and tragic. We can respect certain aspects and the study of it in general while admitting certain aspects were wrong

  • @kevin328
    @kevin328 5 лет назад +197

    I learned so much without getting bored for even a second. Thank you so much!

    • @bake4days379
      @bake4days379 3 года назад +1

      Exactly what I was thinking and I was just curious I don’t even have a reason to watch this other than I was told I have Aztec blood in me lol

  • @artkoenig9434
    @artkoenig9434 2 года назад +20

    You have made this history into a gripping tale of war, mistakes and monstrous misunderstandings. Thank you!

  • @devincriddle9165
    @devincriddle9165 4 года назад +616

    I’ve played enough Civ to know that they were actually destroyed by Giant Death Robots because they built the Eiffel Tower and were about to rule the world with blue jeans and seaside resorts. smh

  • @gyanchor2495
    @gyanchor2495 4 года назад +160

    I simply don't get this, why is this channel so extremely underrated with such great content? What did it take RUclips's algorithm to suggest this one so late?? From October to May?
    Damn, thats not sufficient!
    Well done Sir!

    • @Kikivanderpump
      @Kikivanderpump 4 года назад +9

      Right???? I stumbled on it by accident but now I’m hooked.

    • @zombies4evadude24
      @zombies4evadude24 4 года назад +2

      I know right? Should have at least 2 million for all the effort he puts into them.

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  4 года назад +24

      It's getting to the millions soon. This video is currently the 2nd most watched in recent times.

    • @gyanchor2495
      @gyanchor2495 4 года назад +3

      @@HistoryScope thank you for your reply Sir. I personally sent it to my parents and some friends who appreciate history as much as myself.
      I would like to witness that day very soon. All the best Sir.

    • @azteknology4416
      @azteknology4416 4 года назад +1

      THE BEST YOU LIKED IS NOT TRUE...THIS VIDEO IS very wrong about your information on the "AZTEK", actually you might be able to learn if you're not as ignorant as you are arrogant. What a shame but not a surprise. Once or twice you say that you really don't know and that is the truest statement you've made. Because you know that ALL the information you studied and present here was that which was allowed to be written by the imprimatur a declaration authorizing publication by the church, in this case, you are in fact presenting unsustainable and biased information. More so, you are denigrating and in fact being disrespectful to a People and a Tradition that has guaranteed rights to their culture and religion under the UNDRIP, rights of indigenous peoples... SHAME ON YOU!!!

  • @Novatic44
    @Novatic44 3 года назад +7

    I'm 15 minutes in and this is honestly one of the best documentaries I've seen on this topic. Amazing work and I'm definitely subscribing to your channel!

    • @darbyohara
      @darbyohara Год назад

      Prove it. All of these is speculation unfortunately. There are no source records from that period short of those artfully written by the Spanish

  • @janpieter14
    @janpieter14 4 года назад +248

    I'd like to see a video about Mayan culture. Maybe something about their relationship with the Aztecs as well. Great video, really enjoyed it!

  • @CBeard849
    @CBeard849 4 года назад +116

    Nothing compares to history lessons and human sacrifice with a sense of humor!

  • @B88-h6n
    @B88-h6n Год назад +2

    This is one of the best breakdowns I have ever seen of the Aztec's Spanish conquest, unbiased, strictly factual and very well explained all the psychological warfare between the two cultures. Bravo bravo & bravo sir.

  • @playc.holder6432
    @playc.holder6432 4 года назад +63

    Wow, such a cool video! I dig the lego-esque animations, and your take on the Sun God was awesome! It's fascinating how the Aztec civilization lasted so long, despite killing each other in unintentional meaningless sacrifices, getting into pointless wars, living off limited land, and using beans as currency.

  • @RoBMcCullochexperience
    @RoBMcCullochexperience 4 года назад +34

    This is the best documentary on the Aztecs I have ever known. Absolutely fantastic History Scope!

  • @iomarian13
    @iomarian13 Год назад +1

    simply one of the best channels tackling history topics.

