I’m mexican and a history nerd, but when it comes to Mexico, there’s just way too much

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

Same fam in every single province there’s at least one type of war where Spain attempts to take control 😂 but they always failed

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

This video is hella Wrong when they said texas wanted to leave nah.. they took that shit by force this Uk Commentator off the pookie

@HermanVonPetri

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 They didn't provide much detail on that point. Ostensibly, Texas declared independence from Mexico due to Mexico outlawing slavery, and the rise of Santa Anna and his repeal of the Mexican constitution. Santa Anna's actions were in response to the USA illegally flooding the Mexican territory of Texas with Anglo immigrants who weren't paying taxes, many of which were bringing slaves with them which was also now illegal under Mexican law. And the Mexican American war was basically the USA looking for any pretext to start a war with the objective of taking as much Mexican territory as possible, which was the plan all along.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@HermanVonPetri well explained brother they also finessed California, New Mexico and afew other pieces, texas used to be called new Philippines when Mexico was called New Spain

@xviper2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@HermanVonPetri The American immigrants didn't illegally flood Mexico. Mexico invited them, which was a dumb move. The US may have baited Mexico into war & annexation, but they took the bait at every turn.

A correction, Mexico does not mean "The place of the Mexicas", as the video maintains, it means "The navel of the moon", since the Mexicas believed that the lake of Mexico was a reflection of the image of the rabbit that they saw in our natural satellite, and they believed that the center of the city, Mexico, was indeed the navel.

@lasaventurasdezuly7679

3 жыл бұрын

And the word México comes from the nauatl language.

@anacasanova7350

2 жыл бұрын

El Imperio español fue el menos malo de todos los Imperios posibles ,España era la heredera del Imperio Romano e hizo una grandísima obra por 3l mundo, llevando la civilización europea junto al cristianismo y la lengua española. 🇪🇸💞

@pjm875

Жыл бұрын

@@anacasanova7350 No me sorprende que alguien con el nombre tipico europeo diga algo asi. El imperio español es uno de los imperios mas violentos y asquerosos de historia.

@Unlatinoamericanoqueviveenmx

Жыл бұрын

One other possible translation is "Land of the war god" i think.

@TitanLRV

Жыл бұрын

@@anacasanova7350 El Imperio Espagnol causo un genocidio immenso y destruyo quada edificio, templo y pyramide en la ciudad de Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Y luego utilisaron los indigenos de Mexico como esclavos durante varios sieclos. Los espagnoles quemaron todos los libros Aztecas y prohibian a los indigenos de hablar lus lenguages y de practircar sus culturas. El imperio espagnol era terrible y yo tendria verguenza de decir lo que tu acabas de decir

Anthony Bourdain said about Mexico "A beautiful colonial architecture and a tragic, elegant, violent, absurd, heroic, regrettable and heartbreaking story. Mexico's wine regions compete with Tuscany for beauty. Its archaeological sites, the remains of great empires, unparalleled anywhere. And, as much as we think we know and love it, we've barely scratched the surface of what Mexican food really is. It is NOT melted cheese on a tortilla. It is neither simple nor easy. A true mole sauce, for example, may take DAYS to make, a balance of fresh (always fresh) ingredients, meticulously prepared by hand. It could be, should be, one of the most exciting cuisines on the planet."🇲🇽❤️🇬🇧

The best thing about this is, you are learning about other cultures. Everyone around the world has great history but we forget to care...

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

They butcher the hell outa the Mexican city names tho especially Zacatecas 😂😂

@momentary_

3 жыл бұрын

By 'great', I hope you mean there's a lot. Mexican history is more tragic than great.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@momentary_ if you think our history is tragic I wonder what u think about the United States and Canada on there means of obtaining land 😂

@momentary_

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 The only really tragic parts of United States history were the killing of the natives and the slavery of the Africans. There are other things like the war for independence, a civil war, ongoing racism and discrimination and a handful of presidential assassinations, but overall, United States history seems peaceful compared to Mexican history that's marred with several genocides, subjugation by others and extreme corruption.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@momentary_ immense cap if you add the atrocious they’ve done globally

No all Mexican history is about wars, last century there was a long period of stability called “El milagro Mexicano”.

