Who were the Toltecs? A Quick Look at the Toltecs in Mythology and History

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024

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  • @mayanaztec6440
    @mayanaztec6440 2 года назад +104

    I’m building a house in México and was almost finished with the project when I decided to build one extra room to fill it up with nothing but Mexican history and art. I was inspired by people like you who make these documentaries and enriches our knowledge of our history.

    • @Smoug
      @Smoug 2 года назад +3

      thats awesome! im a student of History in Mexico city, where do you live?

    • @guyfaux900
      @guyfaux900 2 года назад +1

      I've been studying them for 10 years first series of fiction books but then I got more interested in just the history without embellishment.

    • @brofessormex
      @brofessormex 8 месяцев назад

      I took am building a house in Mexico. But I'm actually digging out an old hacienda and renovating it. We had almost 5 feet of dirt to dig out. Good luck

    • @kevinphilip6710
      @kevinphilip6710 7 месяцев назад

      May as well add another room I’ll be there just email my itinerary and address. Your house will be cleaned like u wouldn’t believe. K. See u soon lol

  • @Sarke2
    @Sarke2 3 года назад +4

    Another great video Cy on one of the most mystical civilizations of their time, i really appreciate your work, thanks again for making this video.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад

      Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed this. Yeah, they are often overlooked because of the peoples who came after them. Thought this would be a good video to do before the Maya and Aztecs, which I'd like to do later on this year. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it! Hope also that your summer has started well!

  • @WanaxTV
    @WanaxTV 3 года назад +4

    Awesome video! Very educational and makes you want to research more on the Mesoamerican history! Great job Cy!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Thanks my friend, glad you liked it and more on the way, stay tuned!

  •  2 года назад +2

    Great video! I took a trip to Cancun years ago and went to the Temple of Wind ruins in Tulum...the guide had a lot to say about the Toltec and Maya battles and things they did to the very short statured Maya...he wasn't fond of them 🙃. It was all beyond fascinating to learn and hear all sides of ancient Mexico's history.

  • @stollinroned5090
    @stollinroned5090 3 года назад +14

    I hope one day you will make a video on psychedelics influence on civilization 🙏🙏

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +10

      lol I hadn't thought about that but maybe one day. Thanks for stopping, stay safe!

  • @cyndybutler7330
    @cyndybutler7330 2 года назад +1

    Been to Mexico a few times Cozumel and chihuahua both are amazing

  • @Dihechuwa
    @Dihechuwa 2 года назад +1

    Great content, much appreciated!

  • @joeshmoe8345
    @joeshmoe8345 3 года назад

    Thanks so much I really enjoyed this post. Keep up the great work boss!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад

      My pleasure, glad you enjoyed this! More on the various civilizations of the Americas coming soon, stay tuned!

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 3 года назад

    Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад

      Thanks, appreciate it! More history of the ancient Americas on the way, stay tuned!

  • @connorgolden4
    @connorgolden4 3 года назад +2

    Another mesoamerican video? Cool! It’s not my favorite region in regards to history but damn can it be interesting and full of beautiful architecture!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +6

      For sure, I'm also not as versed on Mesoamerica as say Mesopotamia, but hope to visit some of these sites (Tollan, Teotihuacan, etc.) since technically they're closer to where I'm at and easier to get to than the Mid East. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay tuned for more!

  • @Dutchyyyy74
    @Dutchyyyy74 Месяц назад

    Make a video about the mayans and aztecs being in mainland US having found evidence in the Mississippian culture and as well finding evidence in Florida and as far north in wisconsin.

    • @yeliii._
      @yeliii._ 12 дней назад

      Wabo gone wild 😂😂

  • @viracocha6093
    @viracocha6093 3 года назад +2

    Yes

  • @josuecordoba2933
    @josuecordoba2933 2 года назад

    I have relics from Tula, Cantona pyramids that are amazing

  • @pedrito01100
    @pedrito01100 3 года назад

    Awesome!

  • @jjt1234
    @jjt1234 2 года назад

    Excellent

  • @itallia666
    @itallia666 3 года назад +1

    Every time i see the separate cultures of South America & Mexico, i see them as this...
    Olmecs = Oil Mechanics
    Toltecs = Tolerance Technicians
    Mixotecs = Mixing Technicians
    Aztecs = Azure ? Or sky Techs
    Zapotecs = something like Zep
    Tepi = The 1st time
    History Techs
    The Maya end the technicians & mechanics.. i know its not fact, just me having abit of fun with how close the culture names could equate with our modern day shortening of words & how we term technology as Tech.
    I was just drawn to imagining if the ancient cultures shortened their job descriptions
    As in Toltecs being a tolerance ( as in measurements) technician
    My favourite being the Oil Mechanics = Olmecs

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад

      Interesting, thanks for sharing! More on the various civilizations of the Americas on the way, stay tuned!

    • @newmind4850
      @newmind4850 3 года назад

      Those names were given by researchers you know.

    • @juanjuri6127
      @juanjuri6127 2 года назад +1

      better not to say what the Aztecs were technicians of, going by this rule 🤭

    • @xandersmith6619
      @xandersmith6619 2 года назад

      @@juanjuri6127 😂 I was thinking the same thing . Yet on that one he decided to go with azure.

