I like how David Carrasco and Carlos Fuentes are featured. They have dedicated their lives to looking at our people. Truth is, your great grandfather was probably a Tlaxcalteca slain by this Empire many Chicanos spend so much time defending.
Mexico is great aint it...its kinda sad how some people even now think of them as barbarians .Aztecs were a great civilization. can you imagine how different , powerfull and beautyfull mexico would have been if the Spaniards never had conquerd them .....people around the world should appreciate and like us Mexicans more .
Well, people around the world do "recognize" the Aztecs to a certain extent and with different perspectives/opinions. But museums all over the world many times play host to Aztec/Mayan exhibits (i.e., Australia in 2014).
g Aztec Tribe You've misunderstood. I clearly said "play host", meaning that their museums may show Aztec/Mayan exhibitions (ex: inside!). And even if they were whole museums, how is that a disgrace?
Well to start with you probably wouldn't be able to post a comment here as you wouldn't have access to Internet or most likely you wouldn't even exist as the genetic configuration that created you wouldn't have been possible . All things happen for a reason . Just live in the present and try to sort out the problems that come to your life today and don't worry about 500 years ago as historical events cannot be judged by the morality that rules in our lifetime . Who knows ? Things can change dramatically in 100 years and what people will think of us with our celebrity worshipping society ?(think lady gags , miley virus , the crapdashians etc)
I've never observed any instances of an aztec language. That there is poetry now being attributed to their people; This I would love to know more about.
Yes, I agree. Fear of angry gods is a Mesopotamian concept, not a Mesoamerican one. The Aztec gods were hungry, not angry. Feeding them was, like you said, just another aspect of life.
Matt Anderson Don't forget: chocolate, amaranth (grain that has ~9g complete protein per cup) Not to mention that they were one of the first civilizations to have a mandatory public education system
And what is even better! They teach you a free spirituality! Something that any religion does today! Because if you dont know your spirit you dont know yourself!. And the ones in power can control the mind but never the spirits! Thats why they made up bullshit about the aztecs! As the human sacrifice! And that they were polytheists! But are just lies!
I like within the first two minutes: "How did human sacrifice find a place within such a civilized society?" Well, how did public hangings find a place in America, wild west or any location otherwise? How were crucifixions comitted in the total conciousness of Roman society? How were riots that led to the beheading of France's Marie Antoinette happening out in the open and in broad daylight? At least the sacrifices were comitted by an, also, warrior society. Reguardless of how civil they were, thank you very much. :)
Wow, thanks! :) I can't see this as no one having any kind arguments. Somebody will always argue as long as there's something to argue about. I just don't believe that there are many people who care. Sometimes being of a unique descent means being ignored. (wonk wonk) :)
I "like" that your entire response to the doco completely misses the point of archaeology. Yes indeed, your childish comparisons are far more relevant than actually studying one society at a time. OF COURSE all discoveries and the questions they may bring up must be compared, side by side, one thing at a time, with every single other society in history. That's just science!
Why is it a, "warrior? society, ......bias showing........and not a religious society!!.... The sacrifices were made in order to influence their gods. Warriors were needed, simply, to provide material for religious rites. The fact that they even chose warriors was based upon a decision to use Non-Aztecs as victims, instead of members of their own society. Priests or police types could make such decisions otherwise, or a ritual " lottery", or other superstitious indicator {birthmark, midgets, or losers of a ball game as the Mayans did, or Roman Glads -also a form of human sacrifice; deemed a palatable payment for their society's survival. tHE AZTECS, were, if anything, ONE of THE GREATEST IMPERIALISTIC POWERS! ..in all of human history!!~..extended and supported, by the blood of innocent indigenous peoples, as the Aztecs were migrants into the "Valley of Mexico". You must have ignored one attraction of the "Catholic" faith to native Mexicans, was Christ's willing, and without genuine guilt, self-sacrifice for the benefit of all man-kind, in stark contrast to the Aztecs' capricious, capture, torture and slaughter of up to 80,000 innocent non-believers. The concept that Christs actions were meant to absolve the sins all men who repent, including Aztec Warriors, and Human-sacrificing Priests ideally, is merely to be noted. I am an Atheist,so I leave this argument to others. I will note here the profound moral question ignored by you. Your list of semi-modern and ancient public-execution participants, both executed and executed, IS, with the addition of the Aztecs here, simply a list of "civilizations". The fact that a "Pearl Clutcher" like, you exists today in our chronological, technological, and socialogicly more modern times, illustrates how civilizations and civility advance over time. one might note that your initial list has people judged to be guilty of violating laws, religious strictures, political norms [oppressing people] etc....etc...reguardless of whether you approve of those processes. One pit-fall you fell into was judging other civilizations out of their historical contexts. Your agenda is showing!! listening to this vid. while typing this, gives the impression that 75% concerns religious beliefs, and very little on "Warrior" culture. More agenda revelation !!!! K Out
37:00 The Aztecs could not have thought the Spanish as complete aliens... In 1521 it had been 30 years since Europeans first entered into contact with peoples of the new world and began settling. Mesoamericans had to have some knowledge of this contact.