  • @Kikivanderpump
    @Kikivanderpump 4 года назад +48

    Great content!!! I really appreciate that you point out mainstream history is often written from the winners’ perspective and is not an unbiased presentation of facts. Thank you for presenting a more comprehensive and detailed narrative. I learned more in one hour from you then I did in my history classes.

  • @TheKillerinstinct360
    @TheKillerinstinct360 4 года назад +305

    Damn, why isn’t there a game of thrones aztec edition?

    • @DajuOnYoutube
      @DajuOnYoutube 3 года назад +12

      Like a fictional thing loosely based on history?
      I'd suspect that the lack of surviving Aztec history might have something to do with it.
      Like not enough to base original stories on when most of what we know is covered here. I've heard most of this before actually in another video about the Aztec, so similarly original stories would also derive from the same thing and ultimately be very similar.
      I mean I would also be a little bit concerned about people not having a good idea about what the Aztec were like including yourself. So it would almost definitely lead to claims that it's a misrepresentation of the Aztecs when there's not a shared idea that can be backed up like with versions of medieval European history where the roles of royalty, nobles, priests, knights, merchants, commoners and so on are all pretty well defined.
      Your comment might not have been made with such a thorough investigation into the idea in mind but I'm pretty sure there actually are reasons for it because almost every other noteworthy civilization has a disproportionate number of stories about it compared to them. So I'm certain there would be more if people were inspired by information about the source, which is unfortunately lacking. I mean there's not much about other poorly documented civilizations either like the sumerians so I guess that supports my reasoning.

    • @TheKillerinstinct360
      @TheKillerinstinct360 3 года назад +3

      @@DajuOnRUclips i totally see your point in that unfortunatelly there is not enough historical information about the Mexica for there to be a show of the type, but it doesn't have to be based on historical events but maybe in Aztec cosmology, the way how the aztecs viewed and believed the universe worked, to put it simple to be based on their mythology, to show us how they believed the gods had shaped the earth and life itself, their struggles and domains and power over everything and everyone, i believe the cosmology would be something very fresh and interesting to know about, and ther is definately enough material to work with in that department. thank you for the reply, i believe learning about ancient history is quite a journey, and even though is donde know much about it i'll be glad to take that journey, may you have a nice day 🙂😀

    • @TheKillerinstinct360
      @TheKillerinstinct360 3 года назад +1

      @@basedkaiser5352 don't worry my dude, you wouldn't be forced to watch it, have a nice day bruh 🙂😀

    • @sergpie
      @sergpie 3 года назад

      Because it’d be a telenovela with weird-sounding Spanish and too much cannibalism for streaming.

    • @SkypeSweet
      @SkypeSweet 3 года назад

      Sergpie farcry primal had cannibalism so nah i think it’s just a matter of who wants to make a video game out of this

  • @umarjavaid8289
    @umarjavaid8289 3 года назад +4

    I hope this channel get more subscribers.. this is just too much informative and well structured and very well explained..

  • @hugo57k91
    @hugo57k91 5 лет назад +14

    1 ad for this 1 hour video? Wow hats off to you man! This is great, I learned so much!

  • @lovroroncevic3054
    @lovroroncevic3054 5 лет назад +524

    Wait is this actually an hour long history lesson?
    Now if its good i cant wait
    Edit: It was a real good time

    • @prussianmapping9149
      @prussianmapping9149 4 года назад

      No it wasnt!!!! Jk lol

    • @azteknology4416
      @azteknology4416 4 года назад +2

      You are very wrong about your information on the "AZTEK", actually you might be able to learn if you're not as ignorant as you are arrogant. What a shame but not a surprise. Once or twice you say that you really don't know and that is the truest statement you've made. Because you know that ALL the information you studied and present here was that which was allowed to be written by the imprimatur a declaration authorizing publication by the church, in this case, you are in fact presenting unsustainable and biased information. More so, you are denigrating and in fact being disrespectful to a People and a Tradition that has guaranteed rights to their culture and religion under the UNDRIP, rights of indigenous peoples... SHAME ON YOU!!!