  • @Africabreakingnews
    @Africabreakingnews 2 года назад

    Tolan and tula.....is the word of oromo language in Ethiopia the largest ethnic group of the country... it is from kush families.... tola,tula,tolan,tolassa,tulama,tole...etc

  • @michaelel8602
    @michaelel8602 2 года назад +1

    What will y’all do if The feathered serpent comes back and has copper complexioned 😳🤣

  • @thelittleartist7117
    @thelittleartist7117 3 года назад

    Ń

  • @stevejames9531
    @stevejames9531 2 года назад

    Here sadly one cannot say all culture has the same moral codes if race relations have any chance to improve there must be stop to showing only the myths of a group and allow their value to human and animal life that is th judgement of who these people were.

  • @michaelel8602
    @michaelel8602 2 года назад +1

    Toltec didn’t build anything especially pyramids

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 3 года назад +122

    Interesting! We don't see much about the ancient peoples of the Americas vs those of the near east and the Med.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +25

      Yeah, true. I think there's not as much archaeological work that's been done in the Americas vs other parts of the world. I'll do some more on these civilizations later on in the year. Thanks again for stopping by, appreciate it!

    • @megamanx466
      @megamanx466 3 года назад +9

      It's true. I do know that in South America they have a knot language for recording events, called 'Quipu', that has taken decades to decipher and much of many of the countries south of the U.S. have been politically unstable enough that it has been unsafe to do too much archeological work there for a long time which makes excavations slow probably. Another thing that didn't help was that the Spanish almost systematically destroyed and purged much of the Americas from their native artifacts or cultures in order to get them to adopt Christianity unfortunately. 😞

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +11

      @@megamanx466 Yeah, in addition to what you said, I also think its because donors for funding excavations of these sites are, or at least were, more interested in sites in the Near East and Mediterranean because of their historical connections to Europe. Interesting stuff!

    • @megamanx466
      @megamanx466 3 года назад +1

      @@HistorywithCy That bias is likely true also. 🤔

    • @TheDanEdwards
      @TheDanEdwards 3 года назад +3

      ​@@HistorywithCy So called "Biblical archeology" skewed the interests of Europeans (and then Americans) towards southwest Asia. So large resources were steered by religious interests. That said, only a tiny fraction of the human populations that have existed have left a record for us today to learn of them.

  • @susanfarley1332
    @susanfarley1332 2 года назад +46

    Could you do something on the Zapotecs? The stuff they discovered in a tomb that was excavated in the state of Oaxaca was gorgeous stuff!

    • @pamelabennett1492
      @pamelabennett1492 Год назад +1

      Zapotec people are still alive!

    • @susanfarley1332
      @susanfarley1332 Год назад +1

      @@pamelabennett1492 i know. I have met them and they are lovely people.

  • @ixtacayaotl1205
    @ixtacayaotl1205 2 года назад +2

    A lot of this is Spanish/European propaganda, the information you are sharing is not actually Mexikah history, some of it is but a great majority of it is false.

  • @joshke_335
    @joshke_335 2 года назад +37

    The Toltecs influenced almost all of Mesoamerica, including western Mesoamerica, they founded several kingdoms and chiefdoms such as the Kingdom of Xalisco, they did not have much influence on the history of all Mesoamerica, but they were very important, they were able to stop the expansion of the Purepecha to the west, they even defeated them in the saltpeter war. The west of Mesoamerica was very independent from the rest, some come to consider it as another cultural zone (in addition to Oasisamerica and aridoamerica)

    • @jackjones9460
      @jackjones9460 2 года назад +1

      You e very interesting information on Mesoamerica. I’ve never even heard of the Purepecha but I’d like to! Would you tell me where to look?

    • @paveldeveraux2729
      @paveldeveraux2729 2 года назад +4

      And you couldn't be more wrong..... The Toltecs founded Tonala in Jalisco and mined jade and other minerals in the surrounding area...

    • @joshke_335
      @joshke_335 2 года назад +1

      @@jackjones9460 Mmm, I don't know, there's many good sites. I usually use books from my school and search a bit on internet. I couldn't find as much information about the Purepechas as about the Aztecs. They don't talk much about them, I only know that they used metals to create armor and weapons. They also had a language that does not coincide with any other, it is more similar to the languages ​​of South America (they also had a certain fascination for salt, they came to explore the entire Mesoamerican West, burning some villages along the way) They were also the first territorial state in Mesoamerica, they had a long line of fortifications to defend the border with the Aztec empire. They hated the Aztecs, their soldiers were painted black and attacked Aztec towns and fortresses at night. They came to kill the Aztec messengers who came to ask for help against the Spanish

    • @joshke_335
      @joshke_335 2 года назад +1

      @@paveldeveraux2729 The Toltecs were very important, they helped to restructure the area after the collapse of the Teuchitlan tradition.

    • @paveldeveraux2729
      @paveldeveraux2729 2 года назад +2

      @@jackjones9460 The Purepechas are part of the remaining Moche culture ( now days Peru )... They came around the year 800 C.E. invited by the Otomies ( Teotihuacan ) and settle them West of Teotihuacan... in the State that bears their name Moche-cani=Moche-people=Michoacan, they summed up to a 1,000 families....

