What Everyday Life Was Like for the Aztecs

You may have heard of their calendars, seen their temples, or admired one of their cool looking sculptural artifacts in a museum, but chances are you have no idea what life was really like for the Aztecs.
#Aztec #Mesoamerica #WeirdHistory

[@exceedinc]

You left out that the Mexica city was bigger than any European city at the time, was also cleaner than any European city, and the Mexica also bathed twice a day, more than any european at the time.

[@RaymondSK10]

And?

[@anarchycastro]

@@RaymondSK10 And those are interesting facts, if true.

[@julieflores2181]

At least Tenochtitlán didn’t smell like shit like Versailles.

[@veni_yas]

@@RaymondSK10 is relevant, because Europeans labeled them as savages. A people who couldn't possibly be compared to European civilization. Clearly, they had their heads up their asses.

[@BaconMaken]

@@RaymondSK10 It's important to know these facts because we live in a Eurocentric world. I've actually seen comments online of idiots who think the Spanish brought plumbing and sanitation over when in reality they only brought diseases and the Aztecs were far cleaner than them.

[@NewMessage]

"C'mon... Sacrificing people? Have a heart!" "Hey.. that's a great idea."

[@erichshylla6785]

Lol

[@Cykler770]

xd

[@romanrepublic1356]

52 likes.

[@donbrashsux]

Many nations have done the same as far as sacrifice..it’s just disguised in modern times..so it doesn’t look so bad

[@qualqui]

At the beginning of this COOL vid, we're told Aztecs/Mexica(pronounced: Meshika), had a civilization that carried on with the olmec and mayan civilizations, thus in the beginning the People sacrificed flowers and honey, it was at the end(Aztecs)that their society degenerated, becoming more barbarous and thus sacrificing people.

[@patoteto2]

Fun fact; when the the Europeans first arrived to Mexico, they had such a bad smell that the Aztecs couldn’t believe they were suppose to be the reincarnation of Quetzalcoatl. As such, the cauhtemoc never allowed Hernan Cortez to even touch him.😂😂

[@patoteto2]

Pavor that fact is a lie. There are indigenous towns in Mexico where they speak nahuatl ( the langue Aztecs spike) among other tribes with different dialects. There is also parts where they don’t even speak Spanish, whoever told you that fact is wrong

[@renatavzq]

*Cortés

[@patoteto2]

Pavor where in my reply’s to do I justify the theft of an entire culture? Do you read? Do you understand context ? Shame on YOU FOR trying to be a smart ass 🤣🤣 and of someone here is stroking their ego is you henny 😂😂 go back and read all my replies to you and please highlight where am I defending the theft and downfall of the Aztec empire ?

[@patoteto2]

Pavor i am sorry little rat but if I didn’t know better, it almost sounds like you’re anti indigenous ( typically of your people) with your two face morals loving ancient indigenous history but at the same time hating the indigenous people. Of course not all Mexicans are descendants of Aztecs, There were other tribes such as purepechas, yaquis , and Mayans. In Mexico alone there are 60 tribes each with different customs. Now, consider your self educated.... pet. And I am not evading anything quote me where I was defending the theft of a culture ? I think you know how to read but you don’t understand context at all. Let’s like you look best with their snouts shut. 🤣 you’re the one evading my question. 😂😂😂

[@sincesheol]

Pavor, lol you’re so ignorant. Some survived, that’s why I’m here

[@PanchoVilla-kk2ki]

Growing up in a Mexican family it is rare but a lucky thing to have a family member with great knowledge about our ancestors, my father would tell me stories I remember my favorite was about how Tenochtitlan had fresh fish daily from the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, they basically had a system of runners stretching all the way up to California.

[@bot-xg3ro]

Wow really that’s amazing

[@PanchoVilla-kk2ki]

@@bot-xg3ro yes so basically you had the guys fishing and a guy waiting for with a basket once his basket was filled he would run for miles until he met the next runner.

[@stevenvaldezii7936]

Thank you so much as a Mexican American this is so wonderful to know.

[@marianndesantis1968]

I think you should write a journal about your family history. Awesome history

[@PanchoVilla-kk2ki]

@@marianndesantis1968 that’s a very good idea I really appreciate you 🙏🏼

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

Do one about what everyday Oompa Loompa life was like before their enslavement by a tyranical candy maker.

[@TouchinSky]

J A I hope you don’t me screenshooting this lmfao

[@sexysaurusrex548]

You have a great mind

[@cirquelady_8723]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

@_whateverittakes_ It's big candy trying to stop me from speaking the truth.

[@gladyslopez1922]

😂😂😂😂

[@strwbymlk]

It blows my mind that at least one of these fellas are chillin’ somewhere down my family tree. I love being Mexican sm.

[@4sername]

Yo también. I am learning Nahuatl in honor of my ancestors. Salud. 🍵 🇲🇽

[@stopabledu]

bro bro ion think you understand history. Spanish speaking people is not Aztec yall come from Spain

[@4sername]

@@stopabledu Spanish comes from Castilian Spain. Aztecs come from the Nahua tribes. Yes, because of the Conquistadors, México uses Spanish, but that does not mean Mexicans come from Spain.

[@JulianLopez-mh6be]

@@stopabledu not really, most Mexicans today speak Spanish, but ancestry wise are part Native American( native tribes of Mexico, Aztec or not) and white European( from Spain usually) think of like the black Americans, they aren’t full black African, most are mixed from African slaves and white Americans

[@fernandosalazar730]

@@stopabledu you don't know what you're talking about lool

[@communistwoman]

Fun fact: An Aztec warrior's weapons were designed to maim their enemies, not kill. It was considered more honorable to bring back a live prisoner to be used for a sacrifice.