    • @prussianmapping9149
      @prussianmapping9149 4 года назад +18

      @@azteknology4416 What the fuck are you talking about lol

    • @natedog2I0
      @natedog2I0 4 года назад +4

      Aztek nology stop smoking crack bro you’ve clearly lost your mind

    • @cranberrycola7982
      @cranberrycola7982 4 года назад +2

      @@azteknology4416 how about you make a vide based on the REAL way things happened then since you are supposedly the all knowing person of the aztecs

  • @I_am_myself-z6f
    @I_am_myself-z6f Год назад +1

    Bro deserves more , this is actually insane , keep up the good work

  • @davidcervantes3996
    @davidcervantes3996 4 года назад +363

    absolutely nobody:
    aztec priest: aight yall got any beating hearts?

  • @wirehot09
    @wirehot09 4 года назад +114

    Thiiiiis was so informative! I did not skip a MINUTE OR A SECOND! Please have the same guy do the African Zulu and other history.
    1. Very informative
    2. Voice is not annoying like the rest of you tubers
    3. Nice quick animation with maps

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  4 года назад +15

      I don't think I'll ever cover the Zulu, as Extra Credits already did a really good video on the topic

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 4 года назад +3

      @@HistoryScope Ghana or Axum then?

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  4 года назад +7

      Perhaps. I would like to make a video focusing on Africa, as I haven't done that yet

    • @wirehot09
      @wirehot09 4 года назад +4

      @@HistoryScope Their are so many countries that could be done in Africa it would be great to see, they have kingdoms also! Thank you for the consideration, I am waiting to see those videos. :)

    • @azteknology4416
      @azteknology4416 4 года назад

      THE BEST YOU LIKED IS NOT TRUE...THIS VIDEO IS very wrong about your information on the "AZTEK", actually you might be able to learn if you're not as ignorant as you are arrogant. What a shame but not a surprise. Once or twice you say that you really don't know and that is the truest statement you've made. Because you know that ALL the information you studied and present here was that which was allowed to be written by the imprimatur a declaration authorizing publication by the church, in this case, you are in fact presenting unsustainable and biased information. More so, you are denigrating and in fact being disrespectful to a People and a Tradition that has guaranteed rights to their culture and religion under the UNDRIP, rights of indigenous peoples... SHAME ON YOU!!!

  • @gatesofdawn
    @gatesofdawn 3 года назад +2

    Your videos are a gift to humanity. By far the most well explained hisyory videos I've found on RUclips. I feel like I've learnt so much watching them! Thank you so much, I feel my brain is just happy from all the info it acquires thanks to you!!

  • @Psidream1337
    @Psidream1337 4 года назад +19

    Watched the whole thing start to finish on a work night.
    Good stuff man. Subscribed.

    • @gsapz
      @gsapz 4 года назад

      Same here

    • @bake4days379
      @bake4days379 3 года назад

      Me to lmao at work now

  • @axkhn4921
    @axkhn4921 4 года назад +8

    This is just a phenomenal video, I’ve watched it more than a few times. I love your content, and how you speak slowly and clearly, and not just rush through the video, speaking too fast, like other RUclipsrs. Keep up the great work my man.

  • @matthewamaya3967
    @matthewamaya3967 3 года назад +6

    This is a wonderfully put together video, thank you! I also enjoyed the Star Trek reference with the “Rules of Acquisition” 😂

  • @texasred5665
    @texasred5665 5 лет назад +294

    "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.
    " Ariel Durant

    • @8005010f
      @8005010f 4 года назад +41

      "Nothing lasts forever" Mom

    • @programSense
      @programSense 4 года назад +2

      @@8005010f FOH great rebuttal

    • @andrewlankford9634
      @andrewlankford9634 4 года назад +6

      @@8005010f "Life is NOT fair" Mom

    • @GilbyMinaj
      @GilbyMinaj 4 года назад +18

      Sounds like the current state of the United States. Lol

    •  4 года назад +1

      @Luis Vega
      El día de muertos es 100% europeo. Busca los estudios del INAH sobre el tema.
      Y sí estás adoctrinado por la SEP. Esa idea de que España hizo mucho mal se llama leyenda negra bro. Te puedo recomendar un montón de literatura histórica y crónicas sobre el tema.
      Te lo digo porque precisamente a mí no me falta conocimientos sobre el tema.