  • @paveldeveraux2729
    @paveldeveraux2729 2 года назад +4

    You have many inconsistencies in your history,theToltecs were from Aztlan and that makes them Aztecs too, besides they were tne first Nahuatl speaking people in mesoamerica..... The Toltecs arrived in mesoamerica around the year 600 after the colapse of the Aztlan civilization around the year 530.... They first arrived in Teotihuacan and mixed with the Otomies, were they ruled mesoamerica and learn from them until the colapse of Teotihuacan..... Afterward they founded their own city of Colhuacan...... The knowleage they acquired was from the Otomies which in turn are the heirs of the Olmecs....

  • @davidmclane4145
    @davidmclane4145 2 года назад +16

    And just as the favorite dog of the Mexi'ca/Aztecs survives to this day, the Xoloitzquintle meaning (Strange dog) in Nahuatl with 3,500 years of recorded history....The favorite dog of the Toltecs still survives as well. Records go back 1,100 years for the Techichi (little dog) in Nahuatl, and there is strong evidence to indicate that this dog was the ancestor of the Chihuahueno aka The Chihuahua, who appeared in the State of Chihuahua about 1850-1860. The Chihuahueno is not a natural dog found in nature, but is a man made mutation by breeding. People mistakenly call the Techichi a Deer head Chihuahua, and the Chihuahueno an Apple Head Chihuahua, but putting the two dogs side by side quickly reveals that they are two different dogs, although possibly cousins. The Techichi is twice as big as a Chihuahua, number 1.....longer face with more teeth, number 2....longer neck, number 3 and longevity up to 27 years. The Deer Head Techichis , although called Chihuahuas are not allowed to participate in any Chihuahua shows or events, as they are not considered "Breed Standard" but an aberration of the species. Not surprising, it's just the other way around...The Apple Head is a genetic mutation of the Deer head, and the result of selective breeding to produce the smallest dog possible, but not without some health issues. Most breeders and dog associations only recognize 2 varieties of Chihuahuas....short hair and long haired. There is now an American Techichi owners association, so perhaps in time they will no longer be referred to as Chihuahuas.

  • @goose6956
    @goose6956 3 года назад +26

    This is awesome. You and only one other channel cover mesoamerican history. Would love to see a history on the Purépecha people (Tarascan empire)

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +8

      Thanks, appreciate the kind words! More on the way and I'll look into Purepecha, have to make sure that I can find some good sources on the subject. Stay tuned!

    • @macarde10
      @macarde10 3 года назад +1

      @@HistorywithCy great channel cy. In English, try Helen Perlstein Pollard. Great archaeologist.

    • @origaminosferatu3357
      @origaminosferatu3357 2 года назад

      Which other channel? Would love to watch it. I know Religion for Breakfast did an Aztec episode and Stefan Milo recently did one on the Tlaxcala - which was fascinating.

  • @hosseinsadeghi2468
    @hosseinsadeghi2468 3 года назад +42

    Greetings from Iran, I think toltecs are among the most fascinating civilizations, their wisdom is brilliant

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +6

      Darood baradar, thanks for stopping by and glad you liked this... more to come, stay safe!

    • @hosseinsadeghi2468
      @hosseinsadeghi2468 3 года назад +1

      @@HistorywithCy dorood bar shoma 😊🙏💚

    • @Mr713mexican
      @Mr713mexican 2 года назад +2

      Elam! Greetings from a mexican in USA. We both have great history and civilizations

    • @hosseinsadeghi2468
      @hosseinsadeghi2468 2 года назад +4

      @@Mr713mexican yeah I'm totally agreed 🇮🇷🇲🇽💚

  • @StarlitSeafoam
    @StarlitSeafoam 3 года назад +25

    I'm fascinated by how the Aztecs and Maya used the Toltecs, and focus on the worship of Quatzlcoatl, to legitimize their own empires. And its fascinating to think that the Aztecs, who according to their own history came from Northern Mexico or even the southern United States, still had blood connections to the Toltecs, and thanks to trade and empire, would have already been deeply impacted by Toltec culture when they moved south. I guess I always think of the Aztecs as the new guys on the block with no real connections to the previous empires of Central America, but that isn't true at all.

    • @guyfaux900
      @guyfaux900 2 года назад +4

      I'm just astonished at how many huge civilizations seem to be focused in that small area in the Yucatan.

    • @Dick_Interritus
      @Dick_Interritus 2 года назад +2

      Yes that is very interesting. I am curious if the Toltecs commited human sacrifice as much as the Aztecs did.

    • @teresafernandez9849
      @teresafernandez9849 2 года назад +2

      @@Dick_Interritus Of course,bc ur archiologists have painted us as savages who killed all day!! These are the same descendants of the ppl who burnt people at the stake in New England in the name of Christianity!! The ppl who slaughtered men women and children at wounded knee, the same ppl who's ancestors chopped thousands of heads off in France on guillotine over religion and politics!! These are the same descendants of ppl who wherever they went, they slaughtered tortured looted and shoved their violent religion down ppl's throat and up their ass!! These are the ppl who are still savages choosing guns over humanity!! Mark Twain once said something to the effect:. There are a lot of humerous things in the world, one of them being the savages who think they are less savage than the savage!! So tru!!

    • @ezzovonachalm9815
      @ezzovonachalm9815 2 года назад +1

      @@guyfaux900 The Yucatan had a dominant home production of mariajuana.That's why.

    • @ezzovonachalm9815
      @ezzovonachalm9815 2 года назад

      @@teresafernandez9849I suffer with You cause of the cruel jesuitas that forced poor littla Indios to study the catholic alphabeth and learn to write on paper with a pen. Sniff sniff sniff ! ¡ Ay ay pobrecititos pequegnitos
      Qien sabe quanto sufrieron !