@krustymaher6436

3 жыл бұрын

Necesitamos ese milagro ahora mismo porque la corrupción esta fuerte aquí, no tan fuerte, pero que no nos permite progresar

@luissanchez2067

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a century long

@areldyperez8446

Жыл бұрын

Aahh, yeah! We learned about that last period.

@user-jp8me2hf4o

Жыл бұрын

Okay but the fact that it's called a miracle is hilarious lmao

@Pagan0Kharmatr4n

11 ай бұрын

​@@user-jp8me2hf4o because it was Mexico was going up, and it was improving after all the BS previous PRI candidates did

More Mexico videos please

@emperorofmexico9976

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree

@prixmgify

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please, would be great

Sorry for bothering you so much with this request Thurston, but I’m glad you finally got around to it 😁 you have a lot of Mexican/Mexican American supporters like myself who’d love for you to react to more Mexican videos🇲🇽

I wish people knew more about how the Spaniards invaded Mexico, because I get a lot of flack for “not looking Mexican” since I look white even though all my family originated from Mexico 🤦‍♀️ Edit: The point of this comment was that most people (at least in the U.S., even Mexicans themselves (that I’ve met at least), think of the stereotype that Mexicans have tanned skin with dark hair. I most definitely do have Spaniard blood, but that doesn’t take away that I myself am very much Mexican. I’ve literally had people say “But you’re white” or “You’re not a real Mexican” to me. People are just so ignorant about race in this country istg

@UL71M4

3 жыл бұрын

We're you also born in Mexico

@handlebucket6285

3 жыл бұрын

My mother is actually a native Mexican while by dad is more Spanish. Both are Mexican obviously. We live in the us and people always think my dad is american because of how European he looks.

@UL71M4

3 жыл бұрын

@@handlebucket6285 yea but were you born in Mexico or not

@handlebucket6285

3 жыл бұрын

@@UL71M4 What does that have to do with anything?

@UL71M4

3 жыл бұрын

@@handlebucket6285 its just that some people call then selves mexicanos even though they're not from Mexico

De mi Rancho a Tu Cocina is a constant youtuber I go to when I am trying to recreate authentic Mexican dishes since I am no longer near the border. Their older videos is where I would say to go, those definitely have English subtitles. She is such a sweetheart.

@SPadventurOUS

3 жыл бұрын

this this this

@talonstrike7775

3 жыл бұрын

You should check the daughter's channel as well. It's Pretty good its called La Cocina En El Rancho .

BC = Before Christ AD = Anno Domini (Year of our Lord) BCE = Before Common Era CE = Common Era

@charminbaer2323

3 жыл бұрын

it's Anno Domini, and modern scholars don't use it anymore. BCE and CE are much preferred now.

He forgot the whole period where Mexico owned the entire left side of the usa

@rosesarecool9905

3 жыл бұрын

He talked about it in a different video

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Florida

@xviper2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 Mexico didn't own Florida, the Spanish did.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@xviper2k The Colony of Spain, New Spain which was Mexico Owned it You idiot 😂 so it was part of the Colony itself too

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@xviper2k did you think it was just it’s Own fucken country part of Spain ?😂 even Central America entirely was part of mexico Till the 1820’s

I'm glad he mentioned the Spanish caste system. It explains a lot of the power dynamics in the colonies. My family were peninsulares and criollo in Cuba and left in 1907, after the 1st revolution.

I think you are confused. The people from Europe are still many of the Mexican's ancestors. Most of Mexico are mixed ancestry.

The film dances with wolves is long but it shows a lot about what native Americans went through during the time America was being conquered, you should watch it.

@bigussmokesus8866

3 жыл бұрын

He definitely should watch it, I agree

@ericktellez7632

3 жыл бұрын

Not really? The film is based on the early 1800s, America was already conquered by the Europeans, since the mid 1500s actually.