[@nido.del.aguila2667]

Not entirely true

[@JC-re3yo]

@@nido.del.aguila2667 yes entirely true. Ateczs believed that you should only kill when it is a sacrifice to the Gods. Killing for any other reason was seen as a "sin" as they also believed that Life is the greatest gift ever from the Gods and blood was the most sacred thing for them.

[@josedanielhernandezdiaz8707]

@@nido.del.aguila2667 totally true. Actually in the aztec culture, If You capture a lot of enemies you were considered a good warrior.

[@doe729]

They had an 18 month calendar and a sacrifice had to be made each month to the god’s. Their favorite was to cut out the hearts of their victims but, then again they often liked to filet, starve or set them on fire. Other than that they were a great people. It just may be our silly 21st century understanding and thinking that these were sacrificial killing raving maniacs.

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

@@doe729 Like the Europeans haven't done worse 😂

[@jamiegrandel5634]

Need an AC game on this era if their going back to Vikings they should go back here

[@nicksandoval2120]

Agreed

[@chrismx3346]

🍻🍻🍻

[@isaacbarbosa4131]

Belive me all mexicans have preyed for a ac game of the aztecs

[@jimoneprism]

They both sacrificed people

[@valeriaperette561]

Yes!!!!!

[@kurtengel4652]

"oh look it hasn't rained yet" it's Sacrifice time

[@droogie76]

The original climate change cult.

[@l0remipsum991]

guess it rains now... rains with blood

[@cecilia4947]

Ay, neta que pendeja pendejada

[@josemezatorrez]

Oh look, a white lady prays to the moon or is different, let’s burn the Witch alive, and this happened less than 200 years ago.

[@nasrinv]

Watch The Irishman

[@jarettheater206]

I would like to know what a day was like as a mafia boss in the 20s

[@Benjithebopper]

F**king baller, that's how

[@david9783]

As a kid you learned how to send fish.

[@andrettitalk9535]

Fuck that.. A day was like as a mafia boss in the last decade*** Sopranos-

[@claysoggyfries]

Jarett Heater 40s/60s

[@jarettheater206]

@@claysoggyfries or just do a consecutive 1900-1960

[@jamallabarge2665]

Calculating 365 days a year meant counting the days from Solstice to Solstice, the point in time where the Sun is at its highest point near the poles or the longest day near the equator. Scheduling life to a calendar improved crop yields and gave the people more food. The Aztecs were NOT stupid people.

[@Dimsious]

@@rds6129 better safe than sorry i suppose

[@orlando2292]

I like how he mockingly said the Aztec ate bugs back then when there are silly white people who put grasshoppers in ice cream now and call it a delicacy. Weirdos!

[@topG2001]

Their life sound still better than a North Korean people 😂

[@skywishr1313]

the aztecs were very intelligent and advanced

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@rds6129 There may have been that, but they seemed to view the Universe as being managed by Beings who wanted order and demanded payment.

[@augustarellano197]

You forgot how they where advanced in Astronomy and mathematics.

[@wakcedout]

Has many other cultures were, admittedly europe would have been further ahead than they were when they discovered the aztec empire had it not been for the dark ages and subsequent repression of scientific knowledge deemed heresy. The aztecs benefit had they began their empire sooner was the fact that mathematics and astronomy were core within their religious views and so seen as nonheretical. Wouldnt be surprised if they accepted the heliocentric solar system by the time the spainards arrived.

[@IJFlores]

Those were the Mayans

[@axelcampossoriano3170]

@wakcedout The zero was invented in Mesoamerica in 4 A.D. Europe didn't knew the zero until the 12 century when part of it got conquered by the Moorish. and you can't really do complex math whiteout a zero. Most of the time of the Mesoamerican existance the Americans were more advanced in math, until Europe got the knowledge from the Arabs. Those are straight up facts. Of course this is not trying to contradict what you are saying.

[@freckleheckler6311]

Ántrax-Axel and no, the zero was fully formed in India not Mayan. That’s a farce.

[@freckleheckler6311]

Ántrax-Axel mathematical discovery in Europe only began to thrive in the 15th century and onwards. If they really were so largely influenced by arabs they would have immediately began after Southern Europe was being pillaged, and ra**d by Islam.

[@ah3624]

I recommend the book, The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction by Davíd Carrasco for anyone interested in learning more about the Aztecs. Carrasco covers topics like daily life, rituals, economy, and more.

[@robroux6074]

I up you on this one then... I recommend Matthew Restall 'The 7 myths of the Spanish conquest'.

[@ah3624]

@@robroux6074 Yes for sure! Restall's book is amazing and definitely shatters many myths like the Myth of Superiority and Great Men. Unfortunately, these myths are still being taught in schools, but his book is one step towards shattering them. It's a very nice book to read that doesn't need to be necessarily read in order since each chapter is focused on a separate myth.

[@Moonwalker6969]

Watch apcolypto

[@david9783]

Try 'Aztec',by Gary Jennings. Historical fiction,it follows the life of one young man at the tine of Cortez' arrival.What a great book! You won't be sorry.

[@end0skeleton778]

While we are recommending books. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen (sp). He talks about the side of US history which US history textbooks in US public Schools was looked over. Very Important to know all history that we can learn. Helps make better choices for the future.