The "living in fear" aspect of being sacraficed was the Aztecs way of controlling it's people. There was no "police" force, so they used fear as the tactic of policing the people. And it worked. Other cultures from all over the world used this same tactic as a way to keep the people in line.
tbwn too bad, you learn from ONLY what you see, I like your mindset and attitude. The Zapotecan languages are the most complicated dialects of any in this world. There are many languages derived from the direct line descendants of Aztec Zapotecan people. Over 2,000 different regions, speaking their own version of the ancient language. Nahuatl is only a part of that. Still, it's a beautiful thing....and this culture thrives on many characteristics of these great people today such as loyalty and honor.
The creation story of Teotihuacan was of course reiterated wrong. The god Nanahuatl threw himself in the fire first, and the rich god Tecizztecatl followed. Afterwards,two suns rose over the horizon, so Quetzalcoatl threw a rabbit at the second sun that rose up, which then became the moon. This is why there is a rabbit in the face of the moon. This myth entails that the Mesoamericans were aware of dualities, and that certain qualities are to be understood as inferior; therefore the moon is inferior to the sun.
This was an enlightening program. The Mexica society was a great one, and now the Mexican of today will prove that blood still run hot in our veins. Chicano Mexica!!!!!
The only truth is love unconditional,nothing justifies killing,not sacrifice,not punishment,not ideals. People now are not ready for that,something really big and really unexpected should happen to change all that. The big question is what?
Whoever the writer was that asked the question about how the Aztecs could have built a city with such violence at its heart needs to take another look at Roman history. They didn't do human sacrifice but they were masters of genocide. Nice city though! Lots of marble.
the Aztecs found the pyramids two hundred years before the Spanish came while roaming the country, they adopted the gods of the civilization that came before them
+Eddie1967 just like Jesus right he was like native American live off land had much love for the land,water,air up above, he was a fishmen,carpenter, story tell, and a medicine Humenbing!.
I sometimes imagine if the Spaniards said this to the Aztecs: "Look, you DON'T need to sacrifice any human hearts to the gods. There is one man who has already sacrificed his heart for everyone. His single heart is worth all the hearts of humanity." Since the Aztecs at first thought the Spaniards were gods, the Aztecs would have listened and abandoned human sacrifice. History might have been a whole lot happier as a result.
My question is, do the old Aztec gods still live in the imagination, dreams and culture of modern day Mexicans and do modern Mexicans see themselves as the descendants of the Aztecs?
There are still some places in Mexico that tend to learn toward Aztec culture in some aspect, my family has a sun stone replica on our walls and my mother has a tattoo of a symbol on her arm. in a way, a lot of us simply pay respects to what our people were like. And yes, many modern day Mexicans see themselves as descendants. Depending on what part of Mexico and southern American parts, some are mixed and some are from direct bloodline.
They were a savage warlike culture and they met another culture that happened to be better equipped for war than they were. There are plenty of people to feel sorry for in history, the aztecs are not among them.
you're evaluating this from a really ethnocentric perspective, but your opinion is interesting since it's the first time I've seen or heard anyone speak of them like that.
funny how our interpretations of the past had led us to conclusions which we held and valued as the truth in our modern time...we could have at least considered the fact that how we view every factor of human life today may have been very different from how the ancient people view them in the past...self-righteousness has become a disease that we tend to judge others simply because they didn't conform to our criteria on how a man should possess integrity, kindness or whatever that our bibles taught us....giving our negative opinions to something we do not fully understand only makes us more arrogant...one thing for sure that human nature could always confirm, we have this innate longing of discovering things for knowledge, progress and survival, and we do what it takes for us to get it...also, we tend to justify things that we do to maintain our human dignity....both Mexicas and Spaniards may had their faults during their time, but it doesn't give us the right to say who was right and who was wrong...