  • @Dreadlock1227
    @Dreadlock1227 4 года назад +317

    I feel like I just took an entire university course in a one hour video

    • @radbunnie2297
      @radbunnie2297 4 года назад

      Lmao yes!

    • @yoloswaggins7121
      @yoloswaggins7121 3 года назад

      @Robert Ortiz-Wilson It's definitely not more efficient though.

    • @MeidoInHebun
      @MeidoInHebun 3 года назад +5

      As a Mexican, I learned more in this video about the Aztecs than in all the history courses I had growing up.

  • @dondizm2678
    @dondizm2678 10 месяцев назад +1

    Yooo this is the most comprehensive and enjoyable documentary on the Aztecs! Thank you so much!

  • @frogglen6350
    @frogglen6350 5 лет назад +161

    This was such a cool video. Educational too. It's fascinating how the Aztec civilization lasted so long, despite killing each other in unintentional meaningless sacrifices, getting into pointless wars, living off limited land, using beans as currency, etc

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 4 года назад +15

      They used *b e a n s* as currency?

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  4 года назад +47

      Yes. Cocoa beans.
      I mean, it's chocolate. It's crazy we haven't yet turned to a chocolate-based economy :D

    • @lordabsolute2655
      @lordabsolute2655 4 года назад +24

      Their World was still better than Europe..if You Europeans aka white people, would have stayed in your Hell box. Ice box , indigenous people would be able to tell their own story in their own language and country..

    • @notsure6187
      @notsure6187 4 года назад +6

      it was huge, but it only lasted 200 years

    • @yousuck2139
      @yousuck2139 4 года назад +3

      Not Sure do we really know that tho? I don’t think we ever really know the truth.

  • @daniels8030
    @daniels8030 4 года назад +5

    This channel is an absolute gold mine. The videos are all packed with so much information. I genuinely cannot believe how this is on RUclips and not a National Geographic documentary. Wow!!

  • @Samir12357
    @Samir12357 Год назад +5

    Damn.. Good. May be the best video on the aztecs empire. And all this for free.. Thank you so much.

  • @KingK0ma
    @KingK0ma 4 года назад +14

    Love how passionate you were about animating the scenes!

  • @peanutwars
    @peanutwars 4 года назад +122

    43:30 lmao Spanish: “hey guys guess why we are so advanced and use the wheel to get a lot done?” Aztecs: “ cause your lazy”

    • @blauwbeer556
      @blauwbeer556 3 года назад +10

      They didn't have horses back then so I doubt they could do anything with wheels

    • @iliketurtles5180
      @iliketurtles5180 3 года назад +7

      I mean can't people pull them? Not as great as with a horse but better than nothing.

    • @iliketurtles5180
      @iliketurtles5180 3 года назад

      @James F "better than nothing"

    • @Ch-ew9tm
      @Ch-ew9tm 3 года назад +18

      @@blauwbeer556 The Americas had wheels but didn’t use them often because they were useless on most terrain they lived.

    • @tdlf156
      @tdlf156 3 года назад +8

      The precolumbian Americas did have wheels, there are many examples of wheeled toys that still exist today. Due to terrain and the lack of a pack animal, large transport wheels were not widely used. Inca bridges were often rope, and made for people, not carts or anything.

  • @balwantpadaki6183
    @balwantpadaki6183 3 года назад +3

    What an outstanding, scholarly video.. Seems like a full course in Aztec History covered in 1 hour. Bravo!

