Aztlan HistorianA name... centuries of slander, controversy and myth.
The term "Chichimeca" is one that been treated as a mere substitute for the European term "Barbarian", but the reality behind this term is far more complex and that usage makes it no justice to say the least. So let's discover the truth behind it.
Misconceptions: The Gran Chichimeca (Sub. Esp)Aztlan Historian2022-10-12 | A name... centuries of slander, controversy and myth.
The term "Chichimeca" is one that been treated as a mere substitute for the European term "Barbarian", but the reality behind this term is far more complex and that usage makes it no justice to say the least. So let's discover the truth behind it.
And my DA page! deviantart.com/aztlanhistorianMisconceptions: Diseases in the Americas (Pt. 3) (Sub. Esp.)Aztlan Historian2024-07-19 | The Americas managed to mostly shake off the European domination by the 1820's; however, they would still not be free from the torments of disease, and unfortunately, at the same time they'd fight to build new societies out of the colonial world, they'd also have to fight against terrible new scourges... some of which are still tormenting the continent today.
To discover how the American nations have fared in this struggle, join me in this third and last part of the Diseases special.
Music: J.R.S. Schattenberg - Era of War Kevin MacLeod - Stormfront Luis Humanoide - Free Spaghetti Western Nctmm - Like Punch Deck - Tempest RPm 99 - Aggressive Epic Rock Track z3r0 - WhitechapelMisconceptions: Diseases in the Americas (Pt. 2) (Sub. Esp.)Aztlan Historian2024-07-01 | One of the main changes brought to the Americas by the colonial European domination was the introduction of extremely predatory economic policies which brought upon indigenous Americans all sorts of horrors and pains, which were denounced even back in the colonial period.
Today we'll explore how said colonial policies interacted with diseases in the colonial Americas and how they shaped the continent up to the rise of the American independence movements.
On the 1717 - 1720 South American hemorrhagic fever outbreak ifea.hypotheses.org/4016 (in Spanish)
Recommended books: McNeill, J.R. (2012) "Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620–1914". Cambridge University Press Reséndez, A. (2016) "The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Music: Joey Pecoraro - November Pitx - Black Rainbow Relax Music VN - Half Moon Serenade (Guitar solo) TRow - Acoustic guitar arrangement for song Whitesand (Martynas Lau) - Honor Whitesand (Martynas Lau) - The Lost WorldMisconceptions: Diseases in the Americas (Pt. 1) (Sub. Esp.)Aztlan Historian2024-05-24 | Well known is the fact that the indigenous populations of the Americas were decimated by terrible plagues in the 16th and early 17th centuries, however this fact has been distorted and misrepresented by many, leading to fantasies of "empty lands settlers simply walked in" after diseases wiped out everyone there.
The truth however is much more complex and grim than that, and in this special we talk about that
Music: Jeremy Blake - Heaven & Hell (Part 2) Jo Wandrini - A Web of Delusion Nctrnm - Like Remote - All Gods Creatures are Animals Scott Buckley - MeditationAztlans Historical Dictionary: El Dorado (Sub. Esp.)Aztlan Historian2023-11-13 | Back in the early 16th century explorers, conquistadores and soldiers of fortune understood the Americas as a place existing between reality and myth, where monsters and fantastic places could actually exist.
A place full with both mystery and magic, and one of the first manifestations of such peculiar way to understand these unknown lands was the myth of the Golden City; but, how did it come to be?
On Christian late medieval thought and how it shaped the early understanding of the Americas https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/intersedes/article/view/942 (in Spanish)
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyReviewing History: The Republic of Rio Grande (Sub. Esp)Aztlan Historian2023-07-15 | Many have told the story of a secessionist movement in the northeastern Mexico back in 1840, a movement to create a "Republic of Rio Grande", but what if I told you that it is almost certainly a myth?
To understand how such thing could be possible, please join me to explore a history of political struggle, conspiracy theories and land disputes on the banks of the Bravo river.
And my DA page! deviantart.com/aztlanhistorianForgotten History: The Contestado War (Sub. Esp.)Aztlan Historian2023-03-15 | Despite being one of the world's largest and most influential nations, Brazil's history is a largely unknown topic outside South America, and today we are going to explore one of the least known episodes of this nation's history... when Brazilians fought a Crusade against their government to establish the Kingdom of God.