Dick Tracy not really genius, just a man with respect to history and humanity...and my avatar (flipping off the camera) has nothing to do with my comment, just like any other avatar that shows more than just a middle finger. =)
Despite their savagery and their bloodthirsty and violent temper to sacrifice innocent people from villages they used to invade and ravage, they were a brave, virile and heroic warrior culture like the Spartans, the Vikings, the Roman legionaries, the Mongols and the Anglo-Saxon knights. That makes me proud of being a Mexican, as well our folklore and our roots that make us authentic. Not everything is soccer and telenovelas. So sad too many people in Mexico underappreciate our culture they should feel proud. Awesome job BBC. Congrats for your good recognition to our prehispanic culture. Love from Mexico.
"Central America?" (timecode 0:54) What in the world have the Aztecs to do in Central America. That's Mayan terrotiry, not Aztec. I'll continue watching, but mind your geography. It's a Mexican pet peeve when people mistake Central America for Mesoamerica.
I'm not sure I buy the bit of how the Aztecs or any meso-american culture was brought into Christianity. Knowing the behavior and attitudes of the Spanish historically, I find it more likely that the religion was forced upon them and it later became ingrained into the mestizo culture. Not to say that similarities between the belief system couldn't have been responsible for the converting of the natives, but I don't think it's so likely knowing how much the Spanish forced their culture onto them.
A serial killer is defined as "someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval". Those are the parameters we go by, they fight the template of what we know about the aztec society, therefore, they were a society led by and largely consisting of serial killers. The reason they killed means nothing. I'm sure there were plenty of murders that felt their world would fall apart if they didn't kill people. Logic and reason, you're too emotional.
I don't think the interesting thing about the aztecs is what they did with corn. I'd rather see a documentary about how they were basically serial killers. They're portrayed way to gently here in my opinion.
The snake god came and helped himself to whatever meager riches the local had, then he killed off the men and once again helped himself with the women.
you must have alot of Spanish blood in you because all Aztec's were not all same there were different tribes,and different name's also you don't know your past ,and you know your further!🌞🐢🐢🐢🐢four directions native islanders not Indian's they came over bearing strigth, and meet Aztec's 🍃🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲🌊🌞🙌✋
I never said the spanish weren't bad. All I've said is that two groups of people met, one group died and I don't feel the least bit upset about it. If it had gone the other way I would have the exact same take on it. I'm beginning to think you can't read, way too emotional, I bet you're shaking with rage as you type in caps.
Sebi is chilean. If you would be watching this video it says modern day mexico and chile is on the other side of america. Its like saying i hate Norway and that offending swedish people it makes so sense so instead next time dont assume that sebi is mexican just because he is latino. Also northern chile was incan so yeah this documentary was not on Inca (Peru)
It should be remembered that until the Spanish arrived, bearing superior weapons and carrying in their bodies diseases to which the natives had no resistance, the Aztec civilization worked incredibly well for those who lived in it. They were prosperous and powerful. They believed that the blood of their sacrifices made the sun rise every day, and there was nothing in their reality to show them that, that was not true. To them, their world made perfect sense!
20:45 "Barbaric Art" .... Really???? How can a human be so close minded?? Dumbfucks who say stuff like that really make me lose faith in humanity. While we are on the subject, why did the Spanish destroy the old temple section of Tenochtitlan?? The basic outline of the precolumbian square is still there in Mexico City today, and Cortes himself did not even want to destroy Tenochtitlan.. After the battle, the main, huge Temple buildings were probably the only ones left standing, sooo... I really don't know why the Spanish didn't simply convert the old Aztec temple into a church.. I know for a fact, in at least one Mesoamerican town, Cortes simple whitewashed an old pyramid temple and erected a crusifix on the top, effectivly making it a church, while still preserving some degree of respect for the local religious institution.. To be honest, it would have been rather cool, had the spanish simply left the Templo Major intact, only to use it as a church/cathedral, with a bishop shouting mass from the top platform..
