Previous events can be seen in this video: bit.ly/2ITagGu

@weon_absoluto

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals can you update on the napoleonic wars

@chiquitokaiba4072

5 жыл бұрын

What about the battle of Otumba?

@CogitoEdu

5 жыл бұрын

The Tlaxcala died in droves from smallpox. However, this just fed into the idea that the Spanish were incredibly powerful warriors and could bring down the Aztec Empire, because they seemed immune to the sickness.

@curroanibal

5 жыл бұрын

Chiquito Kaiba good queiston

@curroanibal

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals BATTLE OF OTUMBA PLEASE

Interesting fact. In order to save gunpowder until reserves could be brought up, the Spaniards actually constructed a trebuchet to use against the city. It only fired a single shot, which went straight up, and came straight down. The first and only time a trebuchet was used in the New World, and the last time one was used in combat.

@ferblancart8669

5 жыл бұрын

I need a source this is so good!

@alexanderstrickland9036

5 жыл бұрын

Oh god that is hilarious

@2312uri

5 жыл бұрын

The ultimate siege weapon

@hellboy6507

5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they should've used a catapult instead.

@alexanderstrickland9036

5 жыл бұрын

Pladimir Vutin making a good torsion bar is actually reaaallllly hard haha. And trebuchets are much more efficient at the actual throwing part. It's like comparing the mechanical advantage of you throwing a stone with your hand vs throwing a stone with a sling.

I would love to watch a movie depicting this war between the Spanish, Tlaxcala and Aztecs with the scenery quality and acting of Apocalypto.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

We need more historical movies.

@anonoymus7053

5 жыл бұрын

yeah quality movies for interesting subjects... we need more of that

@pottertheavenger1363

5 жыл бұрын

That movie would make Mexico sob. I guarantee it.

@juanleal2873

5 жыл бұрын

You can see the Spanish series "Conquistadores Adventvm" I do not know if it is available in English but it is very good. Greetings from Mexico

@bulukmayanwarfare1267

5 жыл бұрын

That would be a great movie to see.

Great example of the phrase: the enemy of my enemy is my friend, the aztecs had a lot of enemies

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and unlike, say, Romans, they did not massacre their enemies completely.

@mr.e3894

4 жыл бұрын

@@ts8404 their secret weapon of course.......small pox

@chrfr7476

4 жыл бұрын

Diplomacy was key. Every superpower has enemies ready to turn their back against them

@jonathanwells223

3 жыл бұрын

samyajyoti de wasn’t much of a battle, more of a rout

@somdash2920

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrfr7476 small pox.... !?

Wow, between 50,000 and 500,000 native allies and apparently 16,000 war canoes, if this doesn't show how important the native allies were to the conquest I don't know what does.

@thepatriarch6144

5 жыл бұрын

It also shows just how hated and evil Aztecs were.

@fellfraid

5 жыл бұрын

That's like the low numbers, I've read that as many as 2 million showed up.

@Reypolloloco5

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, they were offered to be been freed and then they would get to replace the empire.

@phyrexian_dude4645

5 жыл бұрын

Well if you put it in perspective, if we are realistic, the spanish had 0 chance of conquering the americas if it not were for the convenient allies and smallpox. They were outnumbered over 10000 to 1, sure they had better gear, better tactics and chivalry but the supply lines were dreadful and any reinforcements would take months to arrive so a war of attrition would win the day in the end. But the smallpox wiped out most of the americas population, destroying most of their fighting and economic force and with really pissed natives with other tribes and cities everything went quite well for them.

@MajoraZ

5 жыл бұрын

@@thepatriarch6144 The Aztecs were not particularly hated (at least not for sacrifice or more then any rapidly expansionist state is): You have to remember that the entire region practiced human sacrifice, just as much as the Aztec sacrificed captured enemy soldiers in battle, so did the Aztec's enemies take Aztec soldiers captive to sacrifice: in fact leaders were INVITED to the ceremonies where their own soldiers got scarified: It was not a practice that was reviled, even if the Mexica of the Aztec capital did so at greater scales then other groups. Furthermore, as far as I am aware, of the cities that joined the Spanish, only Cempola,, Tlaxcala (as previously mentioned in the videos), Huexotzinco and Texcoco joined due to specific grievances with the Aztec capital, and for only one of those, Tlaxcala had anything arguable to do with sacrifice practices, for the most part just due to the triple alliance's taxes and military actions. Other then those cities, pretty much all of the other city-states that joined the Spanish did so out of opportunism due to the chaos and instability caused by the death of Montezuma and the Smallpox outbreak. In fact, the Aztec empire itself formed out of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan allying with each other when the then dominant city-state of Azcapotzalco had a succession crisis and it's influence was weakened by political instability: These sorts of things are fairly common in Mesoamerican history since empires tended to not be directly governed by rather left as tributaries or having other methods of indirect rule and influence, it happened on smaller scales with provinces on the edge of Aztec territory almost whenever a new king of Tenochtitlan/emperor was crowned, with the ensuing coronation campaigns helping set the tone for other states and tributaries how no-nonsense a ruler would be: Tizoc, the 5tth king of Tenochtitlan, was infamously incompetent during his and basically lost more then he gained due to it, resulting in tons of other tributaries also rebelling and in the end he was assassinated by his own nobility for being such a fuck-up.

Modern day Tlatelolco square has a plate, indicating the last stand of Cuahutemoc, it is written: Heroically defended by Cuahtemoc, Tlatelolco fell to the power of Hernan Cortez, it was neither triumph nor defeat, it was the painful birth, of a Nation.

@joaquinandreu8530

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. The problem is that 'muricans extrapolate their murder an extermination of the New England tribes to Mexico, when it's a different story altogether.

@natanaelmedina4085

4 жыл бұрын

The birth of the humans start with a baby cry, the birth of Mexico started with the battle cry

@DubiaFluctuant

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrei V The good things were kept, the bad awful things had to go.

@Stoner44842

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrei V but a new culture was born lol

@Nico-jb5ej

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrei V go fuck yourself asshole

The timeline is insane if you think about it- 1516: Charles V inherits Spain and half of Italy 1519: Charles V is elected as Holy Roman Emperor, ruling over Germany and Austria 1521: Mexico is conquered 1522: Magellan’s expedition returns after circumnavigating the world 1525: Spanish forces capture the French king after the Battle of Pavia 1526: Bohemia and half of Hungary belongs to the Habsburgs following Ottoman Invasion 1531: Conquest of Peru begins 1535: The first massive fleet of silver arrives into Europe Basically, if you were some random peasant, you cannot believe half of what is happening to Spain for twenty years in your life

@dravenocklost4253

Жыл бұрын

Amazing history, España.