  • @magako_v.3
    @magako_v.3 3 года назад +24

    Ah as I like to call them, the Assyrians of the Americans. The great conquerers of the new world.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +9

      Interesting comparison... both were great empire builders in their respective realms! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. More on the way, stay tuned!

    • @megamanx466
      @megamanx466 3 года назад +3

      They've usually been compared more probably to the ancient Egyptians, but the Assyrians might also be not far off as a comparison. It's these similarities that have sparked some pseudoarcheology conspiracy theories. 😅

    • @yaruqadishi8326
      @yaruqadishi8326 2 года назад

      Or the byzantines of Americas or Persians of Americas ciz they too liked to conquer and rule.

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex 3 года назад +23

    Interesting to know the Aztecs view them with proud and proclaimed to be the successors of them. 👌 love all ancient cultures. So much we don't know yet!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +10

      Agreed, I just wish that the Toltecs had left written accounts behind so that we'd know more about them from their own sources. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... more on the way, stay safe!

    • @zaraiwzara
      @zaraiwzara 3 года назад +4

      just like the nations which declared themselves sucessors of rome

    • @teresafernandez9849
      @teresafernandez9849 2 года назад +1

      @@HistorywithCy what ever written history was, and we did have written history, even a form of paper. They were all destroyed by the colonizers, only 4 survived.

  • @jackjones9460
    @jackjones9460 2 года назад +4

    I wonder if disease motivated the Toltec to abandon their Capitol? Other than a stronger enemy I can’t understand why an entire civilization would abandon their homes. Burning what they left seems like a disease fighting technique. Still doesn’t explain it well enough to satisfy me.

  • @per4mexbagger541
    @per4mexbagger541 3 года назад +10

    Mesoamerica ❤️❤️❤️

  • @sandro-schmitt
    @sandro-schmitt 3 года назад +12

    My respects to the guapo peoples from Mexico ! Greetings from Brasil !

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Oi amigo, tudo bem? Morava no Brasil na Sampa quase 4 anos! abs de estados unidos! valeu!

    • @theoutlook55
      @theoutlook55 3 года назад +1

      Muy amable

    • @sandro-schmitt
      @sandro-schmitt 3 года назад

      @@HistorywithCy Parabéns pelo teu português !

    • @teresafernandez9849
      @teresafernandez9849 2 года назад +1

      Ola hermano, hi brother from Brazil! From Los Angeles, Cali!

  • @machibesalamy9424
    @machibesalamy9424 2 года назад +7

    Thank you so much for everything you do especially when you tell the history of Mexico . Because a lots of people don't know about the zapotecs and toltecs. I'm a Mexican American
    I was born in Salinas California but I was raised in Mexico untill I was 19 year's old n then I move to the USA for Good. Living in Mexico was one of the best experience I had. I learned so much about our Mexican culture, when I move to the state's
    I started to learn Inglesh and I have to learn the history of the United States of America. And I come to the conclusion the long time ago Mexicans n native Americans were all one Nation. But they want to expand. That's why in choco they Found Aztec. N Maya's. Artifacts they even found Maya n Aztec in Georgia they are even claims of Aztec piramid's in one of Wisconsin lake. I love being a Mexican American guy. Who loves 2 culture's. And my heart is cut on 2 pieces. I LOVE MY USA N
    I LOVE MY MEXICO 2 I really wish the all this emigration nonsense Bs.stops n do what is Right all those people who are againt's emigrants. Are bunch of ignorant moron's the 90 % of the emigrants are not criminals. They are looking for a better life so there children's don't have to go for what they perents when through. Poverty. Is the worse think can happen to anybody and that can happen to anybody. Especially if you live in a country where is no Jobs n they pay it's so low the you have to make a decision if you pay rent will be no food on the table if you don't pay the rent. Be no more home so you pay rent or You will starve to death. I wish the more people can understand what this people are going through. When and the USA we had everything. We don't stragle in the USA and even now in the USA we start to see homelessness people all over the USA especially in California. But California is going down because everything they have it's so expensive. Rent. Food. And the laws are the ones destroy California. I wish the people who are againt's emigrants can understand but they are bunch of heartless ignorant. Moron's especially they think the poverty never it's going to happen to them. When we know the poverty can happen to anybody. Viva mexico and Viva the USA God bless everyone in this beautiful country and beautiful world.
    UNITED WE STAND
    DIVIDED WE WILL FALL

  • @DM-wu5hn
    @DM-wu5hn 2 года назад +2

    The name of God is Ku Kul Kan. There is a Tul in Germany too. We are not extinct. We have been in recorded history since the 1800's. My name means, "isTul family."

  • @Felipe_XIV-XVI
    @Felipe_XIV-XVI 3 года назад +14

    Nice. The Toltecs are, with the Olmecs, the basis of Mesoamerican culture.

  • @morriganmhor5078
    @morriganmhor5078 3 года назад +9

    Good work, with one exception: that identification of Cortéz with Quetzalcoatl was disproved a long ago. If the Spaniards had to fight 3-5 battles just to get to Tenochtitlan (for the first time) how does it go together with the return of the much-adored god?