[@danieljohannson5754]

Aztec Nation was Rome of the new world, Many of their great works can be attributed to other earlier civilizations that rose and fell. Spain really did not "defeat" the Aztecs, it was Spanish plagues they brought over, that decimated and demoralized the Aztec people. The reason why we know little about Aztec life was Spanish burned and destroyed many of the Aztec items as heretical.

[@channeld7052]

Exactly

[@phredphlintstone6455]

They weren't expecting THE INQUISITION

[@osvaldomartinez6333]

Exactly

[@buckroo8424]

Yes, and the biggest plague was the small pox which Spaniards brought from Spain who survived it. But it wiped out thousands of thousands of Aztecs who had no immunities to European diseases.

[@renaissance17]

Please share this with people calling spaniards genocidal

[@melogarcia5748]

Europeans, Africans, and Asians fail to realize these people built an impressive civilization isolated from the rest of the world. Meaning knowledge wasn't exchanged between different races/cultures and with no beasts of burden. That is impressive no matter what you think about human sacrifice and whatever other behavior that would be considered "uncivilized" today.

[@SH19922x]

This video is literally revisionist history, i genuinely cant believe what im watching how the fuck is this allowed. Bunch of weirdos.

[@wuzittooya]

@@SH19922x Butthurt.

[@andrewjohnson9014]

No they weren't always seperated , atleast not from ancient India. Many Hindu idols were found in excavation and other south Asian art peices.

[@danserevi4569]

That's false actually. Pacific islanders (polynesian, aborigine, ect...) Have been trading in the americas before europeans came in

[@aquafishsoup]

When you walk outside with nothing but a loincloth, I'll buy your book.

[@millzimatt]

rich aztec males: treat all of our wives equally and fairly. Also rich aztec males: our heirs can only come from our first wife.

[@macaryl95]

Surprised pikachu

[@hiddenperson3696]

That actually kinda euro-asian

[@hexkwondo]

Seems fair. OG wife has to put up with a lot.

[@formangrilling111]

I wonder if everyone’s grandma had a Aztec calendar hanging in the living room like grandmas today have the virgen lol

[@fenrirgg]

They had images or statues of Tonantzin.

[@lilianheredia1122]

We do.

[@miguelbravo1931]

ignorant

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

I didn't even know what Aztecs and mayans were until I went to american school. Closest thing prior was maybe some ruins i missed in the background of a dorra cartoon.

[@cowabungga]

Maybe the indigenous grandmothers have Aztec calenders.

[@qa2040]

Please do a video about the Salem's witch trials or the life of the Puritans during the 1st British colonies in America

[@gypsyfreak7934]

Quentin ALEXANDRE wasn’t it the Spanish who did that first

[@brightgreenfuzzyball3000]

We know what those colonists were doing , the same thing the Spanish did to the south Americans . Destroying the balance of the native's life and forcing their ignorant religions on them . Remember we'd all be burned at the stakes for just what most of us are watching this on. We can thank ignorance for this

[@alexapexgod4643]

Yes

[@l.lawlietkira1168]

Touch and hold a clip to pin it. Unpinned clips will be deleted after 1 hour.

[@Hatch889]

Salem witch trials only lasted a few years if that.

[@annegrace4869]

Bugs are incredible high in protein and a sustainable source of food, now days they are used in gourmet pretentious restaurants but people do eat dried grasshopper with chili which really just tastes like chili but again bugs are good for the environment

[@suda_lifts]

@Dee Dee probably not since most people aren’t welcomed to the fact of eating insects. And going out your way to find them individually is more of a task then feasting on a deer for a day or two

[@suda_lifts]

@Dee Dee I mean our climate isn’t going to change so fast where we’re not going to be able to grow crops. And we definitely have reserves like seeds in case of anything like that happens. And more of the fact that eating animal is a wayy better source of protein and bugs can only sustain you so far. They don’t provide other things like clothing and such. But as you can see eating bugs is mostly popular in South America, Mexico and other eastern countries. In the US it’s not going to be a delicacy any time soon

[@suda_lifts]

@Dee Dee animal protein is only not good when you eat excessive amounts of it. That’s what causes the Heath problems amoung humans is when they eat to much meat. Lol and I don’t know why your bringing up the fact that it takes a lot of water to grow crops and animals when our own ecosystem has a function to recycle water. Have you seen the Nile river lose all of its water? Or how about the Amazon river, is it all dried up?Look at the ancient human civilizations. They all started near rivers. Look at Egypt with the Nile river. And your going to have to explain how humans caused deserts when deserts started to form wayyyyy before humans even existed. And what I assume your talking about is the global warming drying up places like that but even that is wrong when major deserts in Africa are usually dry. And it’s funny how your talking about the pollenators dying when most insects and animals are pollenaters. Bees aren’t the only pollenators and are actually classified as a invasive species. Humans been farming and raising livestock for thousands of years. What makes you think we’re going to stop now? Livestock isn’t the only way humans can get meat from animals. Ever heard of hunting? And besides Americans aren’t going to make a norm of eating bugs anytime soon. And like I’ve said before bugs over on South America and india is considered a delicacy. That’s not their only source of protein. But hey if you like eating bugs then you do you.

[@noahwoodland1592]

@@suda_lifts It'll happen. Theres already tons of bug-based powders and such. Lots of them considered 'delicacies' now anyway. It's really only a stigma in US, and it wont be for long. Most of the rest of the world eats bugs happily. Also lobsters, shrimp etc. are just 'sea bugs' and back in the day they were treated as such - food for prisoners and poors. Now look at it. Such a strange beautiful world we live in :)

[@sleepyrasta14820]

No thanks, I'll take your word for it.