The event of Cortes erecting a Crucifix upon the pyramid was not to convert it into a church; it was actually during a siege of the city when he was able to escape potential captivity and, in a scene of grotesque psychological warfare, started to burn the city to the ground and put the Crucifix on top in order to demoralize the Aztecs by symbolizing that the god of Christianity was literally on top of the gods of the Nahuatl people. You should read his letters to the Spanish crown in relation to the Aztecs; that man was all but respectful of the culture he very nearly obliterated from existence.
Its unfortunate that my people (Mexicans) idolize these people (Aztecs). Only when we finally accept who we are, a mixed people, with spanish, native america, and wssa influences, will we be able to become a more better society. This whole idea that we are Aztecs is stupid. Granted the the first "Mexicans" did indeed have Aztec ancestry along with the Spanish ancestry that they inherited from their fathers (yes I say fathers because mestizaje came about mostly by Spanish males and native/subsaharan african females). So in that sense they are "Aztec". Also many places of what are now part of Modern Mexico were never part of the Aztec Empire, for example Michoacan, where my family comes from. So I can say that I may have an Aztec ancestor and it wouldn't be wrong(hating yourself for who you are is unhealthy yo pienso), but it would be downright stupid to be all nationalistic about it and say that my people were conquered, or my people had a great civilization and empire(Curiously enough the Purepechas were the most staunch rivals of the Aztecs, Purepechas lived in Michoacan, so its alot more plausible that I may have more Purepecha Ancestry). Anyway the thing that ails Mexicans is this victim mentality.
homes lopez You think that also isn't the case well come on guys tell me why it isn't? Si crees que no es asi pues entonces porque yo estoy equivocado?
Did you bother to read what you wrote? Did that sound good in your head? What was their purpose exactly? To honor some magic sky wizard? Nice try but your argument carries no weight.
So tiresome with comparisons of the Aztec ritualized human sacrifice and for example the inquisition. Better to compare different precolumbian American cultures within the same context.
This is what I love about Aztec history, it's never boring.
Parvatii ja ja ja it boring know that mayas kill kids bicht ...fuck u
Most of their history was destroyed by the Spaniards who were more than jealous to see such a beautiful thriving civilization.
Amazing Bloom ,Amazing Land México* , Amazing Heritage North América !! ... Blessings !!!
my all time favourite culture....i wish so bad that one day i can go to Peru and descover everything for myself.... :)
Amazing Land , Amazing Bloom México ..... Amazing Heritage Norh América!!!!
great documentary. bbc at its best. thank you for sharing !
I like how David Carrasco and Carlos Fuentes are featured. They have dedicated their lives to looking at our people. Truth is, your great grandfather was probably a Tlaxcalteca slain by this Empire many Chicanos spend so much time defending.
Mexico is great aint it...its kinda sad how some people even now think of them as barbarians .Aztecs were a great civilization. can you imagine how different , powerfull and beautyfull mexico would have been if the Spaniards never had conquerd them .....people around the world should appreciate and like us Mexicans more .
Well, people around the world do "recognize" the Aztecs to a certain extent and with different perspectives/opinions. But museums all over the world many times play host to Aztec/Mayan exhibits (i.e., Australia in 2014).
g Aztec Tribe You've misunderstood. I clearly said "play host", meaning that their museums may show Aztec/Mayan exhibitions (ex: inside!). And even if they were whole museums, how is that a disgrace?
Well to start with you probably wouldn't be able to post a comment here as you wouldn't have access to Internet or most likely you wouldn't even exist as the genetic configuration that created you wouldn't have been possible . All things happen for a reason . Just live in the present and try to sort out the problems that come to your life today and don't worry about 500 years ago as historical events cannot be judged by the morality that rules in our lifetime . Who knows ? Things can change dramatically in 100 years and what people will think of us with our celebrity worshipping society ?(think lady gags , miley virus , the crapdashians etc)
NeoAztek last aztec kill kids that great ?????
NeoAztek last dumd ass
I've never observed any instances of an aztec language. That there is poetry now being attributed to their people; This I would love to know more about.
Nahuatl
Yes, I agree.
Fear of angry gods is a Mesopotamian concept, not a Mesoamerican one.