  • @88palms
    @88palms 4 года назад +226

    If you wanna have a real good time put the subtitles on and watch the AI try to phonetically spell all these Aztec names.

    • @AphitethLordOfLight
      @AphitethLordOfLight 3 года назад +5

      One of my favorite things is closed captions on youtube.

    • @melikshah4564
      @melikshah4564 3 года назад +5

      in the context of taxes the term "ass tax" really made sense

    • @braamies5339
      @braamies5339 3 года назад +3

      You are an evil genius. A bored genius. But evil and genius nonetheless

  • @bisurker
    @bisurker 4 года назад +7

    Occasionally RUclips recommends something new that's totally worth actually watching. 100% subbed, good work dude.

  • @jigoku2359
    @jigoku2359 3 года назад +50

    Fun fact: I'm from Mexico and heart tearing, decapitation, cannibalism and blodshed remain as something quite common due to war between cartels

    • @floramormedicinemusic6571
      @floramormedicinemusic6571 3 года назад +6

      The fact is fun indeed …..

    • @JohnnyZMunoz
      @JohnnyZMunoz 6 месяцев назад +1

      it's in our dna

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 6 месяцев назад

      Weird for it to have sprinkled down the matrilinear side of family considering how most of mestizos hail from a Spanish guy and a native woman. You'd expect this kind of brutality to pass from father to son, if anyhow.
      That being said, it is indeed curious how the Cartel is quite possibly the single most sadistic organization in the world, with ISIS being a close contender.

  • @Ochrasy88
    @Ochrasy88 4 года назад +189

    The Aztecs:
    Who shall become our king and leader?
    The Aztecs:
    Let it be the one, who's name is most unpronounceable.

    • @jiminsbedsheet4849
      @jiminsbedsheet4849 4 года назад +2

      wait till learn about all of their gods

    • @Mark-oh7ec
      @Mark-oh7ec 3 года назад +5

      @@jiminsbedsheet4849 yeah like tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. For people that don't speak Nahuatl, its variants, or Spanish from Mexico, It'll be hard as fuck to pronounce

  • @ruturajshiralkar5566
    @ruturajshiralkar5566 4 года назад +90

    What caused the fall of Aztecs
    Simple Ans: "GERMANY WILL BE UNITED"

  • @LilXezon_1121
    @LilXezon_1121 3 года назад +1

    I like learning about history as a hobby and I'm grateful to have discovered this channel, it keeps my mind from getting bored

  • @Typesmacker
    @Typesmacker 4 года назад +87

    Forget the gold standard; we need the chocolate standard. You are hilarious in your narration. Thanks for this video!

  • @vashSJ
    @vashSJ 4 года назад +14

    i cant help but relate the scenes in Apocalypto while watching this. thanks for this! GREAT CONTENT!

  • @itzanonmoose8328
    @itzanonmoose8328 3 года назад +3

    This is the second of your videos I have watched, and they are brilliant.

  • @v44n7
    @v44n7 4 года назад +9

    what a outstanding series. I don't have word to express your amazing work. Thanks you so much

  • @macrotransaction2383
    @macrotransaction2383 4 года назад +10

    That war economy cycle stuff made so much sense. Thank you!

  • @dezig5318
    @dezig5318 3 года назад +1

    I am listineng to this while working. What a great voice to help me focus

  • @kalixkatt
    @kalixkatt 4 года назад +7

    Awesome content, looks like i found a new favorite underrated channel to binge

  • @djwindkind
    @djwindkind 4 года назад +30

    Loving it! Did a paper in school about the Aztecs and was always fascinated by the mesoamerican civilizations. Great, neutral and complete work. Thank you!