[@carriehand6421]

I have indigenous Mexico in my blood and I'm glad to learn about my people

[@BeardnScars]

Same

[@davidverdugo6266]

Youre european ancestors forced themselves on a couple indians hundreds of years ago lol. Settle down whitey

[@0seve291]

@Gilbert Villanueva take a ancestry type test I’m half mex mine says 12 percent native 38 percent Spanish/European 😅 most mex are more Spaniard

[@foreversolvent5334]

@@0seve291 mexicans be having 40% native blood and all of a sudden theyre proud Aztec warriors . but completely ignore the 60% Spanish blood xD

[@archo112]

That made no sense but I think I get your point...

[@radityakevin6352]

“It’s hotter than usual” The priest: *im going to end this man’s whole career*

[@laurabuneta3555]

😭

[@Jobe-13]

😂

[@weirdboi3512]

The other priest I am a joke to you

[@Jacktrack7]

"you never heard of tenoshiclan?" Uhh pronunced like that? Yeah, certainly the first time...

[@calisweete]

It hurt my soul 😣

[@etorresrodz]

@@calisweete dude when they said tlaxcaltecas as talshcatecs

[@mixtlillness9825]

The way the narrator mispronounced a bunch of stuff gave me the giggles. He gets an E for effort though.

[@angelicavences9357]

yo everyone has accents and different ways of pronouncing things lets just appreciate that whoever made this video had a team doing research and took the time to put everything together so we can learn more about them instead of nitpicking things

[@tommyvizzle]

These video dudes never make an attempt to pronounce the words correctly. They're like "brainas deeahs hamigo" 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@angelserenade]

So the hip-basketball game from Road to El Dorado was an actual thing.. Wow

[@Oxen1997]

Except the winners were sacrificed, not the losers.

[@thelanktheist2626]

@@Oxen1997 ‘cept they weren’t

[@Oxen1997]

@@thelanktheist2626 Yes they were, pick up some archaeological text books sometime.

[@iixakoatl]

@@Oxen1997 They were not. That myth only comes from “archeological” discoveries of ball courts featuring skull and skeletal artwork. People who discovered it associated it with ‘sacrifice’. However, sacrifice was not the point of the game. Who would sacrifice their best players? Come on now. That’s ridiculous. They wouldn’t have had spectators and participants from their community then. The only people to be ‘sacrificed’ were captives who were actually going to be executed. There is a difference. Plus, the captives were planned to be executed at some point since they did something wrong or against a ‘law’. The closest to this being documented was a frair named Diego Durán, who interviewed natives who played this sport. I can tell you that most of these videos, such as this one, are not researched and are most likely found on the top page of a Google search. Seriously, when it comes to Native American history in Mesoamerica, there is always misinformation and distraction from the ‘sacrificial’ part. These people did not use sacrifices for everything and did not define their culture.

[@jennigirl8275]

Right

[@ponchogutz]

When playing ball game, the winners were the ones who were sacrified, it was an honor for them.

[@banderascubsfan3137]

I just commented that. These people need to go back and get their history right. There were so many lies and holes.

[@dann_mrtins]

I don't remember where I read, of if it was about mayans or aztecs, but sacrifice the winners was a myth.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Aw hell naw

[@fenrirgg]

Mentiras, el sacrificio no era un honor, por eso usaban prisioneros. Esas mentiras fueron inventadas por nacionalistas.

[@quetzalcoatl3242]

Not always. The game of "tlachtli" or ball-game was also ludic.

[@lisandroge]

"What everyday life was life for the aztecs" Shows mayan temple....

[@YoutubeGuy825]

Shut the hell up

[@TonyMezaXD]

zippitydoda day Hindsight is 20/20 dude. Don’t label a whole civilization “Evil” and compare them to modern cults just because they thought human sacrifice would appease the gods. I bet you wouldn’t have come up with a better idea if you were in their position trying to ensure this years harvest so your family wouldn’t starve to death. Because you literally wouldn’t have known better.

[@dudanunesbleff]

@@TonyMezaXD Lots of people in different cultures tryed to ensure good harvests around the globe, but this thing with human sacrifice isn't spread among all of them. This was a cruel culture, as many ancient cultures were.

[@TonyMezaXD]

Maria Nunes Why would human sacrifice spread amongst people who believe different things, when Its specific to their own beliefs? Its only cruel by today’s standards and knowing what we know now. Don’t label the culture cruel without proper context. Life was cruel for people in the Americas at the time.

[@herrero4270]

@@joshfebbie5817 Maybe you should read an article covering how Europeans, including Spaniards, burnt alive girls because they were "wtiches".

[@TheLightrai]

I wonder what kind of society would have evolved if they had access to ocean trade with Asiatic and European countries early on.

[@lore2587]

...disease

[@bot-xg3ro]

Probably a powerful city with advanced technology. Perhaps is they weren’t killed by the invasion they would of grown in size and population. Since they lived in harmony and peace. No greed existed in the Mayan culture.

[@sibylsaint]

@@bot-xg3ro would have, not of

[@bot-xg3ro]

@@sibylsaint hmm

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@bot-xg3ro Nobody lives in harmony and peace. Just a matter of degree.

[@hyperuben]

Proud Mexican here. Descendant of the most badass warriors of all, the Otomies. My maternal grandfather was a purebred Otomí.