  • @PongoXBongo
    @PongoXBongo 2 года назад +4

    Sounds like the Toltecs were kind of like the Grecco-Romans of Mesoamerica. A highly mythologized, highly advanced, and widespread people that went on to inspire others after their downfall. Even their dual founders have a kind of Romulus and Remus vibe to them.

    • @StopAntiWhiteism
      @StopAntiWhiteism Год назад

      They were probably White and got bred out over time. This has happened repeatedly.

  • @jessasto947
    @jessasto947 2 года назад +1

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (John 1:1-3)

  • @lupechavezjr6631
    @lupechavezjr6631 2 года назад +2

    This video is completely wrong. They never had a fair skinned god. That was mad up by the Spanish... The Aztec king did not think the Spanish where gods. When the Spanish arrived and met Montezuma they where met with respect. Montezuma ordered his people to cover the Spanish in flowers due to they're faul oder. But people will say it was because they thought he was a god? What they achieved speaks for its self. When the Aztec empire fell it was about 50 Spanish soilders and the other thousands where small indigenous tribes willing to fight. Not for the Spanish but for they're own cause. This video is white washed, you are spreading lies like the Spanish.

    • @ProudUteGirl
      @ProudUteGirl Месяц назад

      There's more to that old story about the fair skinned god. Just have to speak with an elder and you'll know more.

  • @lunarsoul1737
    @lunarsoul1737 2 года назад +3

    Amazing video! The pronunciations were a little off, but you study history, not linguistics, as far as I am aware, so not much else wrong besides that, and everything else was amazing! Loved it!

  • @zohustles9032
    @zohustles9032 2 года назад +1

    Your a liar and don't do any research, light skinned what😡😡 those complexions where servants of the Empires and the Spanish Conquistadors was dark and multiple nations👀😕not just the Spanish and this happened in late 1700. STOP REGURGITATING NONSENSE GUY😂😂😭Aztex was Mayan descent Aztecs, Mixtecs, and toltecs are Foreign mixed nations ( Today so-called Mexican and Native)

  • @chrisclark1326
    @chrisclark1326 2 года назад +3

    In Scott, Arkansas we have Toltec mounds . They apparently traveled north also.

    • @d.fpdxhxc
      @d.fpdxhxc Год назад

      That's right and they fought and injured the spaniards that followed Hernando De Soto making him retreat back to the Mississippi River when he eventually died of his wounds and they buried him at the bottom of the river after they fought the Tula tribe. Important to keep that history alive also 🙏🦅🦅🦅🦅 many blessings

    • @ProudUteGirl
      @ProudUteGirl Месяц назад

      Of the natives traveled all over between north and south america

  • @Noctural-Notions
    @Noctural-Notions 2 года назад +2

    I was introduced to the Toltecs about 30 years ago thru books by Carlos Castaneda. Very interesting. In his books he claims that these Toltecs we're hunted down by the Spaniards & they scattered & hid from the Spaniards. But we won't see any of this history in our history books.

  • @Emcee_Squared
    @Emcee_Squared 3 года назад +6

    Pretty fascinating culture. They remind me of the Amorites of the near east in that they too dispersed and went on to found great empires.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +3

      Interesting comparison, I like it! Speaking of Amorites, I need to do another video on Amorite kingdoms of the Near East...it's been on my mind for a while. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay tuned and safe!

    • @Mohazz88
      @Mohazz88 3 года назад +1

      Interesting comparison indeed!! 😁

  • @YouAwakeYet
    @YouAwakeYet 2 года назад +1

    I had my phone at an angle and I read the thumbnail as "The Toiletecs"

  • @StarlitSeafoam
    @StarlitSeafoam 3 года назад +4

    Also, this video, and all your videos, deserve far more views. I really appreciate the depth of your research. Fabulous work!

  • @10Doomhawk
    @10Doomhawk 2 года назад +2

    Is this the same Toltec culture as the Toltec mounds in Arkansas? I went as a kid and held a peice of pottery they said was 1000 yrs old but I was also like 8 so, fuzzy memories.

  • @apsopengtam4510
    @apsopengtam4510 2 года назад +7

    Amazing Fact; The Toltecs were famous for inventing the first FlushToilets used by the Incas prior to the Spanish invasion, they took the brilliant idea back with them, and hence the flushing toilet was introduced to Europe.

    • @teresafernandez9849
      @teresafernandez9849 2 года назад +1

      Thanks for that! We were very clean ppl with our bodies, bathed once a day, royalty twice a day. The reason we couldn't resist the desease from the colonizers, was while we figured out how to keep sewage and human feces controlled, some continents were still sleeping same place with their animals and ankle deep in animal and human feces, they built a very strong resistance to desease, we didn't!! I think the Romans were one of the few who also had a sewage system for feces.

    • @LiquidfirePUA
      @LiquidfirePUA Год назад

      ​@@teresafernandez9849Harappans before that

  • @JCA-Z
    @JCA-Z 2 года назад +1

    The toltecs were very tall from what i remember.

  • @origaminosferatu3357
    @origaminosferatu3357 2 года назад +3

    This was awesome. So interesting. I would love to know more about the Olmecs and how they fit into the picture. Mesoamerican cultures are fascinating.

    • @ezzovonachalm9815
      @ezzovonachalm9815 2 года назад

      Oa maaself am interrested in the Pastecs, which are superbeously ignored by the scholars and the amateurs of South Merico cinematography.

