Tenochtitlan: The Lost Aztec Capital

This video is sponsored by Ground News. Download Ground News for free here: http://check.ground.news/Geographics → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ This video is #sponsored by Ground News. Source/Further reading: 4 hr podcast on the history of the Aztecs: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6NTcyMTE5NDEwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M&episode=dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvNzI4NTYwMzk5&hl=en-CZ&ved=2ahUKEwjZ26nJ8YDpAhWOy6QKHYv9AwcQieUEegQIChAG&ep=6 BBC Future video: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180622-tenochtitlan-the-mexican-metropolis Map of the city: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/cartography/map-tenochtitlan-1524 MET Overview: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/teno_1/hd_teno_1.htm Some extensive details: https://www.livescience.com/34660-tenochtitlan.html Templo Mayor: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/teno_2/hd_teno_2.htm Human Sacrifice: https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/how-many-people-did-the-aztecs-sacrifice/ History of Sacrifice: https://www.ancient.eu/Aztec_Sacrifice/ BBC In Our Time on the Aztecs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548v0 BBC In Our Time on the siege of Tenochtitlan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016924x Good overview of the conquest from the Spanish side: https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/hernan-cortes-montezuma-tenochtitlan-aztec-conquest-conquistadors/ Nat Geo’s version of the same: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2016/05-06/cortes-tenochtitlan/ History’s take: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-retreat-from-aztec-capital Overview of the Aztec Empire: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/aztecs Aztec history in detail: https://www.ancient.eu/Aztec_Civilization/ What was life like for a regular Aztec person? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-in-the-provinces-of-the-aztec-2005-01/ Aztec Law: https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/aztec-and-maya-law/aztec-social-structure Map of the Aztec Empire pre-conquest: https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Territorial_Organization_of_the_Aztec_Empire_1519.png Another map! https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Territorial_Organization_of_the_Aztec_Empire_1519.png How the empire grew over time: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_Empire_-_es.svg