[@instantkarma2724]

Not more bad ass than the Chilean mapuches. They were insane. Look into it extremely interesting warrior culture

[@andicarusfell8387]

Counter argument, the Zacateco ✊🏽

[@natashanorris4969]

All interesting, Im looking into all 3

[@omarnoyola497]

That Zacatecos were part of that Chichimecas right ? That Chichimecas were never defeated by that Spanish and their allies that Tlaxcaltecas in battle . It was that longest and costly war for Spain that Mixton War against that Chichimecas. Talking about that Mapuches their were never defeated by that Tawantisuyo Incaico empire and they give hell of a war to that Spanish , That otomies were in that Aztecs Mexica army as Allies and they were part of that Elite . Honorable Mentions That Pueblo people , That Toltecs , Maya, Mapache tribe, Pipil, Taino, Amazonians , Chanca , Hueymara, Tiwanaku , Charrua , Sipan , Tarascans, Etc.

[@JennyZinaTavares]

My abuelita was Otomí, too, from Guanajuato.

[@xOALtoFrEak900Ox]

I am mexican and my family is from Acatlán. This means land of the reeds. My uncle was getting his house built this summer and my brother showed me some plastic bowls with some figurines that date back to Aztec times or so we think. Which is mind boggling because it's apparently common to finding these things around and I wonder what people do with these things. It's amazing. I just hope people go out and investigate to see what people lived there.

[@javierbarocio875]

Plastic bowls????????

[@HectorMartinez-vk3hv]

Plastic bowls??? Acatlan is Mixteca btw

[@alexlu9564]

6:17 I see, they had airpods back then too

[@cirquelady_8723]

Alex Lu lmao😂😂😂😂

[@caesarnyangoya6548]

Apocalypto

[@twinkleeyes8176]

🤣🤣🤣🤣💯👍🏼

[@hwinayu7583]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@foxcandy5]

No wayyyy 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@pitbullgermany4048]

These days people are sacrificed for the allmighty called *MONEY*

[@Jobe-13]

PITBULL GERMANY It’s real funny when you think about it since money doesn’t really exist and is just an abstract concept that only exists in our heads.

[@tekklover1489]

Yubi K. Like religion, however unlike religion, it can buy you stuff

[@jiminstinyhands7776]

ok cornball

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Worship the one tru god: Money!

[@Erin-bd6jg]

That's deep. /s

[@BeardnScars]

Bro people really do not understand how large the Aztec city states were. When you think Ancient civilizations, you do not imagine MILLIONS of people. When you think of indigenous people as a whole, you’re not thinking of engineering, architecture, astronomy, mathematics, but our Ancestors really prove to be one of the great peoples of the world. How special 🏆

[@christopherleblanc3687]

The whole Insect eating isn't really odd more then it is smart, I think.

[@BMFlame9393]

When I first came across eating a grasshopper I thought it was weird and that I wouldn’t do it but I literally eat dead animals. So, thinking about it, eating insects isn’t weird at all.

[@ragtimegals]

It’s disgusting.

[@riot2136]

Heron McLaren disgusting is subjective, you’re biased by your culture and it’s beliefs. But even after saying that, you’re right, it’s pretty fuckin gross lmao

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

@@ragtimegals Ok, so?

[@miguelare3]

"Aztec death whistle" intensifies...

[@mauricioibarra701]

That sound gives me goosebumps.

[@LPSmeow1989]

Duuuuude my World History teacher had one of those

[@michaelfisher7170]

They invented tamales! I LOVE THE AZTECS!

[@meep3035]

Actually a lot if not most Mexican food can trace its roots to native cuisine

[@michaelfisher7170]

@Saadiya Rothschild I just enjoy Tamales...and the descendents of the Mexica live today all through Mexico. BTW I have no Spanish ancestry. But I do enjoy tamales.

[@Gurrla]

tamalt is nahualt. although a lot of us eat it. mesoamericans also had tamales

[@nabaneetsharma451]

You have tezcatlipoca as your profile pic

[@michaelfisher7170]

@@nabaneetsharma451 lol. yes. yes I do.

[@abrahanrodriguez9003]

As a person with two parents from Mexico. I like this video

[@djjamestobin]

These videos are REALLY awesome. Loving the new graphics, too! Would be interesting to hear about the history of structured education, and when the concept of a school sort of ... grew. Thanks for making my lunch breaks productive! X

[@Peopleofthesun386]

Dude Grasshoppers are actually pretty good they taste like popcorn.

[@Harveyymirr]

PEOPLE OF THE SUN uffff have you tried them with chilito, lemon, salt, and garlic🤤

[@motiv8success]

They are healthy

[@natashachenkov1850]

That's revolting.

[@boffle539]

Natasha Chenkov have you ever tried them?

[@natashachenkov1850]

@@boffle539 Like I said...

[@martinmizfitcruz4975]

Makes me feel PROUD of being Mexican/Central American! 🇲🇽💪🏽🇳🇮 have Aztek and Mayan blood running through me!! 🙏🏽

[@cindyflowers9826]

I read a book one time about the Aztecs. It talked about the sacrifices so much that I decided that I didn't want to learn anymore about them. TY for the additional information which has changed my perspective a little.

[@Lucasthemann]

"The Aztecs acquired a new Baller level of power"

[@wuhanbatmeat1669]

*Have 3 wives, life is good... *Go out to find fourth.. *Lines blurred between adultery and finding fourth wife. *Gets sacrificed

[@studywithpraise9584]

I don't understand??

