The Aztec Empire 1/5

In Search of History - The Aztec Empire Part 1

When explorer Hernan Cortés arrived in the New World in 1519, he found the present-day nation of Mexico dominated by the Aztecs. Highly skilled farmers, builders, and merchants, they were also savage warriors who practiced human sacrifice. Listen as leading scholars trace the rise of the Aztecs from a band of just over 1,000 to the dominant culture of ancient America and learn how the Spanish were able to hasten the fall of this mighty society in mere months. Tour the great temple of Tenochtitlan, where ongoing excavations are unraveling some of the enduring enigmas of the Aztecs, and discover the culture's continued influence in Mexico today. THE AZTEC EMPIRE explores the riveting history of a civilization that rose to dominate nearly all of Mexico in just 400 years.

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[kingsonic9u2b1]

And for those white people say that the Aztecs "ripped their hearts out" from the Spainards or any other human because that is a lie. European people saying WE are evil?

Who killed the King of the Incas and conquered them? Pizzaro did.

Who seiged the Aztec Empire? Cortez did.

Who thought there was "The Seven Cities of Gold" to get rich and conquer it? Cornado

Who stole the land through out the Americas? THEY DID.

All white people think about is , POWER, LAND, and MONEY.

[99cacahuate]

the word aztec is wrong, WE ARE MEXICA (meh-shee-kah ), the aztec word was invented by an european" jon von humpbold.

[aimedbm]

@rickpcp ofc better weaponry and tehnique did its job a lot guns,cannons iron swords and armor etc

[rickpcp]

@aimedbm good point. but the indians didnt know the spaniards had to reload their guns and ran outta ammunition. Would you jump infront of a guy with unlimited bullets and a machine gun? Thats what the indians thought.

[aimedbm]

@rickpcp i know that dude i live in Europe!!!!!Those christians are the catolics and protestants my point was big civilizations dont let 200 men to conquer them

[Graham6762]

Yeah I am sure every historical source was wrong and they gave them loving hugs. I am sure the Aztecs were more advanced than the Spaniards.

[rickpcp]

@aimedbm lol. christians killed many a people for not changing to their religion. In boston they used to kill witches too.lol. dummy.

[aimedbm]

@kingsonic9u2b1 yep they want power,land and gold but they dont rip hearts out for stupid gods...... obviously aztec maya and incas were savages that let 200 men to ruin their ''civilization'' which didnt had wheel in 15 century...

[xHanginOnaMomentwitU]

Omg tht city was beautiful! I really wish I coulda seen it xD

[HoundofOdin]

And Tecpaneca and Acolhua. They were just as important, but get forgotten in favor of the Mexica.

[permawolf]

The old World was more MATERIALLY advanced than the new World. But whatever goes around comes around, and these European inventions will only manifest more greed in the world. If an "eye for an eye" is all that people look towards than history will repeat itself, one day the people in the future will consider us primitive.

[JOSUE1987]

The Aztec took their name from the word Aztlan? Um I thought they called themselves the Mexicas and the word Aztec was created by Europeans.