The Aztec gods were hungry, not angry. Feeding them was, like you said, just another aspect of life.
*Very interesting, and educational. Kudos!*
Very well done..excellent
The Aztecs were a great American Indian civilization.
Where would the world be without corn, squash, beans, tomatoes, and avacados or ahuacatl.
Matt Anderson Don't forget: chocolate, amaranth (grain that has ~9g complete protein per cup) Not to mention that they were one of the first civilizations to have a mandatory public education system
They also had clean-up crews that would sweep and clean the market streets and around the temples.
And what is even better! They teach you a free spirituality! Something that any religion does today! Because if you dont know your spirit you dont know yourself!. And the ones in power can control the mind but never the spirits! Thats why they made up bullshit about the aztecs! As the human sacrifice! And that they were polytheists! But are just lies!
Skin a whiteman and wear his flesh like Xipe Totec and dance in his flayed skin.
I like within the first two minutes: "How did human sacrifice find a place within such a civilized society?"
Well, how did public hangings find a place in America, wild west or any location otherwise? How were crucifixions comitted in the total conciousness of Roman society? How were riots that led to the beheading of France's Marie Antoinette happening out in the open and in broad daylight?
At least the sacrifices were comitted by an, also, warrior society. Reguardless of how civil they were, thank you very much. :)
Wow, thanks! :) I can't see this as no one having any kind arguments. Somebody will always argue as long as there's something to argue about. I just don't believe that there are many people who care. Sometimes being of a unique descent means being ignored. (wonk wonk) :)
I "like" that your entire response to the doco completely misses the point of archaeology. Yes indeed, your childish comparisons are far more relevant than actually studying one society at a time. OF COURSE all discoveries and the questions they may bring up must be compared, side by side, one thing at a time, with every single other society in history. That's just science!
cinesimonj That's a stupid response to my post considering it wasn't an archeological one. Grow up, you idiot.
Why is it a, "warrior? society, ......bias showing........and not a religious society!!.... The sacrifices were made in order to influence their gods. Warriors were needed, simply, to provide material for religious rites. The fact that they even chose warriors was based upon a decision to use Non-Aztecs as victims, instead of members of their own society. Priests or police types could make such decisions otherwise, or a ritual " lottery", or other superstitious indicator {birthmark, midgets, or losers of a ball game as the Mayans did, or Roman Glads
-also a form of human sacrifice; deemed a palatable payment for their society's survival. tHE AZTECS, were, if anything, ONE of THE GREATEST IMPERIALISTIC POWERS!
..in all of human history!!~..extended and supported, by the blood of innocent indigenous peoples, as the Aztecs were migrants into the "Valley of Mexico". You must have ignored one attraction of the "Catholic" faith to native Mexicans, was Christ's willing, and without genuine guilt, self-sacrifice for the benefit of all man-kind, in stark contrast to the Aztecs' capricious, capture, torture and slaughter of up to 80,000 innocent non-believers. The concept that Christs actions were meant to absolve the sins all men who repent, including Aztec Warriors, and Human-sacrificing Priests ideally, is merely to be noted. I am an Atheist,so I leave this argument to others.
I will note here the profound moral question ignored by you. Your list of semi-modern and ancient public-execution participants, both executed and executed,
IS, with the addition of the Aztecs here, simply a list of "civilizations". The fact that a "Pearl Clutcher" like, you exists today in our chronological, technological, and socialogicly more modern times, illustrates how civilizations and civility advance over time. one might note that your initial list has people judged to be guilty of violating laws, religious strictures, political norms [oppressing people] etc....etc...reguardless of whether you approve of those processes. One pit-fall you fell into was judging other civilizations out of their historical contexts. Your agenda is showing!! listening to this vid. while typing this, gives the impression that 75% concerns religious beliefs, and very little on "Warrior" culture. More agenda revelation !!!! K Out
37:00 The Aztecs could not have thought the Spanish as complete aliens... In 1521 it had been 30 years since Europeans first entered into contact with peoples of the new world and began settling. Mesoamericans had to have some knowledge of this contact.
The "living in fear" aspect of being sacraficed was the Aztecs way of controlling it's people. There was no "police" force, so they used fear as the tactic of policing the people. And it worked. Other cultures from all over the world used this same tactic as a way to keep the people in line.
