{"id":788,"date":"2021-06-29T14:09:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/?page_id=788"},"modified":"2021-07-11T21:57:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T21:57:13","slug":"the-aztecs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/the-aztecs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aztecs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image_2021-06-29_151521-1024x653.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-792\" width=\"615\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image_2021-06-29_151521-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image_2021-06-29_151521-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image_2021-06-29_151521-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image_2021-06-29_151521.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption>The map of Tenochtitlan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Timelines<\/h3>\n<p>A few rather simplified timelines, so that a quick overview can be made:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/timeline\/Aztec_Civilization\/\">From the World History Encyclopaedia pages<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/timeline\/Aztec_Civilization\/\">Britannica&#8217;s equally simplified version , with more text<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehistoryjunkie.com\/aztec-timeline\/\">From the History Junkie site<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also see in the YouTube section: The History of the Aztec Year by Year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><h3>The Pre-Aztec period<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lSO-bFwMx2I\">The Olmec Legacy<\/a><\/strong>: A 30 minute YouTube video that starts with an archaeological discovery in 1939.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Books<\/h3>\n<p>The links are to the Amazon page. It&#8217;s pretty pointless checking to see if Cumbria Libraries has a copy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Mexico-Olmecs-Michael-D-Coe\/dp\/0500293732\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=mexico+coe&amp;qid=1626016318&amp;sr=8-1\">Mexico From the Olmecs to the Aztecs<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Michael Coe &amp; Rex Koontz<\/em> Thames &amp; Hudson, 2019, 8th ed. Starts in pre-history and incorporates recent archaeology.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Aztecs-Lost-Civilizations-Berdan\/dp\/1789143608\/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&amp;keywords=berdan&amp;qid=1625134829&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-14\">The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations,<\/a><\/strong> <em>Frances F Berdan<\/em>, Reaktion Books, 2021. New, by one of the doyennes of Aztec studies. Up-to-date with modern archaeological and other research.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Aztecs-3rd-Peoples-America\/dp\/1405194979\/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+Aztecs+smith&amp;qid=1625381938&amp;sr=8-3\">The Aztecs<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Michael Smith<\/em>, Wiley-Blackwell; 3rd edition, 2011. Possibly <em>the<\/em> textbook on the subject, though now ten years old. Later books, such as above, incorporate the latest archaeology.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Aztec-Maya-Illustrated-Definitive-Chronicle\/dp\/0754834735\/ref=pd_sbs_2\/257-8164190-2528829?pd_rd_w=qffxp&amp;pf_rd_p=1469375b-13b4-495f-86c1-e268482be980&amp;pf_rd_r=0MF924EPACR6PZQCHQ28&amp;pd_rd_r=59b27413-4e74-4b58-860b-ecafedf4113f&amp;pd_rd_wg=9RzZV&amp;pd_rd_i=0754834735&amp;psc=1\">Aztec and Maya: An Illustrated History<\/a>,<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> by <em><span class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"> Charles Phillips<span class=\"contribution\"><span class=\"a-color-secondary\">, <\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/em><span class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"><em> David M Jones<\/em>. Lorentz Books, Updated 2019 edition. Big, expensively produced book, but remarkably good value, with decent coverage and wonderful illustrations.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0195379381\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\">The Aztecs, A Very Short Introduction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>David Carrasco<\/em>, OUP 2012. Short, but excellent coverage, though I wanted a slightly stronger chronology.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0813060311\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\">Tenochtitlan: Capital of the Aztec Empire,<\/a><\/strong> <em>Jos\u00e9 Luis de Rojas<\/em>, <span class=\"a-list-item\">University Press of Florida, 2014). Much more than just about the city.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Aztecs-Interpretation-Classics-Inga-Clendinnen\/dp\/110769356X\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=inga+clendinnen&amp;qid=1625206328&amp;sr=8-1\"><strong>Aztecs: An Interpretation<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Inga Clendinnen<\/em>, CUP 1991 An interpretation focused on the religious rituals of the population,\u00a0 using the Florentine Codex as a starting point.