@stefanvella9807

Жыл бұрын

During the🤺🏇🐎🏰⚔🏹🛡✝ great siege of Malta 1565 by the Ottomans☪, apart from the ⛪Pope and a handful of knights 🏇and volunteers 🤺only the Spanish sent much needed help, ammunition and reinforcements enable us to achieve victory.✌

@zamirroa

Жыл бұрын

The born of the empire where the sun never sets

@justinnamuco9096

Жыл бұрын

In a way theres only a very small number of people involved plus an army

@ColoniaMurder20

Жыл бұрын

Enrique of Malacca from Southeast Asia was completed the first circumnavigation of the world

I'm mexican, I have read or heard the history of the Conquest dozens of times but never heard or read a detailed description of the siege of Tenochtitlan. It's a quiet interesting topic. You see the aztecs and their enemies adapting to a new kind of war. Thank you for the good work.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@helloMRdj1

2 жыл бұрын

Im Spanish, and I never heard of this either. Its quite impressive how well the Aztecs defended the city for so long

@eliaspapanikolaou3563

2 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals you doing the most detailed job ,I ever seen,👍

@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158

2 жыл бұрын

@@cesarangulo4186 o el libro de Hugh Thomas 'la conquista de Mexico' cual es mas serio y precisa

@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158

2 жыл бұрын

Juan de Leon, who was sacrificed, had a stutter and great black beard...his sacrifice was cruel, being dressed up and told to dance, then his heart ripped out and thrown down the great temple.

Didn't know the Conquestadors were so close to defeat.

@LionKing-ew9rm

5 жыл бұрын

Racey Kovev Even if they lost that battle, The course of history wouldn't change much...Aztecs didn't have any chance against Gun powder and heavy cavalry and smallpox...unfortunately.

@Reypolloloco5

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is right it would've inevitable, maybe if not from the Spanish, but against other cities

@raceykovev2829

5 жыл бұрын

We don't know that, it would depend on what the Spanish government would decide would they go about sending more, or would they conclude that it isn't lucrative enough, though I agree it likely wouldn't have changed much but you never know.

@mexicoball2529

5 жыл бұрын

Heavy cavalry would do shit on jungle warfare and so the gunpowder because Aztecs didnt fight in linear tactics and open fields ,they usually fought guerrilla and surprise attacks. The only thing that would beat them was smallpox.

@abrahamdavidgonzalezgonzal364

5 жыл бұрын

Even when the mexicas were beat up and the tarascos surrended until the arrival of the first Virrey ,the New Spain was a giant mess,spanish against spanish,rebellions on Oaxaca y Veracruz an a lot of crasy shit.

This would make a great movie.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@GFSLombardo

5 жыл бұрын

There is an old Hollywood movie from 1947 whch dramatized the beginning of the conquest of Mexico, called THE CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE. It included some of the top movie stars of the day. One of the "Aztec leaders" was played by Jay Siverheels, who later achieved TV trivia immortality by playing "Tonto" in the old "LONE RANGER" TV series. Oddly, the movie ends before Cortez & his"conquistadores" get to the Aztec capital and the fateful encounter wirh Monteczuma. Pure Hollywood stuff, so any relationship between the film and actual history is purely coincidental. But its one of the few English language theatrical movies that I can recall that dealt with this period in North American history.

@goksir5845

5 жыл бұрын

I love Mesoamerican history so much. I wish there were more movies about them in general.

@Clumsy-vp3if

5 жыл бұрын

The conquest of Mexico would be such a great movie - it's a classic hero's journey, one of the few sagas of history where a small band of key characters has such a tremendous role in shaping the future. The protagonist (Cortez) even finds love (Malinche) along the way, and meets his opponent face to face several times. Cortez can't just rely on military might though, and there is much political intrigue and cunning manipulation. Cortez also has an old rival (Velazquez) that he betrayed in the past that he ends up being forced to confront, putting him up against an army equal to his own. And there's the drama of the human sacrifice and bold personalities of Cortez's captains that all add up to be a great story, putting it on a level equal to that of Caesar, Alexander, and Napoleon.

@TheA1M4fame

5 жыл бұрын

It would. I'm sick of European historical period films. Fictional or non fiction alike. Ancient Greek, Roman, and middle ages like films have been done to death.

Last time I was this early, Mexico City was Tenochtitlan

@thearmada6248

5 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early there were still 7 ancient wonders of the world.

@ngawangtashi326

5 жыл бұрын

Tenoch *tit* land

@jellymop

5 жыл бұрын

Vercingetorix Arverni a pervert after my own heart!

@RobbyHouseIV

5 жыл бұрын

Bah-dump-tish!

@chakfungcheung3318

5 жыл бұрын

Vercingetorix Arverni Gauls are horny

The Aztec Empire was conquered by a few dozen Spaniards and tens of thousands of their native allies. Maybe we should be asking ourselves why the other peoples of the region hated the Aztecs so much? Could it be their habit of taking thousands of them for human sacrifices? That kind of brutal oppression never goes unanswered. My sense is that the Spaniards were just in the right place at the right time.

@davidgonzalez-herrera2980

5 жыл бұрын

In a sense the Spanish can be seen as aliens from a far away world. It was an alien invasion.

@worsethanjoerogan8061

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely true that the Aztecs made themselves quite hated in Mesoamerica. That said I think they get judged a bit too harshly when it comes to the human sacrifice thing. If you honestly thought that the Sun would fail to rise if you didn't give the gods tribute the human sacrifice starts to look a lot more defensible

@crazygunnuh101

5 жыл бұрын

There were more opportunists than there were people that hated the Aztecs. Either way, after the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish betray their Native allies, enslave them, and pretty much do to them what they attempted to do to the Natives in modern day California with their mission system. I recommend you look that up..

@worsethanjoerogan8061

5 жыл бұрын

I think the Spanish also get unfairly vilified in this part of history, like they were somehow much worse than the Aztec Empire when that's not really the case. The Encomienda system practiced in New Spain was partially modeled on the previous Aztec tribute hierarchy and was(arguably) better than the feudal systems used in actual Spain or other parts of Europe. They also outlawed the practice of human sacrifice in Mexico, which I think most can agree was a good thing. As for Cortes, I think he's similar to Columbus in that he's treated very unfavorably, with historians relying on primary sources written by their political enemies for information about their lives. The Spanish missions also get a lot of hate(understandably) but people forget that a major reason that we know so much about Aztec civilization in the first place is due to Spanish historians recording it in Spanish. This was really valuable since the Aztec writing system wasn't a fully developed writing system like the Latin alphabet is.

@miguellemir242

5 жыл бұрын

The Spanairds had a vested interest in preserving their ALlies and the Aztec and Inca Elites: They legitimized Spanish Rule and served a proxy between the metropolis and the native Populace. natives that helped during the conquest recieved many priviliges in the subsequent Colonial Era: They were granted lands, nobility titles, firearms, horses, and the such. Many of the most direct descedents of the Mexica nobility are the Dukes of Moctezuma, who members of the spanish nobility. They werent monsters. And if they were, they were in the same club as the Inca and Aztecs.