@korssar

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericktellez7632 yeah, but that land remained almost inhabitated by spaniards, by 1970 los Cabos had only 1 doctor, the same with Cancun...Monterrey Nuevo León (not California) near Texas had its first doctor by late XIX century, all those red skin nayive american indians learned spanish because they used to trade pacefully with spaniards. Most of the 1910 revolution was fought (la bola) by mexican (mostly pure, not mestizo) indians who spoke little spanish but were (syncretic) catholic "la indiada"

@ericktellez7632

3 жыл бұрын

@@korssar Bullshit, most troops were mestizo and you know it.

@mong9942

8 ай бұрын

This is an old comment but I disagree. The colonization tactics and execution by Americans (English colonists) vs Spanish and later Mexicans on Northern natives was different.

There is a book I read in college called “Song of the Hummingbird” by Graciela limón. In that book she tells the story of an old lady who was an Aztec and she is ready to convert to Christianity at an old old age, but in her confession to father Benito she instead retells the story of the Spanish conquest with information the priest had not been through off before in spin. Amazing book to read I really recommend it

I have mixed feelings about this video. The pre-columbian and pre-revolution treatment was not bad. This video is a HUGE FAILURE in the omission of Lázaro Cardenas del Río and the modernization and reforms in the 20th and 21st centuries. It leaves the viewer off on a bad note that doesn't accurately portray Mexico's current accomplishments and challenges. Keep doing Mexican videos. I'm loving this thread! 😻🇲🇽

@KiryuSeiran

3 жыл бұрын

Also I feel they left a lot out due to also limited research as an outside source... But also the educational system spent 7 years teaching the history to us... I feel more specific videos about history parts would help better, Mexico at the end is rich in history.

@DanCanterville

3 жыл бұрын

I luv when someone speaks about Lázaro "El tata" Cárdenas, the best president in Mexican history imo

@InfamousGFox

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

Mexico is fantastic. I've been to Mexico City and Cancun and I can't wait to go back and explore more of Mexico. But I'm from El Salvador and it's such an underrated country. I wish he would at least watch the Geography Now video on El Salvador. It's a tiny country with a lot of history, culture, great food and great people. And not many know much about it either, which is sad.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

You need to get out of the big cities to see the real side of Mexico

@Reyes-Latinos

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 dude stfu over here hating on a comment section like a bum

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@Reyes-Latinos 😂😂 get angry that’s what I like to see

@Reyes-Latinos

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 L

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@Reyes-Latinos shut up gay boy

Yeah, it's estimated that, because of disease and warfare, the highest death toll is 90,000,000 - 112,500,000 for North American natives.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the deaths were from the East coast of the United states

@48mavemiss2

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 makes me so sad especially since so many towns and cities bear Native American names and history that we barely learn about in school until maybe university.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@48mavemiss2 too many missing tribes to count I have Mayan or Aztec blood or both just don’t quite know the language 😂

@48mavemiss2

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 in my family’s home county they say there are still natives that live in the mountains but personally I believe they are all mixed now with those who escaped to the mountains from slavery (African slave trade). We have ruins built by them that are still in use today actually but no clue if they are still around.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@48mavemiss2 oh yeah they have to have mixed the best example of this happened in florida

I'm glad you reacted to this one, it was a good one

You could react to Ford Quarterman is an American from the state of Georgia who lives and shows everything about my country Mexico, in his videos he speaks in Spanish and again in English but all his videos subtitle them to English at all times.

@PhxVanguard

3 жыл бұрын

he has a good channel and his spanish is excellent. :)

Proud mixed race mexican american here and thanks to your video I've subbed to this original video's channel. genealogy and ancestry as a field of research is infinitely fascinating to me and I love learning about my mesoamerican ancestors. People think of native Americans as being in north america and tend to forget about all the native americans throughout north central and south america. It's a wildly diverse, fascinating and proud history. Keep up the great work! Unification through cultural exchange and education! Proud of you for broadening your global horizons. ^-^

There's a lot that this video missed about the territories that the USA took later, the mexican goverment let the US put some inmigrants in Texas in order to populate the area, that was a mistake because they later on turned to be the mayority and wanted to be independent partially because slavery was not legal anymore in Mexico, but Texas wanted to have slaves, a lot of naugthy stuff going on as well with all the others terrotories of the north

@megatigreuanl9795

3 жыл бұрын

this is totally true

Native Americans were for sure treated the worst. Even more than the African Americans, which we all know was awful.