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Fifth-Sun-New-History-Aztecs\/dp\/0190673060\/ref=pd_sim_3\/257-8164190-2528829?pd_rd_w=4bxLE&amp;pf_rd_p=95f4d29e-1c65-45b7-9fd8-983bc2a3aac0&amp;pf_rd_r=8SSX2J35CBR892NYN58V&amp;pd_rd_r=40efdb42-ae9e-4879-95a3-adc3658e3f2d&amp;pd_rd_wg=qrE37&amp;pd_rd_i=0190673060&amp;psc=1\">Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Camilla Townsend<\/em>, OUP 2020. Simon Sebag Montefiore: &#8220;Shows the Mexica empire in a fresh, thrilling new light&#8221; in <em>Aspects of History <\/em>magazine. A somewhat revisionist version of Aztec history. You can hear Camilla Townsend on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/en\/podcast\/dan-snow-s-history-hit\/a-new-history-of-the-aztecs\/\">a History Hit podcast <\/a><\/strong>(ad at beginning).<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Aztec-Eyewitness-Guides-Elizabeth-Baquedano\/dp\/0751360198\/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=baquedano&amp;qid=1625208356&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-3\">Aztec, Inca, and Maya: DK Eyewitness<\/a><\/strong> series, <em>Elizabeth Baquedano<\/em>, DK 2011 Simple, but great illustrations, as ever, and good maps.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Aztec-World-Elizabeth-M-Brumfiel\/dp\/0810972786\/ref=sxts_rp_s1_0?cv_ct_cx=The+Aztec+World&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=The+Aztec+World&amp;pd_rd_i=0810972786&amp;pd_rd_r=09b0a76e-c60d-48bf-b49b-24cf6969baad&amp;pd_rd_w=siSKl&amp;pd_rd_wg=yu1zf&amp;pf_rd_p=ebdd0ead-7e9d-4518-ba85-779c172f72e9&amp;pf_rd_r=REJJDJM3HXQSQA5NZN41&amp;psc=1&amp;qid=1625659329&amp;sr=1-1-1890b328-3a40-4864-baa0-a8eddba1bf6a\"><strong>The Aztec World<\/strong><\/a>, ed. <em>Elizabeth Brumfiel &amp; Gary Feldman<\/em>, Abrams, 2008 This a splendid large-format volume, very expensive new, but I got an excellent secondhand copy for \u00a310. Good diagrams, graphics, illustrations and maps, and the contributors are a roll-call of modern experts. Could be a one-stop book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Maps<\/h3>\n<p>Many of the books have good maps. Links to contemporary (Spanish) versions, and a good discussion of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/books\/HOC\/HOC_V2_B3\/HOC_VOLUME2_Book3_chapter5.pdf\">Aztec &amp; Mayan cartography<\/a><\/strong>, from the fabulous multi-volume University of Chicago <em>History of Cartography<\/em>, now fully online and downloadable.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/mexico.html\"><strong>Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library Map Collection<\/strong><\/a> has a Mexico page: some historical maps.<\/p>\n<p>The famous map of Tenochtitlan, 1524, above, is available in high resolution from Wikimedia:<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c3\/Map_of_Tenochtitlan%2C_1524.jpg\/1280px-Map_of_Tenochtitlan%2C_1524.jpg\">Wikimedia map of Tenochtitlan, 1524<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is discussion of the map\u00a0 in a number of journal articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/22386943\/_Mapping_the_Aztec_Capital_The_1524_Nuremberg_map_of_Tenochtitlan_Its_Sources_and_Meanings._\">Mapping the Aztec Capital: The 1524 Nuremberg Map of Tenochtitlan, Its Sources and Meanings<\/a><\/strong>, Barbara E. Mundy (author of the cartography chapter above)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/itinerario\/article\/abs\/new-world-seen-as-the-old-the-1524-map-of-tenochtitlan\/728A89F27CDF0F36670B4EA767603315\">The New World Seen as the Old: The 1524 Map of Tenochtitl\u00e1n<\/a>,<\/strong> E Godbey (hard to access, but I have a copy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most recent (July\/August 2021) <em>National Geographic History<\/em> magazine, has a lovely map of the <strong>Lands of the Aztec, <\/strong>as part of a 14 page piece on the Rise and Fall of the Aztec.<\/p>\n<p>The www.worldhistory.org site has <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/uploads\/images\/14181.png\">a colourful map<\/a><\/strong> (though the colours aren&#8217;t as well chosen as they might be) of the contributions of each tlatoani to the expansion of the Aztec empire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Wikipedia<\/h3>\n<p>As ever, lots of very good coverage of all things Aztec on Wikipedia, and many of the articles have recent attention. There is no overview of the categories, as there is of some large topics, so this short listing can serve as an introduction. Most of these pages have lots of links to other, more detailed, pages.