Two interesting facts. Cortes and his interpreter Malinche had three kids together. One of which, Martin, would become good friends with the future King of Spain, Phillip II and toured Europe. He fought in many battles and was a knight of the Order of Santiago, the highest honor. He was one of the first ever mestizos. Additionally Malinche was a very clever and capable woman who helped Cortes a lot and was crucial for his conquest of Mexico. She had political acumen too and quickly learned Spanish so she could cut out the middle man who used to translate her Mayan to Spanish (she just translated Aztec (Nahuatl) to Mayan before) thus binding herself even closer to Cortes and gaining influence. She is seen by many as the mother of Mexico, torn between Spain and the natives as many of them are, literally the mother of one of the first ever mestizo children and a key figure in the creation of what will become Mexico. Though some treat her with respect and others resent her. The other one is that Cortes himself never got what he wanted, the coveted position of Viceroy of New Spain was granted to a high noble from Spain. Though he got lots of influence in New Spain and effectively ruled for a time he felt he was never rewarded properly for his astounding conquest and thoughts so until his death. IMO he should just be happy he was not punished severely for rebelling and battling the lawful agents of the king.

@neurofiedyamato8763

5 жыл бұрын

Cortes should be happy he got away. He disobeyed his orders and attacked the natives despite originally on a exploration and trading mission. He proceeded to kill native diplomats which obviously hurt Spain politically if the Aztec did not fall. And Cortes fought back when a Spanish ship went to hunt for him. If he lost the war against the Aztec(which he nearly did several times) I find it highly unlikely for him to not be trialed. He would of lost a lot of valuable men and material on a mission not authorized.

@williamthefloridano5290

5 жыл бұрын

1503nemanja i regret losing all that booty.

@mexicanmuslim

4 жыл бұрын

Question. In this animation video we see Spanish ships in the Lake. But there's no way they got them on land and moved them into the lake. So the only ships they used were NativeAmerican canoes right???

@wouldyouliketomeetkenbamba9495

4 жыл бұрын

@@mexicanmuslim They built it boi. The goddamned spaniards built it.

@DubiaFluctuant

4 жыл бұрын

@Balls McGee It was God's will.

They need to make This Into A Movie

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@YoungChunds

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, a Netflix special series is needed. In my opinion it’s the greatest story ever told by the most bad ass men to ever live.

@christopherrodas5932

5 жыл бұрын

Foreal ! There’s so much stories of history that can be made to educate ppl

@kaibilbalam-gonzalez9584

5 жыл бұрын

TV series like game of thrones or video game adaptation like assassins creed would be epic

@Oxtocoatl13

5 жыл бұрын

@@kaibilbalam-gonzalez9584 I would play the heck out of Assassin's creed: Tenochtitlan

This is just unbelievable. I can’t imagine this at all. If it wasn’t history I couldn’t believe this to be real

@furo779

Жыл бұрын

L

@fishofgold6553

Жыл бұрын

You will also not believe my amazing bottle-smashing KZread videos to be real, until you see them! On a more serious note, I know what you mean. The Spanish-Aztec war is the most ambitious crossover that I know of in all of history. It the closest thing to a proven alien encounter, from the Aztecs point of view. From the Spanish perspective, they arrived in a place none of their people had ever even seen before, finding a large cities of a civilization that had developed in complete isolation from the rest of the world, with art, attire and architecture of a style strikingly different from all those of any other culture. It's stunning to think that all of this had been going on for centuries without the knowledge of anyone from the Old World. This is the sort of epic adventure story that the conquistadors may have only heard about in fictional legends and fairytales when they were children.

@LoftOfTheUniverse

10 ай бұрын

Reality is more unbelievable than we realize

Sad end to the Aztecs. It was a brutal period for both sides. Aztecs made too many enemies that's why Cortes could raise such a massive army to assault the city. Great video and enjoyed it. Cheers!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, good sir!

@kaibilbalam-gonzalez9584

5 жыл бұрын

Aztecs are still around buddy... I think you mean end of their reign.

@amykarr6163

4 жыл бұрын

fuck the spanish. why do you feel sad over these evil murderers

@SkyForceOne2

4 жыл бұрын

@@amykarr6163 spanish murdered, aztecs murdered, every culture in history murdered. Human history is murder. Get over it.

@Dayrahl

4 жыл бұрын

@@SkyForceOne2 rightio

For the viewers from other countries let me share the fact that this battle is the bloodiest ever in Mexican History, the casualties were far greater than any battle of all the wars that Mexico has fought since, including civil wars.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Most probably. At least 10s of thousands of casualties.

@danimations5692

2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure of that? Remember that the European disease killed 90% of all the total combatants (except for the alleged 2000 or so Spaniards, most of whom apparently were already immune to their disease). On the other hand a whopping 1.7 to 2.7 million (estimates vary widely) people died in the Mexican revolution.

@enzomauro9889

2 жыл бұрын

@@danimations5692 You are wrong. Because he is talking about the deaths of a battle, not the casualties of a disease. Very different things

@danimations5692

2 жыл бұрын

@@enzomauro9889 Just do the Math bro. At the time of the conquests Mexican population was like 4.5 million, women & children included, in the entire region. The plagues killed as much as 90% of the population in the area directly under conflict. So your population during the critical & final battles was probably not more than a million tops, again, women & children included. Automtically, fatalties would be far less than the estimated 1.7 to 2.7 million people killed during the countrywide Mexican civil war. Did you see how simple Math can go a long way in establishing facts...& knowing when statements like the one above typed by Carlos I are totally false?

@TheThedisliker

Жыл бұрын

When you say mexican you mean mexica, as of aztec, their population was 4,5 million people, but entire mexico had a population between 25 and 50 million. Just a little missunderstanding.

There really ought to be a TV miniseries about the Spanish-Aztec Wars of the same quality of Rome or Vikings. There are so many great characters in this story.

@GFSLombardo

5 жыл бұрын

Much of the dramatizations and histories about the Spanish/Portuguese conquests of the Americas which have been produced, are usually in the Spanish or Portuguese languages for a Spanish or Portuguese speaking audience . English speakers know more about Rome, Greece, Vikings etc, because they are part of European history. One of those European countries was England and they produced or translated a lot of it making it more accessible to us today..

@elysium76

3 жыл бұрын

Make it a telenovela

@GarkKahn

Жыл бұрын

History channel did it before becoming alien trash channel

@JesusChrist5000

Жыл бұрын

Woke Hollywood will never make a movie about this. It makes white males like the Conquistadors look to heroic and bad ass.

@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788

Жыл бұрын

I doubt they'll keep the facts right, look at what happened with The Woman King

12:46 *BOSS FIGHT*

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much :-)

@erfanshokri243

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@christiancristof491

5 жыл бұрын

12:53 Second phase.

@lillith3159

5 жыл бұрын

I though they would just shoot him lol

@bebekdragon7604

4 жыл бұрын

@@lillith3159 if you have armour thick enough musket can't penetrate it.

Other Soldiers : Lmao look at that dude he’s so sick I bet he can’t do anything useful Solider : *Sneeze 40% of population is dead Other soldier : oh shit

@uncleboyd5023

2 жыл бұрын

Slave** you mean?

@melissafreeman7416

2 жыл бұрын

Derp

@alekord15

Жыл бұрын

@@uncleboyd5023 slave??? What?

