History of ancient Mexico, Mesoamerica Toltec, Maya, Aztec, Olmec, Zapotec history

History of ancient Mexico Mesoamerica Toltec, Maya, Aztec, Olmec, Zapotec history

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[HistoryTime]

Mate this is so good. As an enthusiast of Mesoamerican history I can safely say this is Incredible work.

[Pedrosa]

I love how you actually drawn all tribes in Mesoamerica detailing their differences highlighting that they were different cultures. I was thinking that all of them looked the same.

[piperar]

The Spanish: horrified by Aztec human sacrifice.
Also the Spanish: burned "heretics" alive.

[MJfollower]

My family is has Zapotec blood. We're from Oaxaca and both my parents are from a Zapotec village. Its so hard to find information on the Zapotec civilization or I'm just bad a research. Thank you for this video and not exclusively talking about the Maya and Aztec.

[buddyltd]

You can't have an advanced civilisation without hot chocolate. Just a fact.

[israelyanez]

Hola, soy mexicano 🇲🇽 empecé a estudiar inglés y se me ocurrió ver videos sobre la historia de los países en inglés. encontrar tu canal fue genial! ✌️

[PaulA-fpvs]

When you start finding more about history you'll find out that its alway much more complex than what it seems. Like how Aztecs and Mayas where only two groups among a crowd of other civilizations from mesoamerica.

[iloveToonLink]

I’m half Mexican half Salvadoran. I know nothing about my culture or ancestral background, so I thank you for making this video. I want to learn more

[paquimex]

Mesoamerican history is super complex, confusing and interesting, you did an amazing job covering it, even better than Mexican historians

[RyanAlexanderBloom]

I had to explain to an adult American last week that yes, in fact, there were cities in North America during the European Middle Ages. He said “I don’t remember any cities in North America between 800 and 1100AD.” In response to my assertion that city life here may have been better than city life over there. Opinion of course, but the cities were actually there! I pointed out just a handful of the dozens mentioned in this video. Complete ignorance on his part. This stuff should be taught in schools here. We learn a ton about Mesopotamia, which is half the earth away and pretty irrelevant to the USA. But we don’t learn about great civilizations in our backyard.

[Asteroidmining]

The tarascan definitely interest me, since my family is from that region. They were more settled in western Mexico in the modern state of Michoacan.

[alanl.]

Just ran into your channel and I already love it! I got so excited when you mentioned the Purepechas/Tarascans because people hardly ever mention them, let alone talk about them. They were big rivals of the Aztecs and were the major players of the area at the time, its a shame we don't know so much about these other cool civilizations. Your video was very informative and hope to find more videos like yours.

[DavidAguilar-woho]

Thank you for focusing on other civilizations besides the big two (Aztec and the Maya) but also for stating that the Tlaxcaltec alliance and European disease were the two key factors in the conquest of the Aztecs. It gives us more agency in a sense

[marioeskivel]

Amazing history!! As a Mexican it’s sad to hear the book 📖 were destroyed. We couldn’t learn so much more history of the Americas.!!

[CoolGuyPerez]

a recent Mayan city-state was discovered dating back to about 600 BC. which had: hieroglyphics math, carved Stone, large buildings, pyramids, and Roads Made of Stone.

[sethewing]

This is great, it shows that pre Columbian america is not just the aztecs maya and inca... thank you

[garrusn]

I remember suggesting this to you! Fantastic video! Your channel is great. So much better than the "Aztecs and Maya lived there and then the Spanish showed up. . ." that people usually say.

[imperialguardsmen]

Slowly but surely, the people of these lands slowly became more fashionable and epic looking.

[BaraJFDA]

Magnificent video. I wish there was more study on this too. Native American history as a whole is severely underrepresented or misunderstood. We need more of this.

Also pronunciation:

*Méxica - MEH-shee-kah (X is actually a sh sound because of mistransliteration by Spaniards)

*Aztec - AS-tek (Z is actually an S, again because of Spanish)

*Méxica is what they traditionally name themselves. The use of Aztec was popularized after the invasion of Spaniards. Aztec is said to be the name of the Méxica people's ancestors from their mythological place of origin, Aztlan (As-tłan)

Lake Texcoco - TESH-koh-koh

Méxica capital Tenochtitlán - teh-notch-tee-TŁAHN ("tl" is more like a breathy L sound or a mix of Th and L)

Tlaxcala - *TŁAH-sh-kala

Mixtec - MEESH-tek

Zapotec - SAH-poh-tek

[carlossolis]

Nobody expects the spanish inquisition