  • @raulrivera9254
    @raulrivera9254 2 года назад +1

    Wow, basing history on mythology...🤦‍♂️

  • @RandomVidsforthought
    @RandomVidsforthought 2 года назад +1

    Isn't there evidence that the toltecs didn't exist

  • @joeevans5770
    @joeevans5770 3 года назад +3

    2:10 Tula is also the name of a city in Russia yadayadyada ALIENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Yup, in western Russia! Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it!

  • @Spiritualsimplicity
    @Spiritualsimplicity 2 года назад +8

    A huge influence on Toltec was the Olmec. Would love to see a video based on oral lore/history providing pictures and truths from the living source who still live in their lands ways

  • @JCA-Z
    @JCA-Z 2 года назад +1

    The toltecs were very tall from what i remember.

  • @ofallmyintention9496
    @ofallmyintention9496 3 года назад +3

    I know a decent amount about the Aztecs, less about the Maya, and virtually nothing about the Toltecs or Olmecs, so this was virtually all new information to me. Quetzalcoatl's name was practically the only thing I recognized...but, from Aztec mythology. It makes sense that Aztec pantheons were influenced by the Toltecs, and it's funny how the god's name means 'cloud serpent,' in one language, and 'feathered serpent'...although, I guess there is relation there between clouds and feathered creatures.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Yeah, I'm learning more about a lot of these civilizations just be learning about the Aztecs, which I'll hopefully put a video together for by the end of this summer. The mythology is also quite interesting and more complex than I'd imagined. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! More on the way, stay safe!

    • @juanjuri6127
      @juanjuri6127 2 года назад +1

      To be clear, "Mixcoatl", Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl's father, was "Cloud Serpent". The Toltecs are assumed to have spoken Nahuatl, so their language was more or less the same as the Aztecs, a few centuries of distance notwithstanding. As comparison, the Mixtecs, an ethnic group living further south, are the "cloud people", due to the rainy weather of their homeland around modern-day Oaxaca.

    • @BigFists2024
      @BigFists2024 2 года назад

      Check out Mexico unexplained on RUclips

  • @alfonsocantu9992
    @alfonsocantu9992 2 года назад +1

    Amazing how people from a Stone Age period can surpass even today..yours very truly Alfonso Cantu USMC

  • @Cherb123456
    @Cherb123456 3 года назад +4

    Fantastic work, thank you! Wonderful!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Thanks my friend, glad you liked it.. more on the way, stay safe!

  • @easytiger6570
    @easytiger6570 3 года назад +11

    Quetzalcoatl had a great influence on Mayan world, his followers Itza dominated it's landscape fot centuries after him

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 3 года назад

      @Easy Tiger
      That's not Quetzalcoatl. It's Kukulcan in the Yucatan Peninsula.

    • @FoolishPrince
      @FoolishPrince 3 года назад

      @@whathell6t i thought it was "Huracan"

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 3 года назад

      @@FoolishPrince
      Nope!
      Hurcan is a One-Legged Mayan God of Wind, Storms, and Fire. The Heart of the Sky that send the Great Flood.

    • @lawrenceanthrax375
      @lawrenceanthrax375 2 года назад

      @@whathell6t WHO DO YOU THINK KUKULKAN IS??????= QUETZALCOATL/KULKULKAN/VIRACOCHA ITS THE SAME BEING YOU DUMMIE

    • @lawrenceanthrax375
      @lawrenceanthrax375 2 года назад

      @@whathell6t WHO DO YOU THINK KUKULKAN IS??????= QUETZALCOATL/KULKULKAN/VIRACOCHA ITS THE SAME BEING YOU DUMMIE

  • @11mazatl
    @11mazatl 3 года назад +1

    the "TL" sounds like the "CL" in "clash" just with a T, this sound is also in the navajo language. Mixcoatl is pronounced "meesh-KO-watl" not like "mish-ko-ah-tul"

  • @nickyocean
    @nickyocean 2 года назад +1

    how, about. the OLMECS

  • @joecopp
    @joecopp 3 года назад +3

    Hello Toltecs! Goodbye Toltecs.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Yeah, seem to only have had about 300 solid years of glory, though their reputation seems to have stood the test of time. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... more on the way, stay tuned!

  • @joehayward2631
    @joehayward2631 Месяц назад

    There was also Olmex(my spelling sucks) farther down in South America there was others before the Inca People. Its so upsetting how such advanced works, knowledge ect were destroyed on purpose.

  • @walterdiaz2003
    @walterdiaz2003 Месяц назад

    by 1100 a group of Toltecs migrated to Central America and founded El Salvador. So yeah, I'm a Toltec.

  • @Chan.711
    @Chan.711 2 года назад

    Thing is, only European fake historians, break up 1 people among time. Olmec-toltec-aztec, mayan we're the same ppl. And fair skin is a relative term, especially if the people saying fair skin are very dark.

  • @MirageandReality
    @MirageandReality 2 года назад

    But you didn’t talk about the fact that there is no archeological evidence for a toltec empire. Tula just looks like the Mayan chitzen itza

  • @JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski
    @JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski 3 месяца назад

    many ancient peoples get unfairly demonized, like almost all, but the toltecs (and maybe greeks and romans in some cultures) are the only ancient culture i know of that is just universally praised to an obviously unreal degree by its antecedents. and honestly, and honestly, despite the stories about the toltec, the legacy of physical works left by the olmec is so much more impressive. that is, unless the toltec built teotihuacan.

