Fall of Civilizations Podcast 9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
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Discovery of Coyolxauhqui Stone
- In 1978, workers in Mexico City uncovered a large stone disc depicting the goddess Coyolxauhqui.
- This discovery led to the excavation of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital.
Chicxulub Impact and Human Migration
- The Chicxulub asteroid impact drastically reshaped Earth's landscape and led to the extinction of dinosaurs.
- Millions of years later, humans migrated to the Americas, setting the stage for the Aztec civilization.
Aztec Arrival and Tenochtitlan's Founding
- The Aztecs, or Mexica, arrived in the Valley of Mexico around 1300 AD as migrants.
- They built Tenochtitlan on a marshy island due to limited land availability.
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Introduction
00:00 • 6min
The Great Asteroid Impacted the Earth
05:44 • 5min
The Valley of Mexico
10:26 • 6min
The Valley of Mexico
16:21 • 2min
The Fall of Tioti Wakan
18:11 • 3min
The History of the Aztecs
20:56 • 2min
The History of the Aztecs
23:22 • 2min
The History of the Aztecs
25:49 • 2min
The Meshika of Mexico
28:13 • 3min
The Mesikas of Tenostitlan
30:46 • 3min
The Industrious Food of the Aztecs
33:55 • 2min
The History of Tenostitlan
36:08 • 5min
The Market of Clatalolco
41:34 • 2min
The Aztecs Loved Riddles
43:50 • 3min
The History of the Aztecs
46:39 • 3min
The History of Aztec Warfare
49:38 • 4min
The History of the Aztec Sacrifices
53:32 • 2min
The Life of Itz Cotel
55:53 • 2min
Tesh Koko - A Tale of the Tapaneks
58:08 • 4min
Teso Zomo and the Tapane Empire
01:01:49 • 3min
The Death of a Tepanek Usurper
01:04:52 • 4min
The Two Sides of the Aztecs
01:08:59 • 2min
Tlacalel - The True Ruler of the Aztec Empire
01:11:11 • 3min
The New Warlike Spirit of Tenostelan
01:13:50 • 2min
Tenoctitlan - The Aztec Empire
01:16:12 • 3min
The Aztec Empire and the Tlashkalans
01:19:03 • 2min
Flowery Death in War, Fear Not My Heart
01:20:58 • 2min
The History of the Aztecs
01:23:13 • 4min
The Light of the Aztec Age
01:26:45 • 3min
The Origins of Food
01:30:06 • 4min
Food Stuffs in Mesopotamia
01:33:39 • 3min
The History of the Americas
01:36:39 • 3min
The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire
01:39:24 • 4min
The Apocalypse of Montezuma
01:43:29 • 2min
The Legend of Moctezuma
01:45:39 • 3min
The Story of Fernando Cortes
01:48:48 • 2min
Cortez's Journey Across the Atlantic
01:51:16 • 1min
Christopher Columbus and Hispaniola
01:52:46 • 5min
Cortez's Assassination
01:57:48 • 5min
The Invasion of Mexico
02:03:15 • 3min
Cortez's Memoirs
02:05:46 • 2min
12 of the Florentine Kodek - The Memories of the Mashika People
02:07:35 • 5min
Mesiko - A Brief History of Mesiko
02:12:11 • 2min
'O Our Lord, O Master, Destroy Us if You Will'
02:14:38 • 3min
The New Year of the Aztecs
02:17:11 • 2min
'It's All in the Canoe'
02:19:08 • 3min
Cortez's First Battle in Mexico
02:22:25 • 2min
Malinsin Is a Symbol of Central American Languages
02:24:24 • 2min
Cortez's Assassination of the Aztecs
02:26:14 • 3min
Cortes's First Words
02:29:12 • 4min
A Man's War Gear Was All Iron, and Their Swords Were All Iron
02:33:17 • 2min
Montrezuma's Indecisiveness
02:35:16 • 2min
What the Mashika and the Spanish Knew
02:36:59 • 2min
Cortes' Strategy for Bringing Down the Aztec Empire
02:38:41 • 2min
The Battle of the Tlashkalans
02:40:58 • 3min
Cortes and the Tlashkalans Fought a Mighty Mesika.
02:44:15 • 3min
Cortes and the Tlach Calans
02:47:41 • 2min
Cortes and the Tlashcalans
02:49:53 • 2min
The Tlashkalans and the Cholula Listia
02:51:50 • 2min
Cortez's Killing of the Cholulans
02:53:31 • 4min
Monctezuma's Messengers
02:57:20 • 2min
Monctezuma - A Niman Kilike Ne Pasia, Impopolo Copa
02:59:37 • 2min
The Last News of Moctezuma
03:01:18 • 4min
The Spanish, the Spanish, and the Spaniards.
03:04:53 • 2min
Are You Not Him?
03:06:28 • 2min
Montezuma's Greetings to the Spanish
03:08:13 • 2min
Cortez and the Spaniards Melted the Gold Into Bricks
03:09:46 • 2min
Cortez's Assassination of the Aztecs
03:12:11 • 2min
Cortez's Conquest of the Aztecs
03:13:44 • 6min
Narvaez and Cortez's Battles
03:19:16 • 2min
Cortes and Narvaez Fought in Tenochtetlan
03:21:08 • 2min
The Festival of Tosh Cattle in Tenochtilan
03:23:00 • 3min
The Festival of the Mashika - A Memoir of a Sacred Festival
03:26:01 • 3min
Mesika, Are We Not Going to War?
03:29:19 • 4min
'We Are Not Their Match'
03:32:53 • 2min
Moctezuma's Death
03:34:41 • 2min
The Nightmare of Tenoc Te Tan
03:36:46 • 2min
The Last of the Aztecs
03:38:26 • 2min
The Mesika Rebellion of Tenoctitlan
03:40:25 • 4min
Cortez's War on Tenochtitlan
03:44:21 • 2min
The Mesika's Weapon of Terror
03:46:27 • 2min
Cortez and the Mesika
03:48:17 • 2min
The Aztecs and the Famine of the Aztecs
03:49:48 • 2min
The Aztecs Fought Bravely and Inflicted Huge Casualties on the Spanish
03:51:34 • 2min
The Mashika Surrendered on the Thirteenth of August, 15 21.
03:53:17 • 2min
The Last Aztec Emperor, Quate Moin, Was Captured by the Spanish
03:54:52 • 2min
Cortes and Mesika Slavery
03:56:27 • 3min
The Aztec Empire and the Spanish Empire
03:59:06 • 4min
Cortes's Daughter, Malinsin
04:03:01 • 2min
A Memoir of a Conquistador
04:04:55 • 2min
Cortez's Death in Mexico
04:06:33 • 5min
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
04:11:56 • 3min
Beneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered...
This episode, we look back at the age of the Aztecs. Learn how this society grew from nothing to create one of the world's largest cities in the middle of a lake. Discover Aztec riddles, poetry and songs, as well as the bloody ritual of the flower wars. And hear the remarkable story of how this thriving empire collapsed all at once, in a matter of days.
Credits:
Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas
Voice Actors:
Jake Barrett-Mills
Rhy Brignell
Shem Jacobs
Annie Kelly
Lou Millington
Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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