  • @marier7336
    @marier7336 3 месяца назад

    I have one serious complaint about your channel: you should definitely make many more series and videos like these! Love it! More! ❤❤❤
    Greetings from Sweden 😊

  • @cynikalwon7072
    @cynikalwon7072 4 года назад +7

    That was great,and the narrator...Hats off.I was stuck watching this from beginning to end without a clue in the intro that I would be so intrigued..And the speech about governments in the outro was a light at the end of my thoughts-tunnel for the U.S.(If that makes sense...It works for me in my mind..)Thnx,Keep doin you my dude!《☆☆☆☆☆》

  • @QuarantaSette47
    @QuarantaSette47 4 года назад +43

    1:07:38
    A classic "I was gone for ten minutes, what the hell happened?!"

  • @tye829
    @tye829 Год назад +3

    They did the Tlaxcala dirty-the real champs.
    Always been a history buff but neglected learning much about Mesoamerica. This is actually pretty interesting. It’s a shame there aren’t more surviving primary sources, because there is probably so much more intrigue we don’t even know about. Anyway, excellent video.

  • @manuelredgrave8348
    @manuelredgrave8348 4 года назад +7

    It's 5:52 AM and i just finished watching.
    It was very interesting and i genuinely didn't know how much different was the reality between what my book said and the actual historical events.

  • @capitalistconsumer9090
    @capitalistconsumer9090 4 года назад +15

    Epic! Absolutely the best Aztec history lesson I have ever experienced. I will be watching again with my family.

  • @davidvignjali2775
    @davidvignjali2775 2 года назад +1

    I appreciate how this video isn't biased or opinionated. Especially in regards to human sacrifice. Most content I come across regarding the Aztec civilization almost always feel the need to express sentiments of abhorrence against human sacrifice.
    For me it's like I came to learn about a civilization, not your personal perspective on it.
    Went off track there, but this video is some quality content.

  • @Brodopekins
    @Brodopekins 4 года назад +162

    This could be a netflix series.. Here i am wondering with very sentence: And then? And then??

    • @kyle18934
      @kyle18934 3 года назад

      You would rather have this than a trash drama series???
      Me to bud, me to

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 лет назад +164

    The Aztec and Inca Empires are off to a great start. I wonder if they know that Europe just discovered their continent?

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 5 лет назад +22

      Do you mean "their server"?

    • @red2theelectricboogaloo961
      @red2theelectricboogaloo961 5 лет назад +4

      pff, not until people begin to die all of a sudden.

    • @legatesotomayor9692
      @legatesotomayor9692 4 года назад +5

      It's like a game of Civilization

    • @gregoriokafka
      @gregoriokafka 4 года назад +4

      Of course they did: from 1492 when the Spaniards arrived for the first time to the continent, to 1519 when Cortés arrived to the shores of Veracruz, México, 27 years had passed. In that time a lot of contacts and indirect news about their prescence had spread. Caribes and taínos, the first indigenous people who saw the Spaniards, used to travel on canoes throughout all the Caribbean sea, spreading the news. There is some evidence that Maya merchants knew Cuba and had some commerce of goods with Taínos (Cuba was conquered by Spaniards in 1509). In 1511 a shipwreck by a storm during an exploration to Florida threw 11 spaniard survivors to the Yucatán shores. Almost all got killed by the Maya, but two of them survived to be assimilated into the Maya society and learn their language. One of them even would die years later fighting against the Spaniards on the side of the Mayas. In 1517 and 1518 the expeditions of Hernández de Córdova and Grijalva had made contact with mayas and totonacs in the shores of Yucatán peninsula and the Gulf of México. So, by the time of Cortés arrival, Motecuhzoma had plenty of news about the prescence of strangers since years before.

    • @gregoriokafka
      @gregoriokafka 4 года назад +1

      @ Jajajajajaja, so what? Never said they were the same cultures "bruh". That doesn't mean they didn't knew each other and established multiple relations. Completely false "there was little communication between those cultures".
      The problem with present day ignorants is not their ignorance, is their assumption that their ignorance is a fact.