  • @lezatron8785
    @lezatron8785 2 года назад +1

    This guy has really nice flowing and engaging oratory

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  2 года назад +1

      Haha thanks, glad at least someone likes hearing me talk about history lol. More on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

  • @TimL1980
    @TimL1980 2 года назад

    Is there any competing theory on how indigenous people of Mesoamerica came up with the idea of a fully bearded guy? (It's my understanding that they - at most - grow extremely sparse fluff in old age!?) Do the stories of the Toltecs give any hint from when e in the old world that man came to them?

  • @constantine7715
    @constantine7715 9 месяцев назад

    It is believed that the first king of Tenochtitlan (mexica or later know as the Aztec empire) the first king is a descendant of the Toltecs. So, the first kings of Tenochtitlan, and the emperors of the Aztec Empire, all had Toltec blood.

  • @mindfulnessorganix1588
    @mindfulnessorganix1588 2 года назад

    Mexico in one of a kind home of the olmec Toltec and aztec plus many other smaller less known tribes

  • @cegesh1459
    @cegesh1459 3 года назад +2

    Great to see a video about Toltects! There is way to view content about them.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад

      Thanks, glad you liked this! More on the Americas on the way, stay tuned and safe!

  • @inactivated101
    @inactivated101 2 месяца назад

    “better then the spanish” lmao the spanish had one of the strongest Empires, and obliterated the swarthoid toltecs and aztecs easily.

  • @Kratos_God_of_50_BMG
    @Kratos_God_of_50_BMG 3 года назад +3

    Very thorough, despite difficult names to pronounce, and full of Cy goodness! 😁

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад

      Haha yeah, a few of them took a bit of practice, hopefully I got them right. I found some videos and lectures online where various Mexican archaeologists were mentioning these names and tried to imitate their pronunciation. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More pre-Columbian history on the way towards of the latter half of the summer, stay tuned!

    • @Kratos_God_of_50_BMG
      @Kratos_God_of_50_BMG 3 года назад

      @@HistorywithCy One last question: Do you plan to do any Norse pantheons/religion, or are you going west right Asia?

  • @leemas4609
    @leemas4609 Год назад

    At 0:13 minutes the lady in that drawing/illustration she has the word Mauna above her head.
    Does anybody know the meaning or orgins of that word?
    That is one of my families surnames so I was wondering that it means. Or What language it is.

  • @user-wr4yl7tx3w
    @user-wr4yl7tx3w Год назад

    Fascinating history. But terrible legacy, human sacrifices, including children.

  • @Hoevercruf
    @Hoevercruf 2 месяца назад

    The idea that the Aztec believed Cortes was the return of Quetzalcoatl is untrue and I'm surprised to see no one else has called that out

  • @IceniBrave
    @IceniBrave 3 года назад +1

    Was the story of Quetzalcoatl being opposed to human sacrifice another influencing factor when the Spanish arrived, given that they also tried to prevent it?

    • @joshke_335
      @joshke_335 2 года назад +2

      When they heard about Quetzalcoatl, they thought it was one of the 12 Jesus' apostles, that motivated them to evangelize the native population. Which was good, a Christian would not kill another, although there were certain abuses (typical of the time no matter where in the world you lived) if the natives had not been baptized it could be worse.

    • @theangryholmesian4556
      @theangryholmesian4556 2 года назад

      @@joshke_335 "A Christian would not kill another." Yeah no. Just no mate. Have you paid attention to history at all?

    • @donnacsuti4980
      @donnacsuti4980 2 года назад

      The Spanish killed many of the leaders there. If you even read the Bible humans have been killing their own people forever

  • @conejeitor
    @conejeitor 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for an amazing video, thanks for focusing on more "unknown" parts of the World. Though, the Toltecs came after the Maya, so it could not have influence them.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +4

      Thanks, appreciate the kind words and feedback, appreciate them! Yeah, the earliest Maya were before the Toltecs. I had read that Maya civilization had started earlier, but that later on that the two groups were contemporaries with perhaps some Toltec princes either settling in or conquering Maya regions. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned!

    • @kamion53
      @kamion53 2 года назад

      @@HistorywithCy Those princes like Blue Quetzal Macaw from Copan and Stormy Sky from Tikal were probably from Teotihuacan. Especially Stormy Sky is connected with Teotihuacan wearing the "speartrower-owl-shield"on his stela. a very Teotihuacanan symbol. Blue QuetzalMacaw wore the "tlaloc-gogles" also a Teotihuacan symbol.

  • @ProudUteGirl
    @ProudUteGirl Месяц назад

    I believe the Toltecs were the oldest peoples and thats where the Uto-Aztecan peoples come from

  • @allenschmitz9644
    @allenschmitz9644 2 года назад +1

    If they were not catholic they were pagan right, so who's telling yarns here.

    • @yaruqadishi8326
      @yaruqadishi8326 2 года назад

      They were not Pagan either the 3rd not well-defined religious group or general category which is gentlistic native like hinuds and Buddhism and chinses tradition and Zoroastrians.

    • @yaruqadishi8326
      @yaruqadishi8326 2 года назад

      Pagans are the Lost religions and cultures and customs and ways of the people the Western world that were destroyed by Christianity and Islam as well as Judaism that being which is the religions and customs of Old Europe Africa Eurasia and Middle East not the far he's not America's not Islands peoples and religions of Europe Africa Middle East and Eurasia.
      The old Greeks and Romans and slovaks and Egyptians and berbers and Arabs and Romans they were pagans celts too. But not aztecs they are like Buddhism and zoroastrians they are the third category aside from Hebraism and Pagansm.