[@robroux6074]

Sacrifices weren't legit.. the Catholic church invented that. They said the same thing about the Vikings, Celt, Chinese and Japanese when the Catholics first found them. ...Barbarian heathens. They said the Vikings would sacrafice 9 humans for Odin each year. Japanese were associated with mass sacrafice because of their SHINTO religion. But they might have just been due to Hitobashira. Maybe the Aztecs priests sacraficed people but it was not 100,000 people a year as the Spanish account states. total BS. Spanish people today are the same people obsessed with Over the top Ghost stories, outlandish art and conspiracy theories.

[@wuhanbatmeat1669]

@@robroux6074 That's reassureing. They make it seem like if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time you're getting sacrificed

[@norml6874]

Mike Reid you played that hand wrong, always count your queens and 8’s

[@usarkarzts4207]

@@robroux6074 man you again. You sure are bitter with spain. Even that any problem you have is non related to it.

[@luisamorla3957]

I would love to see a video about a day with the Taino Civilization; the indigenous people of Hispaniola and the surrounding islands including Puerto Rico 🌴

[@mankuqhapaqii4798]

He is going to downplay them and skip very positive and important aspects of them like he has done with the Aztecs in this video.

[@justotorres8970]

The Aztec culture kept going even after Spanish conquest and somewhat to this day has evolved. Mexico has its own culture that goes at life a bit different.

[@caseyhowell7989]

WOW!!!! I absolutely loved this incredibly factual video. Keep up the good work :)

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

I love that singing and dancing were important to tending to the home. Being a housewife can be awesome..

[@dejaporter7338]

Ikr

[@enunya]

But, who has the energy to be a housewife AND the entertainment? I'm tired after a full day lol

[@enunya]

@@armandofernandez8257 Way to go assuming race, bigot.

[@enunya]

@Ann Sophiarobb oh and was your comment supposed to be insulting? You sound like a bitter child lol

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

@Ann Sophiarobb Double up by singing while doing chores. Also sometimes singing commands to your kids can be fun also lol! My house is kind of messy..I am definitely not an over-achiever. :D

[@miggy5554]

The calendar, chitzen Itza, and the sculptures are from the Mayans

[@kellyrobinson8157]

The calendar shown is the Aztec sun stone found in Mexico city

[@blackice214]

Yup the calendar was made by Aztec stargazers with the sun god in the middle

[@Purepecha]

Boeing 747 the claw see was made my by the Mexica (Aztecs), but everything else was made by the Mayas

[@hyoma7228]

Thank you for making a lot of interesting and educating videos!! I want to see one about the society of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.

[@omgreensexpress5396]

the aztecs were great builders ..their cities had massive buildings built with symmetry and style..they must have knowledge of geometry, physics and math to build those massive beautiful buildings just like the angkor wat in cambodia

[@IzzzyStarzzz]

Guess thats why we can build houses n shit 😂

[@bellabrady5909]

Can you do day in the life of a Mongolian person

[@chrisdooley6468]

Bella Brady watch the channel ‘Artger’ for weekly videos of what real Mongolians eat and do daily in their culture. Fascinating videos on there

[@daltonnetwork2532]

Why it was just cold and poopy

[@weirdboi3512]

And crappy

[@weirdboi3512]

Can you do the daily life of the gulags

[@userdetails1]

"It's Tuesday, that means we have to sacrifice a bunch of people, fetch some prisoners" "We've no prisoners left, we sacrificed them all" "Oh well let's start a war or something to get more"

[@Z1gguratVert1go]

Good summary.

[@jmcc8718]

if these people were destroyed or rooted out of the land, youd have crazy people on twitter saying cultural appropriation white privilledge etc

[@benjaminlaw1819]

I love those guys outfits at 2:26😍, they look so cool with the capes

[@katherineknapp6604]

I love learning about ancient history.

[@almirpontillo6163]

Your editing and how this is presented, heavenly

[@TheOfficialChonDeeble]

Heart: Exists Aztec priest: Im boutta end this organs whole function

[@TheOfficialChonDeeble]

Adolf Hitler I am sorry if that “offended” you.

[@user-yk4zf7kg4q]

Awesome videos 😁 Next you should do a video about ancient Greece, specifically how everyday life was in ancient Athens . 😊

[@valeriemonty10]

Do "What everyday life was like for the Incas" next please :)

[@L.M788]

I am about 65-70% native american to South Mexico and US Plains (comanche and Apache) and my family always said to be proud of it. I am proud that people similar to me are alive even through the colonization and discrimination but now I just find it more interesting of how my ancestors were.

[@oyaml1211]

If you are 65-70% of native Indian blood you would have the characteristics of a native Indian, which you don't. If you really want to compare yourself to one who truly does have a high percentage of native Indian blood then you will find the majority in southern Mexixo and Guatemala. Many even still speak their native language. You aren't like them at all. You are Mestiza, a mix of European with Native but with very little native blood. Not the quantities you claim. This is all information you can Google. There is a reason in Mexico people are classified as Mestizos and others as Indigenous and the Mestizos make about 65% of Mexico's population.

[@L.M788]

@@oyaml1211 how the hell are you going to correct me on my family and my ancestors results. You don't know me, and how are you supposed to analyze my results from a filtered profile picture. I know I'm not 100% native. I said 65-70%. I am 20% Iberian Peninsula. The point was that people with my level of Native Blood and hold of our own culture are not a lot. We went through SO much in order to earn the ability to be alive even. My family is proud of that. They are proud that after all the centuries and generations we are still here.