That few seconds where Medieval 2 have appeared were tremendously nostalgic.

@williamalfonso1373

5 жыл бұрын

Back when Totalwar gave you the complete game.

@truefeatures1544

5 жыл бұрын

I've already shed a tear...

@emptyshellwillow1427

5 жыл бұрын

That Aztez company wasn't the best one. But it slil remains me my childhood...

@foreverplagued3596

5 жыл бұрын

You have total war addiction, buddy.

@MercenaryCamp

5 жыл бұрын

​@@superspies32 In my humble opinion Shogun 2 has the best AI of all series. And I will always remember how he cruelly beat me at first. When I identifying myself as veteran of Total war decided to play on Very Hard difficulty.

I love the spanish music at the end, representing this new stage in mesoamerican history.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was a risky choice...

@rogerhernandez4489

5 жыл бұрын

@Mexican Empire Probably. Maybe in a next video on the conquest of Germania, they could add Roman or Italian music ;)

@pottertheavenger1363

5 жыл бұрын

Next series: the Mexican war of Independence

@Purepecha

5 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals I can see why I thought it was a little rude putting the music of the people who just almost wiped out a race

@Enterao

5 жыл бұрын

I am Spaniard and that is Caribbean music, based on African rhythms and relatively modern Andalusian gypsy music and others influences. It does not have much to do with traditional Spanish music. It is not a risk due to the target audience, which assimilates better topics than unknown realities. If you choose ragtime, country, or blues music at the end of a battle of the British colonies it would be shocking, although technically it would be quite similar.

Imagine walking on the street and suddenly you see a movie poster titled " T E N O C H T I T L A N " .

Aztec history is so underrated. I would LOVE to see a movie or miniseries about the Fall of Tenochtitlan! This is an awesome video, Kings and Generals!

That owl warrior sounded pretty badass.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@istvansipos9940

5 жыл бұрын

it was owl in (I see myself out)

@rosasmith9835

4 жыл бұрын

@themailman43 ^^^ no one likes you

@herrautisto5294

4 жыл бұрын

@@rosasmith9835 I do, and that makes your point wrong

@operez6519

3 жыл бұрын

themailman43 I hope I never become as bitter and sad as you

The part where it says Cortes 'retreated to Tlaxcala to lick his wounds' 2:24 is omitting the Battle of Otumba in which the Aztecs followed them, big battle the Conquistadors were the underdog but won, Cortes himself was literally was knocked into a coma for a week after the battle and barely survived.

@elenmascaradodeplataelsant8239

10 ай бұрын

The king of tetzcoco attacked the mexica in otumba, so the surviving spanish could escape to Tlaxcala. It wasnt a spanish victory.

These series on the mezzo-American civilizations have been phenomenal. Thank you all for your time and dedication that goes into making these.

Thank you for covering the Aztecs again. I feel like this format will attract more people. Great series man, great series! I hope in some way shape or form, you return back to the Aztecs another time. Either way, much love and support!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We have many plans!

@nodosa994

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! Just what i wanted to hear after finishing up this eps!

What a series!! The video seemed precipitated but it was still, nonetheless, excellent. You're one of the few sources who captures these events more accurately and knows how to visually inform your audience.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

You guys don't cease to amaze me, I don't understand how someone can produce amazing content in such short notice. I'am speechless, don't know what to say.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Much more on the way. :-)

Incredibly well done! Bravo and God bless y’all! Keep the great videos coming, please!

Great stuff as always guys. The juxtaposition of the fall of Tenochititlan with that Flamenco music was a nice touch.

Great video, as always, sad to see the series come to an end though; I'd love to see you do a "Armies and Tactics" video on the Aztec, since their military structure, weapons, armor, etc is wasn't able to delved into too much; I'd love to help out with such a video. Anyways, there's 3 main "corrections" to note, and a larger take-away: Firstly, the map showing all of Mesoameriica under Spanish control following the siege is incorrect: Not all of the Aztec's tributary and Vassal cities ceded to Spanish rule right away, and there were a variety of other city-states and empires that needed to be conquered: The remnants of 8-Deer-Jaguar-Claw's Mixtec empire in Oaxaca, the huge Purepecha Empire to the west, and a variety of other assorted city-states in Western Mexico and the Maya states in the Yucatan, among others. It took decades of fighting, again, almost entirely by native troops and armies, to conquer all of these, and many places never were truly pacified or controlled, despite the massive population losses from diseases. On that note, it needs to be stressed how the outbreaks being as bad as they were was due to luck: One of the few men that was in the Spanish force that had arrived to arrest Cortes had been infected with it, so due to them joining Cortes instead, as they arrived back in Tenochtitlan; it became the ground zero infection site: The city had between 200,000 and 250,000 people, on par with the largest cities in Europe at the time; and being THE political and economic center in the region, had a huge transient population of merchants and diplomats; In other words, the ideal condition for a disease outbreak. Over the next year, as the Spanish rested and regrouped, so many people were dead or sick in Tenochtitlan that they were also starving as there were not enough farmers working to feed the city, and smallpox rapidly spread across trade and diplomatic lines across the whole region. Within 10 years, there was Black-Death mortality rates for the whole region, double that in 40 years and triple by 80. However, the important thing here is that it was this bad because Tenochtitlan had been the initial site of infection to begin with: It acted less like a conventional outbreak and more like a biological attack: Had it not occurred there or not happened at all due to the infected man dying or not arriving, then only the first outbreak happens, to a lesser extent (if at all), and the subsequent ones over the next 80 years do not happen nearly at all, as there is no Spanish nationalization/occupation (as you'll read below), and as such Mesoamerican states are not crippled by diseases. Lastly in regards to native allies, it's important to stress that almost all of the Spaniish's allies joined only after this outbreak was underway and Montezuma II had died. Many people will erroneously state that everybody in the region hated the Mexica due to sacrifices. In reality, sacrifice was a near-universal practice, and was something these other cities practiced just like the Mexica/Tenochtitlan, and of the cities that joined the Spanish, only Cempoala, Tlaxcala (as previously mentiond in the videos), Huexotzinco and Texcoco joined due to specific grievances with the Mexica: Huexotzinco was a buffer city between the core Aztec ones and Tlaxcala and was frequently fought over as such; while Texcoco, the most politically important city in the Aztec empire after Tenochtitlan, joined forces with Cortes due one of the city's two leaders being angry at the Mexica for supporting the rival candidate to be king of the city in a succession dispute after the last king died. Other then those cities, pretty much all of the other city-states that joined the Spanish did so out of opportunism due to the chaos and instability caused by the death of Montezuma (cities rebelling when Tenochtitlan's king died was in fact common in Aztec history) and the Smallpox outbreak, rather then any deep resentment for the Mexica. In Other words, if a European nation did attempt to invade again, they would not find nearly as many, if any city-states willing to cooperate. The big take-away here is that the Fall of the Aztec and the Conquest of Mexico in general was not something destined to happen: The Spanish were entirely reliant on the support of native armies and logistics, and even with them and the worst series of epidemics in human history, it took decades of fighting to subjugate the region. Cortes himself had also been lucked out by being able to convince the force that came to arrest him to join him (thereby causing thee Smallpox outbreak to begin with), by happening upon the shipwrecked Spaniards who could act as translators, by Tlaxcala sparing him on a whim after they beat him and his men, and Montezuma II erring to allow him and the Tlaxcala into Tenochttitlan due to Mesoamerican diplomacy etiquette: If any one of those things had not happened, he would have failed, and Spain likely would not have bothered to try again: Recall that Cortes went off illegally and his actual mission was exploration and trade: At the time, Spain was content to do trade and not large scale conquests: It is only AFTER Cortes gets Spain the tribute influx of the Aztecs that they get dollar signs in their eyes and pursue colonization of the mainland on a large scale. If Cortes fails, they never bother. Even if they wanted to, the utterly contrived and specific conditions that allowed a successful invasion and conquest wouldn't be the case by the time they did: The sheer logistical hurdle of trying to conquer a region of 25 million people, almost all of whom lived in established states with armies, without knowledge of the terrain or translators, when your own nation is across an ocean, when it took them decades even with the huge disease outbreaks, and hundreds of thousands of troops from native armies and their supply lines to do so. Without those factors aiding them, it would be impossible to overcome: Spain could invade north Africa or the middle ast for far, far less effort. Instead, you would you'd see eventually diplomatic contact between Mesoamerican states and Europeans and trade. The introduction of horses would revolutionize logistics, trade, and warfare in Mesoamerica, you might see Mesoamerican explorers going up north rather then Spanish ones. Mesoamerican societies would be able to modernize pretty readily, the gap between Mesoamerican and European states was smaller then between Japan and Europe when it did (I clarify this in further replies, but in summary Mesoamerican states were generally most comparable to those from the Iron age or Classical antiquity on average, maatching them in terms of city sizes, goverment complxity, and surpassing even Medieval Europe in hydraulics, sanitation, medicine, and horticulture, and wer really only being super behind in terms of naval technology and use of stone weapons, compared to medieval European societies wheras Japan was a medieval society when Europe was industrialized) for example. Down in South America, the Inca are also probably never conquered due to Spain either not bothering: Without them not doing so, the British and French may not as well, since seeing Spain getting so much money was why they get involved and in general, the colonization of the Americas as we know it might never happen, at least not in Mexico, Guattamala, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Mexico and Peru today would probably resemble japan in terms of having it's ancient and medieval culture still being a heavy culture influence, with remaining palaces, temples, towns retaining traditional architecture; and art motifs, legends, and history influencing their media and cultural outputs: We'd have an entire third pillar of human history beyond just East and West to draw from and study, with poetry, literature, and detailed historical records The amount of extra history and cultural influences would be huge, Mesoamerica and the Andes would be viewed in the same way Ancient Greece, Egypt, and China is today, not just as "those guys who sacrificed people"

