A Super Quick History of Nicaragua

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#nicaragua #history

[barakdan]

Man I'm gonna be kinda depressed when Mr History finishes all the countries, I learn and laugh so much here

[lucysanchez]

As a Mexican i've found lots of similarities between Mexico and Nicaragua, for example 3/4ths of pre-Columbian Nicaragua was populated by post-Toltec Nahua indians that fled Mexico after the fall of Tollan. The 2 largest tribes in Nicaragua were Nahuatl-speakers the Nicarao tribe and the Nacahua tribe. Nicaragua is a corruption of "Nicanahua" which is Nahuatl for "here are the Nahuas" referring to the Nicarao and the Nacahua peoples. The Aztecs were Nahua people as well, Mesoamerican history is so fascinating

Saludos a Nicaragua de una Mexicana 🇲🇽❤️🇳🇮

[RespectTheLogos]

While not having a great ancient civilization like the Aztecs or the Maya, Nicaragua managed to pull through the tough challenges it faced.

Next is the republic of Niger, which sits on the river of the same name. 🇳🇪

[mindulle]

Nicaraguan here, this video is actually very accurate, and indeed, even though the things here arent that perfect, we live a particulary good life

[gwynethbinder]

Thank you for the history lesson, and including the east coast history. That is where I was born. Lived most of my life in the USA. Nothing in my history lessons gave me any idea why I a little white girl had a history in that country. Very one spoke English, at the hospital, the stores the church our neighbors. I left in the early 50. I am sure that very thing has changed a lot since then.

[datoevans]

as a dude who lives there imma say it's kinda accurate, the "after 1960's governing part" is indeed truth since let's say the corruption of politics and others.
Glad to see me smol country being mentioned tho, was a nice vid.

[nicolemakropoulos]

There's a very strong case that the Nicarao (the largest Nahua tribe in Nicaragua) are descendants of the Toltecs. Mesoamerican scholars point to the Nicarao’s expertise in medicine (just like the Toltecs), the Nahuatl dialect the Nicarao spoke is the exact same the Toltec spoke, and there's religious and political similarities as well. In addition the timeframe of the Nicarao migrations in Nicaragua after the collapse of Tollan lines up almost perfectly, it is a very strong theory.

The sad part is that these discoveries are not well known because everything east and south of Copan, Honduras is rarely talked about in Mesoamerica. I find it sad because I've always found Nicaragua and Costa Rica's part in Mesoamerican history really interesting, they're both remnants of advanced pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico which makes it all the more fascinating.

[thatrandomguyontheinternet]

I know it has to be short but the banana republic is an important part of Nicaraguas history

[stayingfitandfocused]

2:10 this stuff will always piss me off how the u.s inserted themselves into destabilizing so many parts of latin america then has the nerve to talk shit on these countries today

[ioan_jivan]

I learned so much about America from here

[laflorecitadelcaos]

You missed very important parts such as we got out of a dictatorship and then the party that won became another dictatorship and police brutality.

[MBHpower]

hey mr history pls can you do an episode on pakistan thanks

[pharmdadfit]

I lived here for 4 months in the early 2000s. Very good people and chill like you said. I was in the southern part near Costa Rica. The current ruler, Daniel Ortega, has been putting lots of his political opponents in jail and my uncle left the country. Too bad.

[emjots]

"no gang violence so seems like a pretty chill place to live" really? not even going to mention the high poverty, the brutal government oppression, the dictatorship, or the police state?

[ciroguerra-lara]

Cool but you did not mention William Walker.

[Cukampederu]

Can you make super quick history of Serbia pld

[why-fhmf]

Can you do the history of spain please?

[qerqiztopulli]

Can you do history of Turkey? Or quick history of otto von bismsrck6

[jonashemmer]

Got a new coworker from here, told him I knew his country from US intervention and quality cigars. He’s seeing his first snow soon….so magical the first time, I know by the 7th time he will be tired of the shit.

[josephgoebbels]

I am surprised to know that English-speaking foreigners know more about Nicaragua than Nicaraguans themselves.