The Aztecs: All You Need to Know

I dont need this for school. I watch this for fun lol.

Anyone else on this simply because you love your ancestry, history and enjoy some good YouTube videos?

They never revered him as a god. That was a lie that Cortez perpetrated to the king to justify all the terrible things he did. The offerings they gave him were for him to leave but since the empire had made many enemies with other tribes it was ultimately what led to their demise.

I love that the world is fascinated with the “Aztecs”. It makes me proud a Native American tribe is so well known around the world.

For five centuries, North Americans have been fascinated and intrigued by stories of the magnificent Aztec Empire. This extensive Mesoamerican Empire was in its ascendancy during the late Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries. The Aztec Empire of 1519 was the most powerful Mesoamerican kingdom of all time. This multi-ethnic, multi-lingual realm stretched for more than 80,000 square miles through many parts of what are now central and southern Mexico. This enormous empire reached from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf coast and from central Mexico to the present-day Republic of Guatemala. Fifteen million people, living in thirty-eight provinces and residing in 489 communities, paid tribute to the Emperor Moctezuma II. However, by the time that Hernán Cortés and his band of Spanish mercenaries arrived on the Gulf Coast of Veracruz in 1519, omens of impending doom had begun to haunt Emperor Moctezuma II and his advisors in their capital city, Tenochtitlán. With an incredible coalition of indigenous forces, Cortés and his lieutenants were able to bring about the fall of one of the greatest indigenous American empires in only two years. The Empire that the Aztecs amassed makes them unique among Amerindian peoples. But, in at least one respect, they are far from unique. The Aztecs and other Náhuatl-speaking indigenous peoples of Mexico all belong to the Uto-Aztecan Linguistic Group. Spoken in many regions of the western US and Mexico, the Uto-Aztecan tongues include a wide range of languages, stretching from Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming all the way down to El Salvador in Central America. And the Aztecs represent only a small – but significant – part of this linguistic group. While the Aztecs of the Sixteenth Century lived in the south central part of the present-day Mexican Republic, a wide scattering of peoples who presently live in the United States could probably be described as “distant cousins” to the Aztecs. If you belong to the Shoshone, Ute, Paiute, or Gabrielino Indians, you may very well share common roots with the famous Aztecs of central Mexico.

While learning about Mexico's culture, tradition and festivals especially The people. i fell in love with Mexico, now i call myself a Mexican and not extranjero anymore :D Viva Mexico 🇲🇽

its been calculated that as many as 60-80% of native americans died of old world deceases. Just imagine every decease and plague in the entire history of the old world hitting the americas all at once. its amazing anyone survived it all.

Montezuma never believed that Cortés was a god. That's a myth. We have letters from Cortés about his experiences there, and even he never claimed they thought he was a god. You'd think he would have mentioned.

Learning more about the Aztecs after playing the Age of Empires 2 campaign!

It's explained in a very lucid way yet thought provoking and with beautiful graphics!!! ❤❤

Y'know, I was watxhing this for a school project but i ended up enjoying it more than I thought

Some of the pyramids shown on this video were built by the Mayas and not the Aztecs. Those were two completely different pre-hispanic cultures.

The information in the video was good, however some of the pictures included with the narrative are not Aztec, but Mayan structures. It might be picky...but its misleading for those who don't know.

i needed this for school and it helped a lot keep up the good work

Sending love to all my brothers and sisters descended of the Mexica Tribe and original people of Mexico

I'm very proud of my culture 🇲🇽

This documentary completely glosses over the absolute brutality of the Aztec people. Had it not been for their awful rule, they’d not have raised the local armies needed to defeat them.

Terrific video!

Veryyyy NICE!!!! I had an exam on this and I watched this I AM SOOOOO FULLMARK

for me the most interesting cultures are.... 1.) vikings 2.) ancient Egyptians 3.) aztecs