[@oyaml1211]

@@L.M788 I don't correct you, science does. Like I said you can Google all this stuff. But if you want to keep on saying you are 70% indigenous when you are not, go for it.

[@tejanothetexan4115]

@@oyaml1211 Your a dumb ass most Mexicans have more native blood than Spanish..And the natives in southern Mexico look like midgets lol

[@tejanothetexan4115]

@@L.M788 He's just a troll and you do look like you have alot of native blood..Your brown skin and long dark black hair

[@robertbaratheon2193]

I’d love to see a video on Picts or Celts.

[@TonyMezaXD]

Robert Baratheon Interestingly enough they also had ritualistic human sacrifice but they did it in order to tell the future. kzbin.info/aero/PL_Y6Qui9KStOQ9rVrBzOLkJO8hNiDtl8c

[@robertbaratheon2193]

Tony Meza Fucking dope! Not the human sacrifice but you linking that I’m gonna watch it before bed.

[@TonyMezaXD]

Robert Baratheon Dude they are so fucking fascinating, mysterious and ubiquitous in Europe. Yet their DNA has not been isolated, in modern inhabitants, its untraceable. Its also frustrating they didn’t believe in writing anything down though. Did you know the Irish for all their Celtic culture and traditions are not actually Celtic but Middle Eastern? There is apparently no evidence the Celts arrived in Ireland, but their craftsmanship did. 🤔 www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/ancient-bones-irish-celts www.theguardian.com/science/2015/dec/28/origins-of-the-irish-down-to-mass-migration-ancient-dna-confirms www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31905764 www.thejournal.ie/readme/celts-ireland-4199945-Aug2018/

[@emmacat3202]

That would be so cool.

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@TonyMezaXD Who, the Phonecians?

[@wimflores]

Actually, you did your homework and your facts, although simplified, are correct. This is the first time I see a foreign production really research. The ball game can still be seen in Xcaret, Mayan territory near Cancún. It’s an eco-park and I like it a lot. There, around 6-7 pm and in an area kinda like the original, you get to see actual real life players. This because it’s freaking difficult to play. Anyway, the only thing that made my eyes roll is that in the part of the games, the background music is Spanish, not Aztec

[@starscreamjesse2121]

such a hip and cool view of history. totally rad!

[@Tempest87]

Could you explore the Songhai, Timbuktu, or Mali ancient civilizations. I’d like to see more about West Africa. Also Ancient India!

[@Yadangable]

Love how the thumbnail features an image of the Mayan pyramid of Chichen Itza when the video is about the Aztecs and not the Mayans, lol

[@jenniferedwards6537]

Really educational and fascinating. Love the Aztecs, great video to teach my middle schoolers!!!

[@jordanllamas9264]

Fun fact: just because you’re Mexican, it doesn’t mean your ancestors were Aztec. Know what part of Mexico you’re from and what indigenous group lived there.

[@esterockvideos]

And also add the Spaniards that were the masters of the land for 300 years and also the Filipinos that were part of the Pacific trade route to Spain and the black slaves that married the natives good luck finding what a Mexican is now days

[@jeseniamontes8139]

My family is from a small town 5 hours out of Mexico City. But I don’t know anything about my ancestors before my grandparents

[@christinadillard638]

@@jeseniamontes8139 Do a DNA test? Try Ancestry. Com . It won't just tell you everything, but it'll definitely put you on the right path. It could help a lot.

[@christinadillard638]

Apache here, I agree. Do your own research, learn your genealogy, learn your history. You might not be Aztec but what if you find out you're Comanche, Navajo, Apache, Mayan, Incan or another tribe. Could be fascinating.

[@nevarez7L]

I think it's hard to know. My dad's side are from Spain, Durango, and Sonora. My mom's side are from Guadalajara and Ensenada, my grandfather's dad was German, but idk, That's why I always say I'm just a Mexican 😂

[@cyancyborg1477]

TFW you're living in a highly cultured civilization, and some colonizers who still shit in their drinking water call you a barbarian.

[@tekklover1489]

CyanCyborg yeah what a nice culture

[@Jasonlol73]

Highly cultured. Sacrifices people for climate change LMAO

[@cyancyborg1477]

@@Jasonlol73 Europeans burned women at the stake for witchcraft regularly, and yet nobody denies it's not still a rich culture.

[@Jasonlol73]

CyanCyborg what’re you taking about? Black Americans always claim white people dont have culture. In fact, they even say white people always steal their culture.

[@danielmoreno-gama5973]

Jason A white people don’t have a culture because your cultures come from Europe, Black people have invented a new culture when they where brought to the Americans because they can’t trace back there heritage to specific countries in Africa.

[@TainyAoC]

Can you do a video about the Tainos? There isn’t much info about them on KZbin.

[@gozinta82]

Try a book.

[@joellopez499]

@@gozinta82 some of us ain’t nerds u dam geek

[@josecoca32]

Shout out to the video from Mr. Coca's class! More buggie meals please! We like that there was social mobility , we liked the details about the ball game and the calendar, however, I don't want to die. BUT what can you do! Thanks for sharing.

[@MyTownDrunk]

For real thank you! I love you channel

[@zbozz7091]

Love ur channel

[@roberthofmann8403]

I hope this channel lasts for centuries so that in a few hundred years I can see all the weird things we do today.

[@melb6888]

Need to see more of these!