    • @yaruqadishi8326
      @yaruqadishi8326 2 года назад

      I hope you learned

  • @alessandrodelogu7931
    @alessandrodelogu7931 3 года назад +2

    Nice video, about a fascinating and very mysterious civilization. What do we really know about the Toltecs? It looks like it's really hard to find reliable informations on them, and the little that we have is extremely compromised. We only have some ruins, some objects and few manuscripts, none of them written by the Toltecs and containing mostly legends. It's like reconstructing German history from Grimms' fairytales and some archeological findings. On the other hand much more could still be found, and great discoveries were made in the past from much less.
    Next time you could make something about the Etruscans or the Nok culture in West Africa, or about Southeast Asia.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад

      Thanks! Yeah, it was hard for me to find a lot about them outside of the standard Aztec sources and a few published archaeological studies on the site of Tollan. I hope to visit the site in 2022 and hope to learn more then. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it and hope that all is well on your end... stay safe!

    • @katwiltz1134
      @katwiltz1134 2 года назад

      I'm glad you said Etruscans because doesn't this civilization remind you of them?

    • @alessandrodelogu7931
      @alessandrodelogu7931 2 года назад

      @@katwiltz1134 a little. They were both very mysterious peoples who laid the foundations of the empires that followed them.

  • @afrinaut3094
    @afrinaut3094 2 года назад

    You said Quetzalcoatl forbad human sacrifice, in Toltec times?

  • @nickjohnson410
    @nickjohnson410 2 года назад

    All the examples of Toltec art were held in countries other than Mexico

  • @QalOrt
    @QalOrt 3 года назад +2

    Yes! I love these videos on the Ancient Americans!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Thanks, appreciate it! More history of the ancient Americas on the way, stay tuned!

    • @QalOrt
      @QalOrt 3 года назад

      @@HistorywithCy Awesome! I'm looking forwards to it!

  • @HVLLOWS1999
    @HVLLOWS1999 3 года назад +1

    Cy your channel has grown so much! It is still the gold mine I stumbled apon last year.
    You probably don't recognize me but I'm Darth Krayt guy and may the force be with you!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Hey, great to see you again and thanks for stopping by, appreciate it! Yeah, the channel is chugging along, hopefully hit 100k by the end of this year. Thanks for the support, really appreciate it! More on the way, stay tuned!

  • @phiaman
    @phiaman Год назад

    Awesome mini doc. Can the creator or anyone give the source of the music in it???

  • @foreskinh8ter
    @foreskinh8ter 3 года назад +22

    im fascinated by the native american cultures

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +4

      Me too! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!

    • @purplepunch4904
      @purplepunch4904 3 года назад +3

      @@HistorywithCy can you do some stuff on the Inca or tiwanaku

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +4

      Eventually, yes! Thanks for the suggestion.

    • @kishanpreeth5019
      @kishanpreeth5019 3 года назад

      @@HistorywithCy happy to see you making vedio's on native Americaa

  • @briza2022
    @briza2022 2 года назад

    A poem? I didn't know they had developed literature 7:00

  • @subhamomm5930
    @subhamomm5930 3 года назад +2

    This is the best video ever I seen I predict you must become the best RUclips channel please keep it up there is no doubt your channel so much mind blowing and fantastic

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +2

      Thanks my friend, glad you liked it! Definitely more on the way, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it!

    • @subhamomm5930
      @subhamomm5930 3 года назад +2

      @@HistorywithCy Bro when your new video come please answer

    • @kaushalraj2597
      @kaushalraj2597 3 года назад +1

      @@HistorywithCy I liked your video so much and I am waiting for your new video so when your new video will come

    • @kaushikraj4357
      @kaushikraj4357 3 года назад +1

      @@HistorywithCy Friend I love your videos very much so I have no patience for your new video so can you tell me when will your new video

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      ​@@subhamomm5930 Hi! hopefully by end of next week if not sooner. Thanks!

  • @Maknlife
    @Maknlife 8 месяцев назад

    They were from atlantis survivors from the flood

  • @duanenichols8666
    @duanenichols8666 2 года назад

    I agree with most all except no sacrifice to the feathered serpent what is the proof of this

  • @alun7006
    @alun7006 3 года назад +1

    Fascinating! I had heard the word Toltecs but knew absolutely nothing about them.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Thanks, glad you liked it! More on the way, stay safe!

  • @treekangaroo.7691
    @treekangaroo.7691 3 года назад +2

    Hello toltecs!
    Goodbye toltecs!
    Hello mississippi!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  3 года назад +1

      Oh, planning something for the Mississippian culture soon, hopefully by the end of this year. stay tuned and thanks for stopping by, appreciate it!

  • @nanoalvarez8311
    @nanoalvarez8311 9 месяцев назад

    Don't forget olmec because I am a olmec 😇😇😇😇😇😇

  • @joelgalvan8358
    @joelgalvan8358 2 года назад

    Toltecs, from New Mexico.

  • @maaxeru
    @maaxeru 2 года назад

    LOVE THE MESOAMERICAN CONTENT!! MORE MORE MORE PLZ