Aztec Empire발음듣기
Aztec Empire
[Lecturer] We've already talked about the Aztec civilization in several videos but what we're going to focus on in this video is the Aztec empire which shouldn't be confused with the Aztec civilization.발음듣기
The civilization is referring to the broader groups of people over hundreds of years but the Aztec empire is a very specific entity that formed in the 100 years before Spanish colonization.발음듣기
What you see here is a zoomed in version of what today would be southern Mexico and right over here on the globe and you can see many city-states formed here.발음듣기
A city-state is a city that is also considers itself a state that has its own political organization, its own way of functioning.발음듣기
It's not dependent on any other government forms and it's analogous to what we see in classical Greece where we have the city-states of Athens and Sparta.발음듣기
Now what's particularly interesting is what's going on around Lake Texcoco in the 14th Century.발음듣기
In 1325 you have the city of Tenochtitlan form on this island in Lake Texcoco and initially Tenochtitlan is one of the weaker city-states around Lake Texcoco.발음듣기
And in particular you have Azcapotzalco but as we fast forward roughly 100 years you get to a situation where Azcapotzalco falls into a civil war.발음듣기
Their ruler dies and there's a succession battle and the various city-states around Lake Texcoco take sides.발음듣기
What eventually happens is Tenochtitlan Texcoco, and Tlacopan form what is known as a triple alliance or the triple alliance and are able to conquer the Azcapotzalco.발음듣기
Now it starts as an alliance between these three city-states and other city-states in the area.발음듣기
But over time Tenochtitlan which is sometimes referred to as Mexico Tenochtitlan because it is a city-state of the Mexico people and this is where the name Mexico or Mexico actually comes from.발음듣기
Now even though it's an alliance over time, Tenochtitlan essentially becomes the capital of this alliance or the capital of this Aztec empire which continues on for roughly 100 years until 1521 when it is defeated by Hernando Cortes.발음듣기
Now the story of how Hernando Cortes is able to conquer this empire is fascinating and I'm not going to be able to go into all of the details in this video.발음듣기
But needless to say he's able to convince several hundred conquistadors to come and try to conquer the empire.발음듣기
And he's able to do so by recruiting tens of thousands some estimates I've seen are 100,000 soldiers from neighboring city-states who had issues with the Mexico or with the Aztec empire.발음듣기
They had a fairly advanced dam system to collect freshwater from the rain while also to control flooding.발음듣기
In fact a lot of that was destroyed when the conquistadors came and Mexico City which eventually gets founded over this lake is going to have issues with flooding for some time in the future.발음듣기
In fact the Spanish, in order to control the flooding end up draining this lake and it's where Mexico City forms.발음듣기
But the big takeaway here is near the end of the Aztec civilization as we get to the 100 years before the conquistadors arrive you have this empire form.발음듣기
This empire which starts as an alliance of city-states but eventually becomes a tributary empire.발음듣기
On this map they would be in this region right over here the neighboring Mayans were autonomous city-states.발음듣기
Some might have had more power, more influence at different times, but the Aztec tributary state means the other city-states are paying tribute to Tenochtitlan.발음듣기
They are paying revenue, they are paying service to what essentially is the capital or the seat of that empire until it is conquered by the Spanish with.발음듣기
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