  • @sophiaho2952
    @sophiaho2952 Год назад +2

    I personally thank for this video 😭 this gave such great info that I used for my essay
    Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU

  • @JuanRamirez-xw5qk
    @JuanRamirez-xw5qk 4 года назад +8

    Absolutely amazing and awesome video! And to think that I knew my Aztec people history? Excellent work I truly love it!

  • @mischakellen6684
    @mischakellen6684 4 года назад +6

    Incredible! The animations, and narration is top quality. This held my full attention. I appreciate your content, glad I stumbled upon your channel! Thanks!

  • @nigelboakye1492
    @nigelboakye1492 3 года назад +2

    this is the best doc ive seen all year

  • @JoseOrtiz-zz6gw
    @JoseOrtiz-zz6gw 4 года назад +56

    It should have mentioned that all the existing settlements in central Mexico, spoke the same language as the Aztecs, as they shared a common origin in the north of Mexico.

    • @trla6505
      @trla6505 3 года назад +3

      Ohh I didn't knew that

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 6 месяцев назад

      Speaking of which, had the Catholic clergy had their way, Nahuatl would have prevailed as the native language of the masses instead of Spanish. They saw no point in teaching natives Spanish when a few of their own could learn the local language instead and preach the gospel directly to reduce its alien vibe. It was the Crown and nobles who insisted on pushing Spanish all across the colony.

  • @fabijan7
    @fabijan7 4 года назад +161

    The Aztec Empire deserve serious props for exesting for so long without copletely imploding in a gouvrning system doomed from the start.
    Side not: very enterteining and educational video.

    • @yeshuadot630
      @yeshuadot630 4 года назад +3

      They last a few centuries. Perhaps you meant Mayan...

    • @paperpersona1243
      @paperpersona1243 4 года назад +28

      @@yeshuadot630 He's saying they should be commended for lasting for centuries despite their crazy ass culture lol

    • @leixalkvinay2729
      @leixalkvinay2729 4 года назад +7

      @@Asdf-wf6en it lasted 300 years. Maybe if they had some cultural/religious revolution they could survive.

    • @mariovsspongebob56536
      @mariovsspongebob56536 3 года назад +1

      I could barely read your comment.

    • @sergpie
      @sergpie 3 года назад +8

      They deforested areas surrounding the state of Mexico DF to the point that it changed the local climate and exacerbated soil erosion; they weren’t the best at curbing their cults or their demand for wood, ash, and other resources.

  • @aeternusdoleo4531
    @aeternusdoleo4531 3 года назад +14

    "Forget the gold standard, we need the chocolate standard..."
    Thanks, I need to clean my monitor now... XD

  • @cristianortiz-il9jg
    @cristianortiz-il9jg 4 года назад +19

    This video taught me more than my 8th grade history teacher

  • @ravenous0382
    @ravenous0382 4 года назад +20

    Man this is amazing. You freaking deserve million subscribers.

    • @JosoeSanchez
      @JosoeSanchez 8 месяцев назад +1

      🇲🇽💯🌟💀Them Spaniarda Owe Us Mexicans aWhole Lot Of Every Thing. They Stole Are Gold They Are Basuda ‼️Azteca Chingon

  • @brycekillian1096
    @brycekillian1096 3 года назад +2

    Thanks to this video I got the confidence to pronounce nauhtl. Great voice too by the way.

  • @andrewputnam2717
    @andrewputnam2717 4 года назад +6

    This must have taken months this is incredible

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  4 года назад +3

      About 6 months :)

    • @andrewputnam2717
      @andrewputnam2717 4 года назад +1

      @@HistoryScope wow thanks for making it though I learned a lot

  • @glorioustigereye
    @glorioustigereye 4 года назад +35

    I’m up at 3am listening to a video about the mad lad Aztec

  • @mexicanjojo6369
    @mexicanjojo6369 3 года назад +17

    35:04
    "After all, there wasn't any plague to keep their population in check"
    Spaniards: Ja, cagastep

  • @CrazyCraftersBDH
    @CrazyCraftersBDH 5 лет назад +73

    Wellp.. even though I watched those vids individually, I still watched this again 😂

  • @seanyourhero1765
    @seanyourhero1765 4 года назад +4

    Wow what an amazing video...i have SEVERE ADHD and I sat through every second of this video new subscriber here!