@dobetoguapo

5 жыл бұрын

Bravo

@ferblancart8669

5 жыл бұрын

You sir deserve a few more hundred likes, yours is one of the few alternatives timeline that actually make sense expanding on the biological bomb, according with one source it was a black slave called 'Esteban' If I remember correctly And yes Spanish did relied entirely on his allies, the tlaxcaltecas could have killed cortes in the initial encounter and in any moment from Noche triste to the end of the siege and later, they really were allied partners is sad that many people only want to see a simplistic good/evil story 'cruel conquistadors that destroyed all mesoamerican civilization' While in reality, was more like game of thrones and diseases the white walkers

@gabrielheraud41

5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting comment, thank you! Even if I always feel kinda proud European countries could conquer much of the land this planet has to offer, I do also have the feeling the world would be a far better place if Cortes failed, because European colonialism wouldn'd have happened and so cultural imperialism and racism wouldn't exist. Or maybe if only the other nations had the same behaviour the French had with natives (alliances and trade deals) instead of submission and slaughter, the Americas would be a far better and much more intersting place, culturally and politically speaking

@joaquinandreu8530

5 жыл бұрын

@Pipsy if you want to find "racism" look at the Anglo world. it's funny you didn't say you wanted the USA to fail.

@TheAchilles26

5 жыл бұрын

The gap between Mesoamerica and Europe was far wider than the gap between Japan and Europe. Japan was comparable to Renaissance Europe at first contact, instead of completely lacking steel weapons and armor, or the logistical capability to move sizable armies more than about one weeks' march (that last a common Mesoamerican weakness this channel has cited for all three major Mesoamerican cultures).

Aztec history always fascinated me. Thanks for making this. btw I'm curious what a war canoe looked like.

So I could say this is one of the best channels bringing historical Information like I appreciate this King and Genrals

I am glad that I discovered this channel . I have done a lot of reading on a lot these battles, but this presents to me information I might have overlooked.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Imagine how it felt to be a Tlaxcalan in those days. There is an empire who enslaved and tortured your ancestors for generations but one day, in your generation, an army with weapons you've never seen appeared out of nowhere and now they're leading you on an epic revolution against the empire.

The Aztecs where brave warriors. They fought for there homeland to the last. Good documentary

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ceosevolve2222

5 жыл бұрын

***were ***their Indeed

@goksir5845

5 жыл бұрын

Here's an account written by Cortés himself about trying to keep his allies from genociding the civillians: "We had more trouble in preventing our allies from killing with such cruelty than we had in fighting the enemy. For no race, however savage, has ever practiced such fierce and unnatural cruelty as the natives of these parts. Our allies also took many spoils that day, which we were unable to prevent, as they numbered more than 150,000 and we Spaniards only some nine hundred. Neither our precautions nor our warnings could stop their looting, though we did all we could...I had posted Spaniards in every street, so that when the people began to come out [to surrender] they might prevent our allies from killing those wretched people, whose numbers was uncountable. I also told the captains of our allies that on no account should any of those people be slain; but there were so many that we could not prevent more than fifteen thousand being killed and sacrificed [by the Tlaxcalans (Spanish allies)] that day". To be fair it had been engrained in their culture for ages, so I don't blame the individual aztecs more than I blame an individual nazi soldier, but it really was a horrible culture/religion. The spaniards had good reason to be disgusted with their practices.

@goksir5845

5 жыл бұрын

@Jay Kemme When did I call them saints? Colonial culture has been been all around horrible since the start. I'm just saying that the aztecs certainly weren't saints either.

@Martin_89

5 жыл бұрын

@Jompa Bompa so where are the remains of the "hundreds of thousands" they sacrificed? Archaeologists should have found them by now

I love your channel man, please don’t stop uploading videos!!

I'm loving this sort of crossover between your two main series! Good stuff.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, that was the idea. :-) thanks!

Jesus, 100s of thousands of men, tens of thousands of war canoes, guns, cannons, muskets, that would have been a thing to see

@ericktellez7632

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the Spaniards built a god damn trebuchet, no kidding, they only used it once.