@elitepapi9178

3 жыл бұрын

StripedHatLady

I was excited on this one as this history is part of my history since I am from New Mexico.

@mandystory4275

3 жыл бұрын

I know right? I'm from NM too.

@sentrosity9176

3 жыл бұрын

New Mexico is in America though

@ji3194

2 жыл бұрын

@@sentrosity9176 Yes but we were part of Mexico before

Tasting history:Aztec Tamales. A great video about an old version of a modern mexican food. I reccomend tasting history in general.

@mandystory4275

3 жыл бұрын

Max is the best.

@paigeherrin29

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, gonna check it out. 😀

@hraefn1821

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta make em with venison and lizard meat for added accuracy XD

Man, the entire history of South America is a gold mine of knowledge. And much like the history of Mexico, the history of South America doesn't exactly make the Spanish look very good. The second Columbus set foot in Venezuela, it was all over for many cultures, sadly.

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the Spanish Mixed in with the native population, im an example of this, the Spanish may have burned the native books but the Europeans that settled on the east coast completely killed off the ones living in the east coast

@Ambitwine

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 don't even try, hispanic american friend, the black legend is very big right now, the spanish empire was the least bad of the colonial empires, that's why you can find a lot of mestizos compared to the US for example, where everyone is white european or african black, and the natives are in reserves in the middle of the desert

I loved this. As a Mexican-American I love seeing others reactions to this rich culture we have here. I too also love learning about the many cultures of the world. Crazy times we live in but much love ❤️ keep up the good vids peace ✌🏽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

@bigdaddyc4471

3 жыл бұрын

Ur American not Mexican stop turning ur back on the nation that grants u freedom , u wanna be Mexican the head south homie

@s1nqyy

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigdaddyc4471 F off

React to the channel called TRUE MEXICO. Is great and managed by a British guy living in Mexico actually

Other point to mention is that if you will talk about Hernan Cortes you need to mention La Malinche.

Kraut has been working on a phenomenal series of videos about the historical trends of the US and Mexico, it's fairly long so I don't know if you'd want to react to it but I'd definitely suggest watching them in your own time if not.

Yay you finally reacted to another videos of Mexico, please react to more! The culture, gastronomy, etc

I wish they would have gone more into the Cristeros wars. Even if those times in Mexico were a little too much like most of the world right now.

@julieb3996

3 жыл бұрын

I just remember photos, how they hung people from the telephone poles

@48mavemiss2

3 жыл бұрын

@@julieb3996 what?!

@PhxVanguard

3 жыл бұрын

@@julieb3996 and how they raped and burned nuns and priests alive and desecrated bodies in church cemeteries. :(

@foxhayes1256

3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather was a priest during those times and was declared a criminal and executed. Crazy stuff.

@crimsonflood1643

3 жыл бұрын

yeah the cristeros were honestly horrible and almost fascist even

If you haven’t seen Coco you really should. It is a really good movie and is based on Dia De Los Muertos.

@ephraimboateng5239

3 жыл бұрын

one of my favorite Disney movie, on top with Wall_E

@RomanTheMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@ephraimboateng5239 Got teary eyed at the end.

@korssar

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite, theres not such a written continous record of how to conduct thst kind of ritual from it origins, juat oral tradition, so its basically a catholic hollyday with some splash of indigenous tradition. That movie is just a commercial interpretation losely based on Pedro Infante image.

Even today, Native Americans and their lands are treated as an afterthought (if thought of at all.)

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe in the u.s cuz in Mexico were a mix of both European and natives so we technically still got our land

@randomgamerdude98

3 жыл бұрын

Natives still have there land because almost everyone in Mexico has native in them lmao you could see it in their faces

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomgamerdude98 and don’t forget the Mayan reservations in the Yucatán lol

@nmatky9327

3 жыл бұрын

@@KenshinAlex7 indigenous people in Mexico are still neglected and treated like shit

@KenshinAlex7

3 жыл бұрын

@@nmatky9327 since the 90’s they’ve had more rights but u can say that about any minority in any country like black people get treated bad In the u.s

This was great. I enjoyed watching how you acknowledged the rich and sort of tragic history that Mexico has gone through. It is a difficult topic to touch on because while the invasion of the Spaniards caused massive devastation across the native inhabitants it also brought about modernization and cultural change away from what were considered "barbaric" practices. When you start traveling, I highly recommend you visit Mexico at least once. The culture and food are unique and the people are very welcoming for the most part.