  • @damienbrown1561
    @damienbrown1561 2 года назад +5

    Most comprehensive historical breakdown that I've ever watched, thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
    I've seen a few documentaries on The Aztec Kingdom but never this detailed in its analysis, few details I was already Aware of but there was a host of new information that I wasn't aware of, really enjoyed it.

  • @Helperbot-2000
    @Helperbot-2000 5 лет назад +7

    great video, i never learned of any of this in school, and i never knew the aztec empire was so large and advanced!

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  5 лет назад +5

      What is generally taught about the Aztecs is quite often incorrect.
      Though they are a fascinating culture, if only to see how they developed similarly and differently

    • @Helperbot-2000
      @Helperbot-2000 5 лет назад

      @@HistoryScope i agree.

    • @yeshuadot630
      @yeshuadot630 4 года назад

      You might not know how extensive aztec empire was, but it's extremely common knowledge they were a powerhouse 🧐

  • @RoboticFemboy
    @RoboticFemboy 5 лет назад +51

    9:17
    this... is a pretty genius visual

  • @capnsugoi1303
    @capnsugoi1303 3 года назад +1

    I’m glad you post your sources.

  • @DSesignD
    @DSesignD 4 года назад +102

    I don't think there's a culture more challenging to face than the Aztecs. Imagine if this civilization we're discovered today and the public debates that would follow?
    Addendum: speaking ill of tomatoes, to the pyramid with you!

    • @viracocha6093
      @viracocha6093 4 года назад

      @Frederico D t. Captured Tlaxcalan

    •  4 года назад

      @@texasforever7887 you are joking, isnt it? nothing racist there. stop policing on racism and sex, freedom of speech rules

    • @texasforever7887
      @texasforever7887 4 года назад

      @ it would appear that Haroon Abdul Majeed deleted his racist comment.

    • @katraconnor8451
      @katraconnor8451 4 года назад +1

      @ its important to point out that 'Freedom of speech is the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, by any means.'". Freedom of speech has nothing to do with saying whatever comes to your mind and having no consequences for it. It doesn't mean you cant be criticised or prosecuted for what you say providing that there are laws against saying what you say. it only gives you the right to say it in the first place providing you excercise that right responsibly by not intentionally being intolerant or hateful to others or putting them in danger (national security).

    • @texasforever7887
      @texasforever7887 4 года назад +1

      @@katraconnor8451 in the United States the First Amendment does protect you from being prosecuted by the state. You are correct about consequences socially though.

  • @landonweber6123
    @landonweber6123 4 года назад +26

    1:12:07 it sounded like Winston Churchill’s “The Finest Hour” speech.

    • @andygetz7343
      @andygetz7343 3 года назад

      Yea I caught that, too. We will fight in the streets, in the houses... well I don't remember it verbatim.

    • @victormanuel8767
      @victormanuel8767 3 года назад

      They defended their island city. They never surrendered

  • @thamedz777
    @thamedz777 2 года назад

    I had no intention of watching the entire video.
    Imagine my surprise when I heard the outro 😂 amazing stuff!

  • @danielrondon1013
    @danielrondon1013 4 года назад +8

    Magnificent work! you should do one about the Inca too

  • @ace-ug7jc
    @ace-ug7jc 4 года назад +9

    I fell asleep and this is on when I woke up

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  4 года назад +8

      What could nicer than waking up to soothing sound of my voice talking about human sacrifices.

    • @matpk
      @matpk 3 года назад

      @@HistoryScope compare 1930s Nazi Germany Vs 2020s Communist Chinazi IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO Project before it's too late

  • @daed3024
    @daed3024 2 года назад +1

    Love these history videos, he deserves the gold play button in my opinion. always really good stories and topics