This must’ve been a helluva time to be alive

@CoachatCole

3 жыл бұрын

Yes in retrospect. I’m sure there were just thinking “I’m just trying to survive”

@nathaniel1069

3 жыл бұрын

jedd keech Ok then join the military lol? You can be paid 200k salary easily under a private military contractor Andy more if you are ex soldier. You’ll be deployed to various places and to guard high profile people and at the same time makes a LOT of money

@piccolo5346

2 жыл бұрын

They were discovering a new world. I can’t imagine how nerve racking it was.

I love The documentary-video you have produced here, your doing the world a great service

The storytelling is so captivating - i fell like i been there! Thanks so much!

These are great documentaries!! Love them!!

"From their camps, the conquistadors could see their comrades dragged up the Pyramids in the city, and their hearts offered to the gods."

Thank you K&G and Cogito. This series have been extraordinary.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@CogitoEdu

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :D

thanks. just found your channel yesterday and love it

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

12:37 fun fact, that one aztec warrior mentioned to push the Spanish back and capture three men at once is thought to be tzilacatzin (sorry if misspelled). he is believed to be the strongest among the aztec warriors and was well known and even feared among the Spanish. However this has not really been proven to be true but I thought it was nice that this was mentioned in the video.

@sagnorm1863

Жыл бұрын

I believe it though. In a world of mostly melee combat, you can easily imagine a big master warrior who has dedicated his entire life to fighting. It would be like sending 10 dudes who works in a cubicle to go fight George Foreman in boxing. Those dudes would get their skulls crushed with one punch from foreman.

@thiagoocean8497

Жыл бұрын

Tzilacatzin is his name I recommend you the other Warrior Tlahuicole he was a Tlaxcalan taken yo TENOCHTITLAN who earned his freedom but then decided to die for Tenochtitlan. No go back

@DeepThinker_6597

Жыл бұрын

@@thiagoocean8497 The fuck are you talking about? Tlahuicole was captured by the Aztecs like over 50 years before the conquest of Mexico, and in fact the Aztecs were gonna let him go back to Tlaxcala but he wanted to stay and fight to the death

@thiagoocean8497

Жыл бұрын

@@DeepThinker_6597 Hahahah Thats exactly what I just said you dumbass

@DeepThinker_6597

Жыл бұрын

@@thiagoocean8497 "Hahahah That's exactly what I just said you dumbass". You deleted your comment cuz you must've been feeling dumb realizing your mistakes huh? You're the stupid one here, stop trying to teach history when you don't even know what you're talking about

No matter how many times I hear this story, it never fails to make me sad, the desperation, valor, sacrifices (literally), and tragedy of the Aztec empire and its fall is such a moving story.

@fishofgold6553

Жыл бұрын

I feel exactly the same. Have you ever watched 'The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds' Parts 1 and 2 by Fall of Civilizations? It's on KZread. Both parts are extremely well written. Part 2 is especially saddening as it delves into the sheer, heart-rending suffering of the people of Tenochtitlan during the siege. You can hear all about the sorrow of the Aztecs during that time. It is a VERY tragic story.

@traeucity6087

Жыл бұрын

What's so special about the defeat of the Nahua Triple Alliance, aka the Aztecs? Do you feel sad about all of the other vanquished peoples and civilizations? The Dutch, British, Spanish and French did the same to present day Canada, the Caribbean and the United States; enslaving, relocating and eliminating tens of millions of indigenous peoples. Humans have been conquering other humans and engaging in tribal warfare since the beginning of time. Nahuatl speaking people still exist today; as do Mayans. What fell, and what deserved to fall, was the bloodthirsty aristocracy of the so-called Aztecs.

@fishofgold6553

Жыл бұрын

​@@traeucity6087 What I think makes the fall of the Aztecs particularly saddening to me is that 1. First of all, I know about it. I know fairly little about the colonisation and invasion of the rest of the Americas and, as far as I do know, there were no sieges of large settlements in Canada and the United States during that process, unlike the Fall of Tenochtitlan and the invasion of Mexico overall. Also, the conquest of Tenochtitlan was characterised largely by disease, starvation and desolation, which I find tragic, while I have a bit of an impression that the invasion of much of the rest of the Americas was characterised by disease, skirmishes and massacres which I find macabre, grim and angering. 2. Tenochtitlan was a beautiful city. By all accounts it was very neatly laid out and well kept, which was fairly easy due to few domesticable animals there. Plus it was surrounded by the beautiful scenery of Lake Texcoco and the chinampas and canals throughout the city, and the area was full of life, including huntable animals. For these reasons, I can even vaguely imagine having grown up there and what it would feel like to feel nostalgic for the city and saddened by its fall. 3. The suffering of the city's inhabitants. Tenochtitlan fell dramatically and decisively, and this involved incredible suffering for the people who lived in it. About 40% of the population was killed by a smallpox outbreak before the Spanish returned to besiege the city, and many people literally died of starvation and dehydration during the siege. 4. The poetry and songs written from the perspective of Aztec survivors, which tell of the heartbreak they experienced. One such work begins with, "Broken spears lie in the roads, We have torn our hair in grief..." But at the same time, addressing your last point, I do feel that the leadership of the Aztecs got what they deserved, considering they forced their enemies (such as the Tlaxcallans) to give up their sons to be sacrificed and cannibalised. Still, it would have been better if human sacrifice was eliminated from Mexico peacefully through a diplomatic relationship, but I find it hard to imagine how.

@tomassmith1519

Жыл бұрын

@@fishofgold6553 Agree

@Sgt.chickens

Жыл бұрын

I think the story is more about the tlaxcala' finnally triumphing over their Ancient enemy. The tlaxcala are the heroes who freed mesoamerica from the aztecs. They were the most humble society in mesoamerica. They did not build grand palaces. Not because they couldnt. But because they hated kings.

Another Great video from you guys!!!!!!!!!

What an epic fight! Thank you for the excellent documentary.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@shawngilliland243

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. :-)

One of the most astonishing event in the history of mankind. 400 + 1.100 Spaniards.. one year away from their base surrounded by 10 to 15 millions natives...Never before and never later.. Hernán Cortés was an extraordinary man.

@Omar-of5cr

Жыл бұрын

Jajajajajajajajaja

@alithos5478

Жыл бұрын

Spanish excellence, repeated the same thing in conquering the Incan Empire

This is interesting af, keep doing such a great work !

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I love this channel unexpected information not everyone knows this. This channel will forward more and better and I agree thank you Kings and Generals

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

perfect video and stunning story,l wonder why we never learn about it so briefly in school,because it is with out doubt one of the most amazing sieges the world has known

I have seen movies of Rome Greece Germania Scotland Britain Egypt And as a Mexican I can't understand why directors such as Del Toro Iñarritu or Cuaron haven't made a film that rises up and shows the magnificense and greatness of TENOCHTITLAN Theres plenty of great stories to be told and would be a hit if they taken into cinema Spanish loved Tlaxcalans so much that they took them to conquer Filipinas Lot of Mexican roots were planted in Filipinas

@fishofgold6553

Жыл бұрын

"Lot of Mexican roots were planted in Filipinas" WOW. And I thought that the Spanish-Aztec encounter was the most ambitious crossover in history!