@funnyspoon5120

3 жыл бұрын

Thats most of colonial history. Death happens, but modernization occurs.

Yes Bro!!!! I'm Mexican American and grew up on both countries! Glad you uploaded and are venturing out to other countries sweet!

Between 1502 and 1866, of the 11.2 million Africans taken, only 388,000 arrived in North America, while the rest went to Brazil, the European colonies in the Caribbean, and Spanish territories in Central and South America, in that order.

What a coincidence! Today I randomly found out im going to Mexico for the first time ever in August!

@peyuko5960

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you have a wonderful experience!

@PhxVanguard

3 жыл бұрын

which part? if you make it to the Yucatán, I highly recommend Valladolid. It is an amazing colonial town, good food, very inexpensive, friendly people and very near to chichen itza. plus cenote zaci is two blocks from the plaza mayor, the main square of the city.

You should watch the movie Apocalypto its really good. My favorite from my childhood Its a fictionalized version of sacrifice within the Mayan kingdom and a man trying to escape capture and save his family. Look up some clips on KZread especially the scene where the men have blue paint

@Nik-py5qj

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies, must react to it!

At one time California was it's own country. That's why it's called "The Republic of California" there's a lot of videos about Californias history

Not only were Native Americans treated poorly, they've never to this day had it made right by the nations that replaced theirs.

@randlebrowne2048

3 жыл бұрын

That has *always* been the case, when it comes to one people conquering another. The Aztecs didn't exactly coddle their conquered subjects. The native tribes in what eventually became the United States also had a tendency to wipe out or enslave their rivals as well, long before the English ever arrived. It's not as if the various European or Asian cultures treated even those of more similar ethnicity any better.

@defftony

3 жыл бұрын

​@@randlebrowne2048 The USA has had some firsts in history and I would love if making it right got added to that list.

@hueyitlahtoani9242

3 жыл бұрын

@@randlebrowne2048 I mean it still doesn't make it right, I get what you're trying to say, but in the end the indigenous people of the Americas are the ones that ended up at the bottom, so by stating what the natives did to each other in the past is irrelevant and seems like you're trying to justify what the Europeans did to the Natives by saying "well they did it too" because it's pretty well known that different groups of people around the world didn't get along in the past. 😂

@randlebrowne2048

3 жыл бұрын

@@hueyitlahtoani9242 I didn't say that what happened to *any* conquered or displaced peoples was right. I'm merely pointing out that the Europeans don't deserve to be singled out as some sort of pinnacle of evil, just for winning at a game that *everyone* played (and being *more* gracious than most to those who lost,as well).

@hueyitlahtoani9242

3 жыл бұрын

@@randlebrowne2048 well they get the most hate because they did most of the conquering😂from Africa, to Asia, to the America's, there's a reason why so many people blame the Europeans for their problems. The japanese and chinese are also seen in a bad light in many asian countries aswell, for example, Korea in general don't really like the Japanese and Chinese because they both conquered Korea in the past. You just don't see it as much because it's not talked about as much in western society, so saying that the Europeans are the only ones being "singled" out is wrong. We tend to focus on the Europeans the most because almost every country has had to deal with the Europeans at some time in time so it doesn't come as a surprise that they get the most hate out of any other country in the world.

I am not Mexican but their history is so incredible! The most underrated in my opinion. Mexico City is above Tonochtitlan. This is unbelievable!

@korssar

3 жыл бұрын

The theory goes spaniards filled the lake to avoid aztec rituals only Xochimilco remains to this day because in the 1930s they covered thr last ooen air river just dowtown.

11:52 kind of. First there was Tenochtitlan, the native Aztec city mentioned earlier. The Spanish just expanded it and gave it a new name (Mexico City).

