Mariana Mas Books | THE SPANISH CONQUEST PT1 // Summary, overview, commentary, considerations // Yucatán to Tenochtitlan @marianamasbooks | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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HISTORATHON:
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BOOKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED:
When Montezuma Met Cortés, Matthew Restall
Conquest, Hugh Thomas
Malintzin: O la conquista como traducción, Federico Navarrete
Aztec Empire webcomic: bigredhair.com/books/aztec-empire/about
Aztec Empire Twitter: https://x.com/marianaylavida
Thumbnail image: It’s blurry, but it’s a depiction of the conquest from the Codex Duran

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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Disclaimers
2:09 - Intro
4:13 - Why this video?
6:17 - What is the “Spanish Conquest”?
12:41 - Before 1519
14:28 - Cortés arrives
16:38 - Lost in translation
18:25 - Spanish among the Maya
21:01 - Malintzin, the great translator
25:24 - In Totonaca territory
26:48 - Aztec empire?
28:32 - Towards Tlaxcala
29:05 - My interpretation of Cortés
31:23 - In Tlaxcala
32:08 - About the local allies
36:31 - Towards Tenochtitlan
39:08 - Tenochtitlan!
40:32 - Cortés & Moctezuma
41:13 - Cliffhanger outro

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ME, ELSEWHERE:
Twitter: @marianaylavida
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