[@lilitharam44]

I think you guys need to do a video on the Inca next, you've done one on the Maya and Aztec. Great videos!

[@stealthlord6614]

Maybe do wierd history of technology (there is some wierd stuff)

[@leona.mayorgaarnaiz1085]

Uhm.... why show a pic of Chichen Itzá when talking abt the Aztecs? Also a mix of Olmec and Maya????? I dunno if I can keep trusting this channel.

[@jacobortega2786]

exactly.

[@gc1097]

The way he said Tenochtitlan was enough for me to stop watching

[@jacobortega2786]

@@gc1097 jajaja I know! I died inside when he said it

[@cecilia4947]

@@gc1097 well I can understand mispronunciation, but factual errors not so much

[@richardmh1987]

Yeah, saying Aztecs are a mix of Olmecs and Mayas is like saying Germans are a mix of Greeks and Frenchs just because they're all from Europe :|

[@nobaracity6779]

grasshoppers are usually made with lime and salt and my parents always try to get me to eat them but i just can’t lol

[@farizbjorn]

The "Ding Doooooong, here comes the Aztec Brideeeee" caught me off guard. it almost sound like someone talking to me irl, real funny tho. lmao

[@XoxoAngel111]

Lmfao 😂😂😂

[@BamBam-ib6qk]

Would LOVE to hear about ancient Cambodian civilization!

[@Birginio420]

Man, I had to rewind like 4 times to get the part where he says Tlaxcala

[@PeggiandSteve]

Great info. Thanks

[@joyb2285]

I subscribed because I love the videos and the narrators voice. I can hear him clearly even without my hearing aids. 🤗🤗

[@stupidphone101]

Your production was outstanding! Please make an episode on Indigenous Australians. We have the longest unbroken chain of civilization known to mankind.

[@adilsongoliveira]

Please stop the "3D ring thingy" effect on the images. It's quite annoying.

[@pegasus_2137]

Yeah, I can't stand it.

[@howyoudurrinhunneh]

Yesssss

[@sk1ppman]

Yes, was just going to post this. For one or two slides, ok. But it got annoying very quickly.

[@murphy4yt]

I was going to mention this, too. Extremely annoying.

[@slimjim2134]

That’s why my eyes hurt

[@ErdrickLoto86]

Awesome channel! Recently discovered it too. If not done already I would like to see a video on the daily life of the Incas from Peru. 😁

[@catherineearnshawheathclif866]

Love your channel

[@p.pinchelette2909]

Please do one on the Tarascan Empire, fierce foes and neighbors to the Aztecs.

[@vckmdz]

Regarding the ball game, the winners were the ones sacrificed actually, not the losers, since it was such an honor to be offered in sacrifice to the gods ;)

[@glassycreek3532]

yes, i remenber my mom telling me this as a child. It's considered a honor and complement to be considered a sarcrifice in Nahua culture.

[@robertashworth7820]

Love this content

[@laurabradley1288]

Goes into so many good details

[@panconquesito]

Guys I must say that your video cover is wrong, the Chichen Itza Castle is NOT Aztec is Mayan

[@Bell_Matt]

Circe Ibarra Who cares. The Aztecs lost and they were disgusting savages.

[@jaeehovaa]

@Kyril J right white is white and brown is brown , I can't tell no difference between a white English man or Irish man or American man , all just white all just the same.

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

It's Mayan. Climbed it myself.

[@danireynoso3101]

Bell Matthew ok boomer

[@cosmictraveler1146]

Bell Matthew They bathed more than the Europeans.

[@exceedinc]

It’s not the “mexika” it’s pronounced The “Mesheeka”

[@RaymondSK10]

How often do non English speakers butcher pronunciations. Don’t be a hypocrite

[@neri]

@@RaymondSK10 that's why we point out the correct pronunciation lol

[@bunnynomz]

umm no...im mexican and we say mexica, meh-hi-ca

[@josephl9988]

Exceed órale that’s what’s good

[@josephl9988]

Мария Im Chicano too and mehica is the euro pronunciation the way mesheeka is the indigenous way of saying it

[@josecoca32]

Great information, MMM a bug taco, I might try those with Pico de gallo!

[@elenastubo]

Quite good.. I was waiting for you to mention their use of coca leaves chewing, used to count the time to arrive at places (eg 3 leaves instead of 3hours to get to the next settlement..)

[@wg8561]

Sounds pretty great aside from the human sacrifices. Also would make an amazing setting for the next assassin's creed game after Vahalla.

[@ragtimegals]

Yeah eating live larva and shitting in the street is a utopia tbh

[@r3koFresh]

These guys were clean, good educated, treated women like actual humans and knew how to do agriculture to very good efficiency. Besides the sacrifices they were more advanced than some cultures which exist today

[@user-tk7hg7wi3p]

Disagree, totally patriarchal and double standard same with patriarchal culture.

[@khadichakarimova9242]

Nice vid :)

[@homework_ornery]

Where is this background music from? It's amazing.

[@Frost87112]

Countless things from the Aztec empire survive in our culture nowadays, plus the European traditions mixed in a rather unique fashion which is why we feel proud of our heritage regardless of our skin color.

[@emimilineguineapig5]

Actually, the winner of the ball game was sacrificed. Aztecs placed high value on sacrificing themselves.

[@NinoMezzy]

Can we get more Ancient Egyptian Videos? Also I love the Aztec so much they lived so amazingly ❤️

[@jaquise1836]

Thanks to the help dude i real needed help with school