0:25 is me when i find out that i have a test soon and didnt study
And there it is...The descendants of the "Aztec" live on, and still speak Nahuatl.
tbwn too bad, you learn from ONLY what you see, I like your mindset and attitude. The Zapotecan languages are the most complicated dialects of any in this world. There are many languages derived from the direct line descendants of Aztec Zapotecan people. Over 2,000 different regions, speaking their own version of the ancient language. Nahuatl is only a part of that. Still, it's a beautiful thing....and this culture thrives on many characteristics of these great people today such as loyalty and honor.
every 500 hundred years this culture change, and we are just 6 years away for the next change.
The creation story of Teotihuacan was of course reiterated wrong. The god Nanahuatl threw himself in the fire first, and the rich god Tecizztecatl followed. Afterwards,two suns rose over the horizon, so Quetzalcoatl threw a rabbit at the second sun that rose up, which then became the moon. This is why there is a rabbit in the face of the moon. This myth entails that the Mesoamericans were aware of dualities, and that certain qualities are to be understood as inferior; therefore the moon is inferior to the sun.
hmm we shall see whether this is good. I will keep you all posted xx
I honestly wish documentaries would have like a hard-coded caption of the names foreign to people unfamiliar with the culture and civilization..
Azteca de Corazón
It makes sense that you'd defend a society of serial killers. With a screen name like joseph mengele I wouldn't expect anything less.
This was an enlightening program. The Mexica society was a great one, and now the Mexican of today will prove that blood still run hot in our veins. Chicano Mexica!!!!!
The only truth is love unconditional,nothing justifies killing,not sacrifice,not punishment,not ideals. People now are not ready for that,something really big and really unexpected should happen to change all that. The big question is what?
Whoever the writer was that asked the question about how the Aztecs could have built a city with such violence at its heart needs to take another look at Roman history. They didn't do human sacrifice but they were masters of genocide. Nice city though! Lots of marble.
the Aztecs found the pyramids two hundred years before the Spanish came while roaming the country, they adopted the gods of the civilization that came before them
+Eddie1967 just like Jesus right he was like native American live off land had much love for the land,water,air up above, he was a fishmen,carpenter, story tell, and a medicine Humenbing!.
A 3D map is available at counterstrike go.
I have been reading watching learning and listening for many years
finally someone else points this out @ 29:04
THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, that's why I'm here, too. ;)
44:23 No, it would be like the people of Wales still speaking Welsh.
I sometimes imagine if the Spaniards said this to the Aztecs: "Look, you DON'T need to sacrifice any human hearts to the gods. There is one man who has already sacrificed his heart for everyone. His single heart is worth all the hearts of humanity." Since the Aztecs at first thought the Spaniards were gods, the Aztecs would have listened and abandoned human sacrifice. History might have been a whole lot happier as a result.
7:43 who put googly eyes on that skull?
19:11 Clear yin yang symbol under the right palm, between the legs. This was an earlier migration from China.
My question is, do the old Aztec gods still live in the imagination, dreams and culture of modern day Mexicans and do modern Mexicans see themselves as the descendants of the Aztecs?
There are still some places in Mexico that tend to learn toward Aztec culture in some aspect, my family has a sun stone replica on our walls and my mother has a tattoo of a symbol on her arm. in a way, a lot of us simply pay respects to what our people were like. And yes, many modern day Mexicans see themselves as descendants. Depending on what part of Mexico and southern American parts, some are mixed and some are from direct bloodline.
Yeah good interesting questions.
Reminds me of the tale of an aztec warrior
They were a savage warlike culture and they met another culture that happened to be better equipped for war than they were. There are plenty of people to feel sorry for in history, the aztecs are not among them.
you're evaluating this from a really ethnocentric perspective, but your opinion is interesting since it's the first time I've seen or heard anyone speak of them like that.
I wonder how far would they have got in all aspects if they had not been conquered.
We need more documentarys like this, the modern overly dramatised, revisionist carbage they play now sucks...its got no soul to it
How could Miami exist without a drug trade. This was a drug soaked culture, as it is today.