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mesoamerica\">Mesoamerica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aztl\u00e1n\">Aztl\u00e1n<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexica\">Mexica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aztecs\">Aztecs: overview<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Aztecs\">History of the Aztecs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aztec_society\">Aztec Society<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aztec_Empire\">Aztec Empire<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aztec_codices\">Aztec Codices<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Aztec Warfare\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><strong>Aztec Warfare<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aztec_calendar\">Aztec Calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aztec_clothing\">Aztec Clothing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Rulers (<em>tlatoani<\/em>) of Tenochtitlan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acamapichtli\">Acamapichtli<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01376\u20131395<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huitzilihuitl\">Huitzilihuitl\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1396 \u2013 1417<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chimalpopoca\">Chimalpopoca\u00a0<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0 1417 \u2013 1427<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Itzcoatl\">Itzcoatl\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1427 \u2013 1440<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moctezuma_I\">Moctezuma I\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1440 \u2013 1469<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axayacatl\">Axayacatl\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01469 \u2013 1481<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tizoc\">Tizoc\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1481 \u2013 1486<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahuitzotl\">Ahuitzotl\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1486 \u2013 1502<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moctezuma_II\">Moctezuma II\u00a0<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1502 \u2013 1520<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuitl\u00e1huac\">Cuitl\u00e1huac\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1520<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuauht\u00e9moc\">Cuauht\u00e9moc\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1520 \u2013 1521<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>In Our Time<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00548v0\"><strong>The Aztecs:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>an <em><strong>In Our Time<\/strong>,<\/em> from Feb 2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>The Aztec Calendar and Sun stone<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/owlcation.com\/humanities\/How-to-Read-an-Aztec-Calendar\">How to Read an Aztec Calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>The Nahuatl language and pronunciation<\/h3>\n<p>Wikipedia: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nahuatl\">Nahuatl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/indigenousmexico.org\/state-of-mexico\/the-nahuatl-language-of-mexico-from-aztlan-to-the-present-day\/<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousmexico.org\/state-of-mexico\/the-nahuatl-language-of-mexico-from-aztlan-to-the-present-day\/\">The N\u00e1huatl Language of Mexico: From Aztl\u00e1n to the Present Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Tenochtitlan<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-914 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/image_2021-07-07_164015-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/image_2021-07-07_164015-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/image_2021-07-07_164015-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/image_2021-07-07_164015-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/image_2021-07-07_164015-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/image_2021-07-07_164015.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wikipedia: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tenochtitlan\">Tenochtitlan\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/strong> Fairly comprehensive, but there is still not much evidence about the growth of the city: most information takes as its starting point the state of the city in 1521.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjD_ZLKsMvxAhWMJMAKHRIrC9YQFjABegQICxAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridge.org%2Fcore%2Fjournals%2Famerican-antiquity%2Farticle%2Fsettlement-pattern-and-chinampa-agriculture-at-tenochtitlan%2FC47237D4569A35A502C55E7FF4806A33&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ba12cmIUiRuoVplx5A0WL\">Settlement Pattern and Chinampa Agriculture at Tenochtitlan <\/a><\/strong>Hard to come by but I have a copy.<\/li>\n<li>City Planning: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wideurbanworld.