You are learning so much. This is ONE of the few redeeming qualities of KZread.

being mexican i heared many people say that our anthem Is very violento (It literally says "war war may their patriot banners be soaked by waves of blood) but i hope after this people understand where wey come form

During one of his exiles, Santa Ana lived on Staten Island, and is indirectly responsible for the introduction of chewing gum. Blame him next time you step on a wad of it.

My understanding of the whole 2012 thing was that the Mayan Calendar only extended to 2012... so does the world end when the Calendar runs out... or how many thousand years into the future is it reasonable to create a calendar for?

@magtovi

3 жыл бұрын

"...only extended to 2012..." Not quite, that date is just the end of a cycle (called baktun), the next day another cycle started. Is like saying that the current calendar ends on Dec 31st, well no, is just this cycle (2021) that ends.

@PacificEmperor

3 жыл бұрын

The way the long count calendar worked was that every 20 days, there was one, let's call it, "week". Every 10 "weeks" was one "month". Every 20 "months" was one "year". It kept going like that, 20-10-20-10-20-10 and so on. It could technically go on forever. Now let's imagine the calendar being written similar to a YY/MM/DD format, in that the largest timescale goes first, smallest goes last. The 2012 date corresponded to I believe the long count calendar date of 13/00/00/00/00. People thought this was the end of the world but the calendar would just go to 13/00/00/00/01 the next day.

@theblackbear211

3 жыл бұрын

@@PacificEmperor So, basically the Mayan "Y2K"? :-)

@PacificEmperor

3 жыл бұрын

@@theblackbear211 yep

I love all your Mexico video reactions

Mexican history is a convoluted series of events that each lead to unstable governments. Even today the people of Mexico would much rather have someone else in charge. I think most of the people there would agree, there is a lot of mistrust of government. And it is a common thought that it is all corrupt. There were some Spanish priests that took pity on what the Aztecs had done & saved some of their work. But it isn't much.

Interesting to see how he surprised at facts that everyone learns in history class

@igorjee

3 жыл бұрын

@Kyle Pomare I don’t know whom do you mean by 'us', all Europeans? I'm Hungarian and I learned quite a lot in class about the Americas. At least everything mentioned in the video was taught here. Of course many forget it as they're not interested, but it IS in the curriculum.

45 days asking for a reaction to “The cost of Concordia” by internet historian

@ryanschrum9872

3 жыл бұрын

That video is a banger

Your comments are gold. Thanks for understanding our side of the story in history. Lots of virtual abrazos from Mexico.

Under Mexico City lies Tenochtitlan, literally 3 ft below the Main Square plaza there is a pyramid shrine and sacrificial site currently being excavated. They just found a building made out of skulls of man woman and children of the sacrified people. These guys were crazy

And there’s still a LOT the video didn’t talk about, i love our history but is too much😂 imagine our history exams hahaha i already graduated college and I’m still learning about new things🤍

I always learn from your uploads, thank you.

this guy really made the cristeros seem like people that just wanted religious freedom as if they weren't fascists that persecuted anyone that wasnt catholic

Great reaction. Big Broad Subject. Most people know so little of this history. As you were saying, even this isn't going into depth an any one thing - there is so much more detail. Also, much of the Southwestern US is part of Mexican since it once was part of Mexico. One tiny detail that I have always found interesting is that The French Foreign Legion's most "sacred" day is the 30th of April - the anniversary of the Battle of Cameron(e), a battle that they lost - in Mexico, in 1863. The ceremony includes the display of the wooden hand of Captain Danjou - who died at Cameron(e).

My great grandfather and his brothers were cristeros in a small town in Durango called canatlan, and according with the urban legend, the skinned and hanged a couple of volunteers teachers because according to their beliefs “only the church should know stuff” or something messed up like that. They did skinned and hanged them in front of the church though.

Saludos desde por acá 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🌶🌶🌶

There has been 2 empires in America (continent): 1)Aztec/Mexica located in South Mexico. 2) Inca located in Peru. Sadly Peru mostly international is unknown.