Time to learn about the Contestado War
To learn more: Summary of the Contestado War (in Portuguese) https://atlas.fgv.br/verbetes/guerra-do-contestado
Timeline of the Contestado War (in Portuguese) https://portouniao.webnode.com.br/contestado/cronologia-da-guerra-do-contestado/
And my DA page! deviantart.com/aztlanhistorianReaction: UsefulCharts - Timeline of the Pre-Columbian Americas (Sub. Esp.)Aztlan Historian2022-04-16 | Our knowledge of the pre-Columbian Americas is limited, yet, what little we know tells us a complex history of empire, cultures and societies, which were kept in the dark by centuries of misconceptions and biases.
Today, I react to UsefulChart's intro to this largely misunderstood historical context, which is in all honesty, a really remarkable work to do
And my DA page! deviantart.com/aztlanhistorianBiography: Julio C. Tello and the Dawn of the Andes (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2021-09-30 | Before the 20th century, our understanding of the pre-Columbian Andes was extremely limited and biased by all sorts of colonial and derogative narratives that systematically deprived native peoples of any cultural creativity or historical agency.
In the middle of this hostile environment, a Peruvian doctor would produce a series of works that would not only defend the creativity and historical agency of the natives, but also would change our understanding of the Americas forever
To learn more: About the history of archaeology in Peru https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/Arqueo/article/view/12336 (in Spanish)
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyAztlans Historical Dictionary: Amazons (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2021-01-10 | For centuries explorers, conquistadores and soldiers of fortune projected their dreams, nightmares and fantasies onto the New World, inhabiting it with giants, natives with faces in their chests and all sorts of fantastical creatures and entities from ancient lore.
Today we are going to talk about some of the most common and fascinating characters from ancient lore that made it to the Americas during the Age of Exploration; The Amazons.
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyMap: Mexican War of Independence/ Independencia de México (1810-1821) - Every weekAztlan Historian2020-09-04 | An animated map about the Mexican War of Independence and concurring conflicts taking place between 1810 and 1821.
The map depicts the aforementioned war of independence as well as the rebellions of 1811 and 1812 in El Salvador and Nicaragua; the southern theater of the War of 1812 and the early filibuster invasions of Texas. ________ Mapa animado sobre la guerra de independencia de México y conflictos contemporáneos entre 1810 y 1821.
El mapa muestra el desarrollo de la guerra de independencia antes mencionada, así como las rebeliones de 1811 y 1812 en El Salvador y Nicaragua, el frente meridional de la Guerra Anglo-estadounidense de 1812 y las primeras invasiones de filibusteros a Texas.
and my Discord forum / Únete a mi Discord discord.gg/R3ENvmzForgotten History: The rise and fall of the Miskito Kingdom (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2020-05-21 | For more than two centuries, an enigmatic indigenous American state existed in the Caribbean coast of Central America. A country with an elite of African descent and strong ties to the English-speaking world. A country that shaped the Caribbean in many, often ignored, ways.
And today we'll explore its history, so join me today to discover the forgotten odyssey of the Miskito Kingdom.
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyForgotten History: The Conquest of Tierra del Fuego (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2020-02-02 | Contrary to the popular belief, the Americas were never fully conquered by the Europeans and the native peoples have had a long a well-documented history of resistance against those trying to take over their lands; a history that's still being written.
Today we explore one of the less understood chapters in this history of conquest and resistance; the conquest of Tierra del Fuego
On the Argentine and Chilean expansionisms: https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=cLGYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT226&dq=genocidio+selknam&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRlYnV8bHnAhUSMawKHQ_YBcsQ6AEIOTAC#v=onepage&q=genocidio%20selknam&f=false (In Spanish)
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyMisconceptions: The fantastic Maya Empire (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2019-09-12 | Much is said about the "Maya Empire", a great and powerful Mesoamerican state... that never existed. Today we talk about one of the most widespread myths about the Maya civilization and the way in which it distorts our understanding of this ancient and diverse cultural tradition.