@thiagoocean8497

Жыл бұрын

@@fishofgold6553 cuaron Iñartitu abd del toro The 3 of them are fking it up

@thiagoocean8497

Жыл бұрын

@@gratius1394 talking about your 2nd reason. That's why I said that there are many "legends" or true stories to be told For example Tzilacatzin The Azteca warrior Or Tlahuicole the Tlaxcalteca warrior I recommend you to read about 2 of them . they are very interesting Your 1st reason I have to disagree. Look at Coco from disney became one of their most successful in money A good production with a good approach is success. Dont forget cinema is ART and art is successful if its well portrayed

An in depth analysis of the end of a significant part of my culture. I love it it. I'm learning.

Very interesting video, much praise on this achievement. It is my favorite so far.

This video already was a great visualization of one of the most historic events of all time, literally. I mean the map animation is excellent showing the war strategies and formations which is just what a boy like me is into. I also love the clips of the CG animation, even if they're short, it's amazing how I got into the video wishing to see what the city was like 500 years ago (in fact I think next year it will b 500 years for when they arrive). I mean this was a real event yet it seems like something out of a story book. An army from a far away land eventually conquering an empire with its capital in a lake, the natives of the region around the capital ally with the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs, and a warrior fights to his death basically even wearing a costume to scare some of the warriors. I thank you for your video preserving history and educating us in an amazing and inspiring way.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, good sir :-)

Thank you Kings and Generals, I never thought I would live to see the day when an English speaker gave a fair and honest account of what happened in this moment of my people's history. It's not a complete account but it's fair and unbiased which is much more than what other people have done, once again thank you.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@Dayrahl

4 жыл бұрын

See that's just stupid. Language isn't what's makes a person. We are all human this is our history. These topics need to be recounted no matter who by.

Amazing videos!! As always!! Best history Channel!!

Sad story and great short animated documentary. Keep them coming.

I liked the series but this last episode felt a bit rushed, and personally I would have liked if you had mentioned that the Aztecs during the siege had sent envoys to try to make an alliance with their Tarascan neighbors to aid them in the war, only for their rivals to refuse in the end.

@Nokard

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Not only refusing but killing the envoys too.

@otromikro

2 жыл бұрын

Tarascos y Aztecas eran enemigos, si los Aztecas eran grandes guerreros, los Tarascos los superaban. Aztecas tenían contínuos ostigamientos tanto a ellos como a los Tlaxcaltecas; en realidad tenían oprimidos a todos los pueblos circundantes. Sí, al retirarse Hernan Cortés se enviaron por los Aztecas emisarios a los Tarascos para luchar contra los Castellanos pero los orgullosos Tarascos les respondieron que ellos (los mexicas) les estaban oprimiendo, cortando suministros, guerreando y ofreciendo a los capturados a sus dioses mediante sacrificio ahora venían pidiéndoles ayuda?. Bueno, está claro que se negaron pero no tengo tan claro que los matasen sino que llevasen el mensaje a los suyos. Curiosamente los Tarascos no son muy conocidos en Europa y mira que eran importantes y rechazaron a Aztecas militarmente tantas veces!.

That was an apocalyptic battle for the Mechica. Well done video, Kings and Generals!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :-)

@shawngilliland243

5 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome!

Dude this is so awesome and informative! And very sad at the same time

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

It is. Thanks for watching!

Yay part two ive been waiting 😁👍

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Hope, it was enjoyable :-)

Amazing how both sides had incredible losses and still fought for what they believed, there’s always losers and winners but this was the birth of a new era, and the importance of what was lost and what was won is crucial to the development of the new world. What an amazing video and storytelling, I found myself wishing to be on both parts and listening that what was being told from both sides, as I’m sure impressive stories were being told from both perspectives

The stars really did align for the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, in order of importance. 1. Making alliance with the native mesoamericans who hated the Aztecs. 2. Smallpox killing more than war casualties, though this also affected their allies. 3. Superior war technology.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Prety much!

@malalalalala2985

3 жыл бұрын

Their allies didn't all hate them. Even with Tlaxcalla not all them wanted to side with Spanish

Really cool series! :) Really enjoyed this one.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :-)

Nice, keep up the good work :)

I'm from Tlaxcala I love seeing that my culture is being represented by there brave actions.

@sergius9571

2 жыл бұрын

@@ball-e Keep crying

@renelaraaguilar7851

2 жыл бұрын

@@ball-e they betrayed them and didn't gain nothing by it only became slaves like the rest of the natives, irony

@goodaimshield1115

2 жыл бұрын

@@renelaraaguilar7851 Not at all, they had forum universal de hidalguía, this is, all born tlaxcalteca was considered nobles by boood, so they have the same rights Spanish low nobility had, like riding horses, carrying guns, rulling over their own territory, etc. Had they been living in Spain, they would all have been considered of noble lineage. Plus, most of the natives, unfortunately a few did, didn't became slaves, since slavery of the natives was, for the mot part, forbidden. You're just butthurt, get over it.

It's always great you covering parts of history people don't like to talk about.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Both videos are excellent 👍

As the excellent narrator goes on to detail the terror and destruction accompanying the events, chillax Spanish guitar music plays in the background in the final minutes of the episode. It gave me a kick!

I loved the stronghold legends soundtrack being played in the backround around 9:40

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think we used anything from the Stronghold. :-)

Excellent video. This series has really increased my knowledge and interest in Mesoamerican History. Something that might be helpful to others and I know myself is an explanation of the various names/pronunciations of the different peoples involved in this huge meeting of two worlds. For instance I've noticed you guys are using a different pronunciation for Montezuma (Moctezuma). There are other examples that confuse me somewhat like I'm hearing Mexica and Meshica. One last question I have is regarding the causeways that connected the island city of Tenochtitlan/Tlatelolco. The video makes it seem like they were easily thrown up and removed. This isn't the case right? Just a little confused.

@tyrson4331

5 жыл бұрын

Actually Moctezuma is correct. Although his name was really Moctecuhzoma

@RobbyHouseIV

5 жыл бұрын

@Cesar Adolfo Oh dear...I think your "train set" reference went right over my lil ole head I'm afraid! :-)

@varana

5 жыл бұрын

In Aztec and Maya names, the X is generally pronounced "sh" - teshcoco, ushmal, tlashcala, and so on. (Not so in the modern name México, though.)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Regarding the pronunciation, we made a few mistakes in the first video, but fixed them in this one, so disregard the previous pronunciations.

@antonxuiz

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals It surprised me that you pronounce Tenochtitlán correctly but can't figure out "noche" from "la Noche Triste" xD You are saying it like "nocte", but in Spanish "ch" is pronounced like in Tenochtitlán (not surprisingly since who first wrote the names in latin letters where Spanish). The names of the conquistadores are ok, not taking into account the british accent so that's nice :3 I suppose you won't, because in English you don't have that sound, but you may want to pronounce the "x" as our "j", like in caja, or as the ch in German. Mexica like México, not as in taxi.