Mexico is considered the land of history and culture

Love the videos about Mexico and anything relating to it. You should react to videos by True Mexico who's n English guy that lives in Mexico and talks a lot about the foods, people, culture and all that stuff

really enjoyed this! More like this please. 👍

Day I'm not sure of suggesting to watch some of Nick Johnson's videos, especially about "Unboxing" U.S. states.

I had no idea...there are definitely lessons to be learned from their history.

It's not a 100% correct what the video said, in Mexican Territory were two viceroyalties, New Spain and New Galicia, Guadalajara was the capital of New Galicia.

#LavLuka Something that is hardly mentioned in most documentaries is that a lot of pyramids and pre-hispanic buildings where destroyed to use the stones to build all the churches and cathedrals.

If you're interested in the history of Mexico, you should absolutely check out the history of the US-Mexican border by Kraut. It's a very comprehensive history of why Mexico looks the way it does now.

As a Mexican myself I can tell you, my friend, that you are right, we've been through so much messed up things, and still are. Specially what comes from religion and politics, both sides suck and have hindered our development since the spanish invasion. But something we can celebrate is the fact that family values and traditions, even if they are all globalized, are still unique, our food is majestic and the fact that whenever we fall, we prevail, if history and what I see everyday have taught me, is that resilience is our must powerful suit. Thank you for this video, I'm glad that you learned something about us.

Representing my culture ❤ you got a new subscriber

Ford Quarterman has some great videos he lives in Mexico and he uploads in English with subtitles

Mexico just has such an interesting history and good food.

The animated video skipped 90% of the 20th century, which is without doubt the most interesting part of our history.

Very interesting. Cool video

I find it crazy that since for most of human history hundreds of thousands of year back until very recently like maybe 200 years ago, the main focus of life was just to find a way to survive day by day. Everything was a constant struggle for survival. We got it pretty good now I guess. Spain had is all! They just couldn't hold on to it.

Over 13.000 years of history . Mexico National Anthem is a war call for every Mexican to defend the nation from any foreign force with honor.

Apparently my family was gifted a set of fine china once belonging to Emperor Maximilian I (Second Mexican Empire) by his wife Carlota of Mexico (Empress Charlotte) as a wedding present. We even have proof in the form a letter. It's all very Antiques Roadshow.

Great idea to branch out a bit! Great food and amazing culture. The US southwest was greatly influenced by them. Love your reactions

@korssar

3 жыл бұрын

All the US southwest was México. Not just influence.

Lav Luka please react to more videos about cultures from places like the Americas & Africa. I think it's important for Westerners to learn these things, cuz it's easy for us to overlook

Mexico's history is one of the most longest because all of the prehispanic cultures developing on our huge territory and becuase it's a huge country different important things happened in different places, so it is comolete and rich it's not just wars is how we as people developed because of this wars and problems and thats why we love so much our country we are proud of being a mix and having roots from the most powerful cultures in the world like aztecs and mayans all of them being so brave and honorable

Mexico episodes are awesome! Do the one by epimetheus on the history of ancient Mexico.

22:55 Porfirio Diaz he just brought progress to México...útil he had expelled by Francisco i madero.....a man Who was manipulated by USA.

check out the history of england or the rest of oversomplifieds videos.

there is quite a few awful mistakes in this video, i urge you not to take it as it is, for now, the two worst i catch were: 1 There is absolutly no evidence of a rising against the dominant class in Teotihuacán that lead to his falling, in fact there's plenty evidence of them sharing the wealth trought all the classes as any civilization in the world, the reason of their collapse are lost. 2 The second french intervention did NOT end up by a U.S intervention, that's a myth extended by them just for take credit, in reality the french were forced to take a large part of their armies to be able to fight against Prusia back in europe, this weakend the empire and allowed mexican ressistance to reclaim the country, altough there were some U.S help it was just by selling weapons, they NEVER stood fight against the french along side the mexicans or anything alike

@montse3139

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's believed that the Teotihuacan and Mayan civilizations collapsed because they exploited the lands to the point they no longer could cultivate anything. Also there is the posibility that in Teotihuacán lived people from other south american groups.

