Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs | 3 Minute History

[matheuroux]

It's funny how the Aztecs were essentially conquered by Cortez *personally*, the Spanish didn't even want him to.

[baradinvaros]

Fun story: the Tlaxcalans signed a treaty with Spain which granted them autonomy over their territories and kept their government in place in exchange of acknowleging the king of Spain as their ruler as a recompense for helping topple the aztecs. The spanish respected the treaty for 300 years, until Mexico declared independence. Except maybe the English-Portuguese alliance I can't remember an accord that lasted so long.

[bacoda]

Cortez AND his native allies defeated the Aztecs. His "allies" had lived for generations having their sons captured and used in their DAILY human sacrifices. That's the part of the story that never seems to find the light of day.

[soralb]

Another great nearly 5 minutes long 3 minute history from Jabzy. Glad you are back.

[alexxd]

Nice to see the 3 minute history back.

[TripleMpro]

Battle of Otumba 1520: More than 100.000 aztecs vs 530 spanish and 800 txalcatecas allies. Impossible victory, its quite fascinating story.

[Jackson-svdz]

Glad your back to this content I missed it

[notaugustus]

I do not know who did the voiceacting in this video, but I have to say that you have an beautiful voice. Could lisen to it if it only repeated vines. Chears.

[peterjongsma]

James Joyce:"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

[nathzoo]

who else watching this for an assignment

[matthewmann]

If not for the other tribes siding with the Conquistodors then I doubt the Spanish would have conquered so easily

[spiritedrenee]

All I can remember from the Aztecs are their brutal mythology.

[bulletbill]

You sound different, Jabzy. Do you have a cold or something?

[Baller]

Mexico City was built on lake by Aztecs. Then Spanish destroyed it and built it again

[idk-dgkn]

Fun Fact: This war had the highest death rates in a war.

[theporkiestpie]

Nice video, could you do one on the Cambodian Genocide?

[ekmalsukarno]

Hey Jabzy, can you please make some 3 Minute History videos on the Indonesian National Revolution, the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation? Thanks.

[liddz]

Poor buggers were just minding their own business until the spanish divided and conquered them and introduced biological warfare.

[sheng]

This video isnt very specific but is good enough

[rockycassiano]

4:55 minutes. Very PC.

Spanish Conquest in 30 seconds. Spain comes to the New World to find the most evolved civilization practising human sacrificing and a God-King monarchy similar to the Pharaohs of Egypt back in 2000 BC. Since most of victims of the Aztecs human sacrificing were not Aztecs, non-Aztecs joined Cortes to end this blood thirsty civilization. History has the number of non-Aztecs helping Cortes at over 20, 000.
These immigrants from Spain brought disease, unintentional, to the New World. Like today, uncontrolled emigration is dangerous.