Great video as usual 👍🏽

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

thx for the upload

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

One of the greatest and most badass moments in all of history.

No battle of otumba?

@crossetler_2184

5 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up to it!

@Navak_

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was really looking forward to it!

@Cholimao

5 жыл бұрын

@lentorpe No, Otumba is a different battle.

@juliancuenca9108

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cholimao Not, Otumba is betwen La noche triste and the arrive of the conquistadores to Txalaca.

Well made. Thanks!

Med 2 footage combined with MGS box noise, love it.

Amazing how the ambitions of one man can change the course of history forever.

@mitchduncan4842

Жыл бұрын

Diseases played a bigger role than any human. More native Americans perished as a result of pandemics than war.

It always hard to see these natives dying to European disease. Imagine if the Europeans had come peacefully to the Americas and just decided to trade with the locals, it seems like the locals would have caught smallpox regardless, no? It just sucks to think that this was inevitable - that regardless of the intentions of Europeans, just discovering the Americas meant the doom of 60-90% of their populations. Do you think peace would have lead to fewer deaths related to the epidemic? Probably, but I don't think meaningfully.

@CogitoEdu

5 жыл бұрын

I think if war was avoided then the native cultures and population would have done much better. The Black Death destroyed Europe but society recovered. The natives however not only had to deal with disease but also with a new kind of war, massive population displacements, trade routes being cut off, alliances breaking down, and refugees pouring into cities. Society underwent a massive upheaval due to the disease but the wars are what allowed the disease to spread through a weakened and stressed population.

@maxmagnus777

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody mentions how much Europeans and Asians had died from the same diseases. It was a great human tragedy for all people.

@jamestang1227

5 жыл бұрын

Well if intentions were peaceful then there would not have been enslavement of some natives for the silver mines and obviously those who died directly from violence between the 2 groups would not have died.

@648949414

5 жыл бұрын

Not at that period of time. Human life worthless back then

@ThisisBarris

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely. We take for granted how healthy we are these days so remember guys, vaccinate your kids!

RIP Venice of Americas

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we can only imagine how amazing and otherworldly it looked.

@anondelirius3255

5 жыл бұрын

I imagine Venice with pyramids and the lake & mountains of Mexica in the background. Thinking about it makes me want to excavate and flood the entire mexican valley

@morganhopelang784

4 жыл бұрын

@@anondelirius3255 , more or less accurate. Cortés, in his letters to the Holy Emperor Charles V, makes a very detailed description of Tenochtitlán, its canals, its temples, marketplace, everything he could set his eyes on (Bernal del Castillo, a soldier accompanying Cortés, also makes a description in his account of the Conquest). There are published editions of these letters- in them, the complexity of the man who was Cortés can be shown: educated and appreciative of the culture before him, he really would've preferred to have simply submitted the Aztecs to tribute rather than conquer and destroy their city. And once he set his mind to conquest, it had to be in no other way.

@techoman8569

4 жыл бұрын

Yep it proves that Venice would be very difficult to siege :P

@matacabrones4317

4 жыл бұрын

the Venice of America was Venezuela, literally "Little Venice"

AMAZING VIDEO SERIES THANK YOU SO SO MUCH pleeeease do a video on the the conquest of tierradentro and the upper magdalena valley in colombia, my ancestors were part of that seige and i would love to watch your rendition of their effort

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Will consider!

@yesid17

5 жыл бұрын

wow thank you!! also maybe consider the american conquest of the midwest or california--not a lot of people know that history and honestly it's kind of recent-my Lakota professor's grandfather fought in the battle of the little bighorn i believe

This series should have 3 episodes. 1. The arrival of the spanish. 2. Noche triste and Otumba. 3. Siege of Tenochtitlan. But great work by the way.

This needs a movie!

great video! love the new style. didgori when?

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Don't know yet.

Very interesting video, thank you!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I hope we never encounter an alien civilization.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, won't end well.

@joaquinandreu8530

5 жыл бұрын

If you do, better hope that they behave like the Spanish did and not like the Anglos or Germanics did. That's why if you go to Mexico, 90 % of the population is Native American. And in the United States of America it is not.

@ferblancart8669

5 жыл бұрын

You should watch Isaac Arthur's videos on that

@ferblancart8669

5 жыл бұрын

@@shiny_teddiursa that's a really good question, and there are some theories, first, they had a smaller total population, and they probably had an even worse immune system, so more died, also being the most contacted parents of America does not help to this, then add the constant source of slaves more diseases and proportionally less natives, if you go check the DNA there are mestizos descendants of natives but these regions on the Caribbean are too small to have communities without direct contact, unlike mainland America where you could easily have small towns around that capitals without direct intermarriage with foreigners The Caribbean Islands had lower population, easier access, no geographic isolation posible and much more influx of inmigrants to dilute ethnicity, is not that the natives all died is that all who survived mix with foreigns so mestizos are the only trace of native Caribbean

@ferblancart8669

5 жыл бұрын

@Smorgas Bord extremely evil Compare to what?

Another great video from K&G ! Could you make Battle of Vienna (1683) all detailed and cool like all the battles u cover, nobody made that one yet and it seems really popular/underrated ! Thanks !

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, we will! It will happen in our Ottoman series!

@SrRodrik

5 жыл бұрын

Carlos I de España y V del Sacrum Imperium

Great video!!!

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

For so long I searched to see what actually happened during the fall of Tenochtitlán, every site always said “the city fell after a few months”. Or something related to that but I’m glad I finally found an actual detailed video, where it shows that the Aztecs actually put up a fight and won a few battles before completely falling. Very interesting video

@theupscalela

4 ай бұрын

When rocks cry out Horace butler

Wow, I never knew how brutal of a battle this was. In the History books, the brutality was brushed over, but git damned the way you explained it I can only imagine.

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

It was one of the bloodiest battles of the era. More than 100k people died.

@joaquinandreu8530

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe in Anglo history books, where fighting Zulus or Apaches with repeating rifles is heroic but fighting for your life with swords and retaining unit cohesion despite all odds is glossed over if it's done by Spaniards. It's called cultural bias and Anglos excel at it.

was waiting for this

@MDMAx

5 жыл бұрын

If only you were on Tenochtitlan side that time around

@JM-qv7fe

5 жыл бұрын

How does it feel to be a fascist?

@yourlocalt72

5 жыл бұрын

AC M rommel wasnt fascist

@JM-qv7fe

5 жыл бұрын

@@yourlocalt72 was he in the Nazi army for humanitarian reasons?

@yourlocalt72

5 жыл бұрын

AC M he disobeyed commando order and executed anyone who killed jews and he wasnt nazi he tried to kill hitler

Amazing video

Amazing video! I hope you still making videos about Latin America history. Maybe the French invasion of Mexico or Mexico-American war can be great for this channel :)

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will consider!

Ugh wow this is some crazy fighting especially that Boss battle