@MikeTwaiks

3 жыл бұрын

@@montse3139 ... i dont really have the info abaout that theory for the mayans, but that's wrong about the aztecs, they didnt dissapear, they were colonized by the Spanish

@montse3139

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeTwaiks sorry for the error I was thinking about the Teotihuacas not Aztecs.

Im mexican, and I can say that theres a lot of things we ignore or even didnt know so well about oyr history, a lot of people is thinking about some presidents as héroes and some others as villians, but a thing we ignore is that not everything is black or white, theres a lot of good things that "villians" did as some other bad things "héroes" did

With so many foreign interventions, that's why we got a so much defensive-bellicose anthem. You should try to listen it,

The bringing of history oval writing is probly why modern day historian don’t know what happened

yes

Great reaction man!

We all have our history. We all have the capacity to make change for the good of humankind.

Mexican indians weren't treated as badly as American Indians. Not as the video suggests. There is a thing called "Leyes de Burgos" that protected mexican indians from slavery. There was a sort of forced labor in the "encomiendas" but the spanish crown forced the owners (Encomenderos) to protect and care for their "encomendados" (mexican indian workers). After 5 months of work, the encomendados were given a 40 days of leave or "vacations". Encomienda could something close to Lease. The spanish crown leased some lands to some lords, and 50 indians to work the land. Women were allowed to work if they choose to. Also, during the age of conquest, Indians that sided with the spaniards did not pay taxes. They lived mush better under spaniard rule thay they did under Aztecs who constantly sacrificed them and... ate them. Yes, Aztecs were ritualistic cannibals too. Some sacrifices required the flesh of the sacrificed to be eaten.

Its me Jose Villegas. Mexican American i didn't know any of this sheet.

Colonizer that’s the word he was looking for lol

That's not why Mexico is called like that, it's just the way the Spanish knew how to pronounce it. Mexico it's a Nahuatl word that means "El ombligo de la Luna" (Moon's bellybutton).

Mexico means, belly bottom of the moon in Nahuatl (the Aztec lenguaje)

Watch mark weins eating Mexican street food in Mexico !!

In Mexico City & Northern Mexico, we had the highest Asian immigration in the '20s-'30s, mainly from Korea and China after the Catholic Church promised them a better life, only to come back to be farmers. Fun fact, if you go now there is still an extremely large community of Korean's and Chinese, most of them being of mixed descent but most of them also being either completely Chinese or Korean who are able to speak their native tongue and Spanish. Still to this day, you will find communities, architecture, and restaurants that have been then for 50+ years.

@mong9942

8 ай бұрын

Well as a Mexican who also has heritage from Chinese leaving in 30s/40s, anywhere would be better than staying there 😂

@stevenserna910

2 ай бұрын

The northern states of Mexico also have Menonite, Mormon, Gypsy, and Slavic descendants from the european purges of the 19th and 20th centuries. Fair skined, light hair, and pretty eyes, but all of them speak Spanish, live the Mexican culture, eat the foods of Mexico AND modified meals of their native religious cultures.

The video gets something wrong. The city was already called Mexico by the Mexicas. In fact it's full name was Mexico-Tenochtitlan. When the Spaniards came, they burned every building and destroyed all the temples and pyramids and they used the ruins from the destroyed buildings to build their own churches and palaces. And they renamed Mexico-Tenochtitlan to Mexico City. Mexico-Tenochtitlan meant "The place in the moon's bellybutton where there is a cactus growing on a rock.'' Because the lake where the city was built was called ''The lake of the moon''. So the city was in the moon's bellybutton because it was at the center of the lake. And that's what Mexico means. The ''Bellybutton of the moon'' in a language called Nahuatl that is still spoken in Mexico by 1.7 million people

If you can, please watch the movie Apocalypto. You have to read subtitles. It's worth it. Hugs

@montse3139

3 жыл бұрын

Apocalypto is not historically accurate, but I won't deny it is entertaining

Lav Luka, BC means "before Christ." They are now using CN which translates the same but is the Lain abbreviation for "Ante Christum Natum." Meaning "Before Christ.. AD is Latin for "Anno Domini" translated out of Latin meaning "The Year Of Our Lord."