Did you say the Aztecs "Found the Pyramids and the gods " when they arrived. Who built them then? Google seems to think it was the Aztecs themselves?
funny how our interpretations of the past had led us to conclusions which we held and valued as the truth in our modern time...we could have at least considered the fact that how we view every factor of human life today may have been very different from how the ancient people view them in the past...self-righteousness has become a disease that we tend to judge others simply because they didn't conform to our criteria on how a man should possess integrity, kindness or whatever that our bibles taught us....giving our negative opinions to something we do not fully understand only makes us more arrogant...one thing for sure that human nature could always confirm, we have this innate longing of discovering things for knowledge, progress and survival, and we do what it takes for us to get it...also, we tend to justify things that we do to maintain our human dignity....both Mexicas and Spaniards may had their faults during their time, but it doesn't give us the right to say who was right and who was wrong...
Says the genius who's avatar is flipping off the camera.
Dick Tracy not really genius, just a man with respect to history and humanity...and my avatar (flipping off the camera) has nothing to do with my comment, just like any other avatar that shows more than just a middle finger. =)
GOOD ROAST!
In Search of History - The Aztec Empire
Despite their savagery and their bloodthirsty and violent temper to sacrifice innocent people from villages they used to invade and ravage, they were a brave, virile and heroic warrior culture like the Spartans, the Vikings, the Roman legionaries, the Mongols and the Anglo-Saxon knights. That makes me proud of being a Mexican, as well our folklore and our roots that make us authentic. Not everything is soccer and telenovelas. So sad too many people in Mexico underappreciate our culture they should feel proud. Awesome job BBC. Congrats for your good recognition to our prehispanic culture. Love from Mexico.
Just watched Narcos Mexico
"Central America?" (timecode 0:54) What in the world have the Aztecs to do in Central America. That's Mayan terrotiry, not Aztec. I'll continue watching, but mind your geography. It's a Mexican pet peeve when people mistake Central America for Mesoamerica.
This is great, despite the fact the prophecy of Quetzalcoatl has been debunked.
And the Aztecs exaggerated their sacrifice numbers.
They calculated everything, they knew they could not feed them, so it was bread & circuses for the elite.
Necesito en castellano por favor
Bleed for the Gods!!
We gona star get all the Santeros n feade them to the tempols
lol! love the BBC
This video does not belong to you and so you can not upload without the permission of BBC
good roast
Wow Sean
Snitch
you dont get it. it was a joke
OMG... HOW FUCKING DUMB CAN YOU BE?
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I'm not sure I buy the bit of how the Aztecs or any meso-american culture was brought into Christianity. Knowing the behavior and attitudes of the Spanish historically, I find it more likely that the religion was forced upon them and it later became ingrained into the mestizo culture. Not to say that similarities between the belief system couldn't have been responsible for the converting of the natives, but I don't think it's so likely knowing how much the Spanish forced their culture onto them.
the full blooded aztecs need there own land so population could go up and continue living how they were living ....
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A serial killer is defined as "someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval". Those are the parameters we go by, they fight the template of what we know about the aztec society, therefore, they were a society led by and largely consisting of serial killers. The reason they killed means nothing. I'm sure there were plenty of murders that felt their world would fall apart if they didn't kill people. Logic and reason, you're too emotional.
I don't think the interesting thing about the aztecs is what they did with corn. I'd rather see a documentary about how they were basically serial killers. They're portrayed way to gently here in my opinion.
The snake god came and helped himself to whatever meager riches the local had, then he killed off the men and once again helped himself with the women.
I think your confused with the inca.
you must have alot of Spanish blood in you because all Aztec's were not all same there were different tribes,and different name's also you don't know your past ,and you know your further!🌞🐢🐢🐢🐢four directions native islanders not Indian's they came over bearing strigth, and meet Aztec's 🍃🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲🌊🌞🙌✋
Human shortcomings aside, Mexicans must be the most potentially prominent people in today's world. Atlantis is still with us!
Lots of mexicans in mexico.
Want to know the real story watch aztec 5 sun creation
I never said the spanish weren't bad. All I've said is that two groups of people met, one group died and I don't feel the least bit upset about it. If it had gone the other way I would have the exact same take on it. I'm beginning to think you can't read, way too emotional, I bet you're shaking with rage as you type in caps.