On Maya history https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=qS9uCyBi3VcC&pg=PA106&dq=ciudades+estado+maya&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN8Ob4n8zkAhWxna0KHZNQB48Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q&f=false (in Spanish)
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyForgotten History: The Native Conquistadores (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2019-07-06 | Mexican historian Miguel León Portilla once said "The Conquest was done by the natives themselves" when talking about the fall of the Aztec Triple Alliance. To understand the truth behind that quote, let's take a look to one of the less explored aspects of the European conquest and colonization of the New World; The native allies.
On native collaboration with the Spaniards in Mesoamerica https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=RSPE2oaa8ZkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=es#v=onepage&q&f=false
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyReviewing History: The Conquistadores (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2019-05-04 | The Conquistadores, the people responsible for imposing the authority of Spain upon several indigenous American nations and peoples; are some of the most misunderstood characters in human History, as they are the cneter of a centuries long controversy about colonialism and cultural change in the Western Hemisphere that continues to this day.
So today we'll talk about those people; their origins, their goals and their legacy.
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyAztlans Historical Dictionary: Aztec (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2019-03-20 | Well known is the name of the Aztecs, yet not many people really get who they where, where they came from and what their legacy is.
So today, lets dispell some of the most persistent and widespread errors surrounding the use of the name "Aztec" as we explore the historical evolution, development and uses of this Mesoamerican demonym.
To learn more: On the Nahua http://www.revistadelauniversidad.unam.mx/ojs_rum/files/journals/1/articles/13252/public/13252-18650-1-PB.pdf in Spanish
On the "Aztequization" of Mexican historiography http://www.ejournal.unam.mx/ecn/ecnahuatl31/ECN03113.pdf in Spanish
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyForgotten History: Discovering the Olmec (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2019-02-04 | The Tenocelome, most commonly known as Olmec, have been on of the most intriguing subjects in Mesoamerican archaeology. And reflect of that is the strange history of the ideas that academics have elaborated around this ancient culture.
On the Tenocelome: https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=ZuU7HjYuDt8C&pg=PA18&dq=tenocelome&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixuMfK6ofgAhVQ1qwKHaj8Ax0Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q&f=false (in Spanish)
On Tenocelome mtDNA https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/estudios-de-adn-y-el-origen-de-los-olmecas (In Spanish)
The Mixe-Zoquean identity of the Tenocelome http://repositorio.cesmeca.mx/bitstream/cesmeca/150/1/Medio%20ambiente%203.pdf (In Spanish)
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyWhat if Native Americans Discovered the Old World First (Pt. 2)Aztlan Historian2018-12-21 | People often wonder about non-Europeans "discovering" the Americas, but what if things went the other way around?
Second part of an special collaboration with Jabari from the From Nothing channel
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyMisconceptions: No metal in the Americas (Pt.2) (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2018-12-13 | Metallic weaponry, iron cold-forging, bronze money, and many other developments using metals took place in the Americas over the past centuries, yet many of them remain in the darkness... but hopelly not for long
To learn more:
Andean bronze maces https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-73562002000200005 (in Spanish)
On metalworking among Arctic peoples: https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/metallurgy-of-the-tlingit-dene-and-eskimo/
Iron ore mining in the ancient Andes https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2008a/080129VaughnMine.html
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyMisconceptions: No metal in the Americas (Pt.1) (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2018-11-27 | Long held is the belief that the indigenous cultures of the Americas didn't develop metal working techniques before the Columbian contact in the late 15th century.
But the truth is that the Americas also saw the development of metal working and metallurgy, and native cultures actually reached pretty notable advances on this technology before the European colonization.
Please join me in this video to explore more about these fascinating New World developments!
DISCLAIMER: All materials used on this video belong to their respective creators. This video was made for educative purposes onlyMap: History of Central America (1800-2018) - Every yearAztlan Historian2018-10-17 | An animated map about the political evolution of Central America from 1800 to 2018.
and my Discord forum discord.gg/R3ENvmzBiography: Florentino Ameghino and the Dawn of Humans (Sub. Español)Aztlan Historian2018-09-25 | There was a time in which humans weren't thought to have emerged in Africa; and that was the time for this forgotten odyssey of Latin American science
To know more about: - Ameghino's Autochthonist Theory https://www.academia.edu/10376316/Human_Origins_in_the_New_World_Florentino_Ameghino_and_the_Emergence_of_Prehistoric_Archaeology_in_the_Americas_1875_1912_