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/urban-planning-in-ancient-central.html\">Urban Planning in Ancient Central Mexico<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Chinampa system<\/h5>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Wikipedia: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinampa\">Chinampa<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/floating-farms-mexico-city\">How to Feed a Megacity Like the Aztecs\u00a0<\/a><\/strong> A nice piece in Atlas Obscura, suggesting this as a route to improved modern agriculture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Aztec Urban Planning in general<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.asu.edu\/~mesmith9\/1-CompleteSet\/MES-08-AzCityPlan-Encyclopedia.pdf\"><strong>City Planning<\/strong><\/a>, a PDF copy of by Michael Smith&#8217;s article in the <em>Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures<\/em> , an amazing resource on all sorts of topics. Many of the articles in the book are available in some form online. I&#8217;ll add them as I find them.<\/li>\n<li>Also, Michael Smith&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.public.asu.edu\/~mesmith9\/\">academic page<\/a><\/strong> contains other articles and links that are relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>YouTube<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KWmo9r0hnM8\">The Rise And Fall Of The Aztec Empire\u00a0<\/a><\/strong> A long video, over an hour, but quite a useful introduction. It&#8217;s very cartoonish, but the map graphics and commentary I thought were good. And quite a few useful pronunciations as a guide. Though there are quite a few versions of how to to pronounce &#8220;tl&#8221;: this video makes it a clear &#8220;tl&#8221;, others much more subtle.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/WATCH LATER ADD TO QUEUE The History of the Aztec Empire: Every Year (1427-1521)\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">The History of the Aztec Empire: Every Year (1427-1521)<\/a>: <\/strong>Quick six minuter that just does the basics by year.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fmHVqb6t__8\">Tenochtitlan -The Venice of Mesoamerica (Aztec History).<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong>8 minutes. Part of a larger series that is on YouTube. There&#8217;s a very long <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g4mFK5AFP7s\">Q&amp;A on the Rise of the Aztecs<\/a><\/strong>: the listing under the video shows the questions and the minutes into the video they are dealt with.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zn03u3-U1fk\">The Sun Stone (Calendar Stone)<\/a> <\/strong>: a nicely done short video that describes the stone and its symbolism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Playlist:<\/strong> Here&#8217;s a YouTube playlist for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLAyoVLUdOXEkuPe2w5pdOqfY7VKnlWKiW\">&#8220;Aztecs&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>: I&#8217;ve just added a few videos and done no curating! I&#8217;m adding all the time, but if you find any more, please let me know.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The Fall of Civilizations podcasts<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>There are two videos (not audio)\u00a0 from this series that cover the Aztecs:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f8JVdpWCKeM\">The Fall of Civilizations: Aztecs Part 1<\/a><\/strong>: covers the formation of the geography (all the way back to the meteor) and on to the early 1500s.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cDdKZrvg1pE\">The Fall of Civilizations: Aztecs Part 2<\/a><\/strong>: the arrival of Cortes and the consequences<\/p>\n<p>These two videos are long, over four hours in total, but the production quality is broadcast standard, great visuals, sourced from all sorts of providers, and the commentary is very good, if rather measured (I sped up the video by 15% and it helped). I&#8217;ve linked to the YouTube versions, but these two videos are part of a mammoth project, of which the Aztecs are Episode 9. The series is up to Episode 13, covering the Assyrians, and is as good as anything you&#8217;ll find on history on YouTube. The project is housed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/fallofcivilizations_podcast\/posts\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a>, and I have signed up as a supporter. Stunning stuff. There&#8217;s\u00a0 also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fallofcivilizationspodcast.com\">a separate website<\/a><\/strong> for the project.<\/p>\n<p>There is an audio podcast available <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fallofcivilizationspodcast.com\">here<\/a><\/strong>, but you really do miss the visuals!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timelines A few rather simplified timelines, so that a quick overview can be made: From the World History Encyclopaedia pages Britannica&#8217;s equally simplified version , with more text From the History Junkie site Also see in the YouTube section: The History of the Aztec Year by Year. The Pre-Aztec period The Olmec Legacy: A 30 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/the-aztecs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Aztecs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":5,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":104,"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":927,"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788\/revisions\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessu3a.org\/worldhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}