That is so rude Max you should apologise to any south americans or mexicans in this class
Sebi is chilean. If you would be watching this video it says modern day mexico and chile is on the other side of america. Its like saying i hate Norway and that offending swedish people it makes so sense so instead next time dont assume that sebi is mexican just because he is latino. Also northern chile was incan so yeah this documentary was not on Inca (Peru)
sebi isnt mexican
en realidad usted está muy mal Sr. Simonidis y yo entiendo que México posee cadbury (SPanish)
bem, nem toda a América do Sul fala espanhol sebi brasil fala portugues
and for the record that do not justify the act..
It should be remembered that until the Spanish arrived, bearing superior weapons and carrying in their bodies diseases to which the natives had no resistance, the Aztec civilization worked incredibly well for those who lived in it. They were prosperous and powerful. They believed that the blood of their sacrifices made the sun rise every day, and there was nothing in their reality to show them that, that was not true. To them, their world made perfect sense!
I think your arguments might be come convincing if they didn't come from someone using Josef Mengele as a screen name.
Billcam.
They lived, they died, nothing of value was lost.
20:45 "Barbaric Art" .... Really???? How can a human be so close minded?? Dumbfucks who say stuff like that really make me lose faith in humanity. While we are on the subject, why did the Spanish destroy the old temple section of Tenochtitlan?? The basic outline of the precolumbian square is still there in Mexico City today, and Cortes himself did not even want to destroy Tenochtitlan.. After the battle, the main, huge Temple buildings were probably the only ones left standing, sooo... I really don't know why the Spanish didn't simply convert the old Aztec temple into a church.. I know for a fact, in at least one Mesoamerican town, Cortes simple whitewashed an old pyramid temple and erected a crusifix on the top, effectivly making it a church, while still preserving some degree of respect for the local religious institution.. To be honest, it would have been rather cool, had the spanish simply left the Templo Major intact, only to use it as a church/cathedral, with a bishop shouting mass from the top platform..
+James Livingston you didn't pay attention to the rest
he's speaking from the perspective of the arriving Spanish conquistadors, not his own commentary of the art
The event of Cortes erecting a Crucifix upon the pyramid was not to convert it into a church; it was actually during a siege of the city when he was able to escape potential captivity and, in a scene of grotesque psychological warfare, started to burn the city to the ground and put the Crucifix on top in order to demoralize the Aztecs by symbolizing that the god of Christianity was literally on top of the gods of the Nahuatl people. You should read his letters to the Spanish crown in relation to the Aztecs; that man was all but respectful of the culture he very nearly obliterated from existence.
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Its unfortunate that my people (Mexicans) idolize these people (Aztecs). Only when we finally accept who we are, a mixed people, with spanish, native america, and wssa influences, will we be able to become a more better society. This whole idea that we are Aztecs is stupid. Granted the the first "Mexicans" did indeed have Aztec ancestry along with the Spanish ancestry that they inherited from their fathers (yes I say fathers because mestizaje came about mostly by Spanish males and native/subsaharan african females). So in that sense they are "Aztec". Also many places of what are now part of Modern Mexico were never part of the Aztec Empire, for example Michoacan, where my family comes from. So I can say that I may have an Aztec ancestor and it wouldn't be wrong(hating yourself for who you are is unhealthy yo pienso), but it would be downright stupid to be all nationalistic about it and say that my people were conquered, or my people had a great civilization and empire(Curiously enough the Purepechas were the most staunch rivals of the Aztecs, Purepechas lived in Michoacan, so its alot more plausible that I may have more Purepecha Ancestry). Anyway the thing that ails Mexicans is this victim mentality.
Eh? I find it hard to believe you actually live in Mexico, if you actually believe your first sentence.
What's false about it?
cinesimonj LOL
cinesimonj well I asked what is so false about it? you think that isn't the case well then tell me why that isn't so?
homes lopez You think that also isn't the case well come on guys tell me why it isn't?
Si crees que no es asi pues entonces porque yo estoy equivocado?
tire of all the continual excuses
Did you bother to read what you wrote? Did that sound good in your head? What was their purpose exactly? To honor some magic sky wizard? Nice try but your argument carries no weight.
Pink panter
natives please not "Indians".
So tiresome with comparisons of the Aztec ritualized human sacrifice and for example the inquisition. Better to compare different precolumbian American cultures within the same context.
I did not like the video sorry
Inigo004
your so savage
serial killers? lol nice try
lol it sucks