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The Time Has Come - Birthplace The Plaza of the Three Cultures today in modern-day Mexico City, just north of the Zocalo. Here we are looking southwest across the square toward the Spanish Colonial Church built with the stones of the destroyed temples of Tlatelolco, the ruins of which sit in front of the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/585abae2-4ac8-47fb-828e-6ff499740ac1/3fc9c-20170105_125400.jpg Blog - The Time Has Come - Neither a Victory, or a Defeat This is all that commemorates the epic conclusion of the clash between the Aztec and Spanish Empires: A concrete slap erected just feet from the spot where Emperor Cuauhtémoc surrendered to Cortés, ending the long Aztec resistance to the Spanish invaders. The English translation is: "On August 13th, 1521, the City of Tlatelolco, so heroically defended by Cuauhtémoc, finally fell into the hands of Hernán Cortés. It was neither a victory nor a defeat, but the painful birth of Mexico and all Mestizo people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/8f78391c-e5df-49cf-bfc0-5ac88439275d/Tlatelolco-site-web.jpg Blog - The Time Has Come - Tlatelolco This temple complex formed the core of the once vibrant independent city-state of Tlatelolco. It now sits silent in front of the Spanish Church built with its stones soon after the conquest, and modern concrete buildings, giving the Plaza of the Three Cultures its name. The camera here points northeast toward the church with the square to its left in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/97e8c11b-3e58-4181-abca-84746566b59a/15-07-20-Plaza-de-las-tres-Culturas-RalfR-N3S_9336.jpg Blog - The Time Has Come - Massacre This is monument dedicated to the victims of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre, when the Mexican Army was sent in to clear the thousands of demonstrators out of the square and the surrounding area. They had gathered to protest the spending and the corruption around the upcoming 1968 Olympics that were set to open, and the cleared them out with machine guns. The government acknowledges only a few dozen deaths, but the total number of victims is believed to be in the hundreds. https://www.intellectual-brutality.com/blog/https/wwwintellectual-brutalitycom/episodes/episode-1-the-new-world-on-the-eve-of-armageddon monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/a619585f-8b00-4e9b-b799-2fabcfc88581/14181.jpg Blog - Episode 1: The New World on the Eve of Armageddon - Empire The Aztec Empire reached its peak in the early 1500s, with various emperors extending its borders from 1425 onwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/b7786719-6fd8-405a-a1ea-e29e0afa7726/Tzintzuntzan-Pueblo-M%C3%A1gico-2-1-e1602784900656.jpg Blog - Episode 1: The New World on the Eve of Armageddon - Tarascan The Aztecs were just one of several people in Central Mexico when the Spanish arrived. The mighty Tarascan people, also called the Purépechas, resisted Aztec expansion and developed their rival civilization based in here the city of Tzintzuntzan in modern day Michoacan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/5029853f-2ea1-4ca4-846b-9bb217fecb34/Teonate.jpg Blog - Episode 1: The New World on the Eve of Armageddon - The City of the Gods At the ruins of the ancient city of Teotihuacan, just north of modern day Mexico City, you will find the largest pyramids outside of Egypt. The Pyramid of the Sun, here, is nearly as large at its base as the great pyramid of Giza. The city was already abandoned and in ruins when the Aztecs rose to power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/1be69272-0048-43e6-9022-620c7616e9c8/Borrala.jpg Blog - Episode 1: The New World on the Eve of Armageddon - Zapoteca The ruins of the great Zapotec city the Spanish called Monte Albán. 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All Gods in int the Aztec pantheon would have similar glyphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/19acb186-6252-4368-b3d4-8a79d31dfe48/Codex-Mendoza-Frontispiece-representation-of-Tenochtitlan-delimited-by-watery-lines.jpg Blog - Episode 2: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 1 - A Sign From God This is the cover of the Codex Mendoza, and it depicts the founding of Tenochtitlan on the spot where Mexica saw the prophesied sign: An eagle, perched on a cactus, eating a snake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/5b2aad2c-9c64-46e1-b5e4-7b76201284b4/Templo+Mayor.jpg Blog - Episode 2: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 1 - Templo Mayor The Templo Mayor, as the Spanish called it, was at the heart of the Central Sacred Precinct, and it was dedicated to the Gods Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, and each God had their own temple on top of the Pyramid. Here you can also see the circular pyramid temple dedicated to the much more ancient god, Quetzalcoatl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/e80dd7f8-f7c3-4218-a35e-26dd51e419db/Valley+fo+Mexico+View.jpg Blog - Episode 2: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 1 - Tenochtitlan The Mexica’s Island capital was a collection of two natural islands and dozens of artificial chinampas for both buildings and agriculture. Also depicted in this rendering is the artificial dam the Mexica constructed to control flooding and the salinity of the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/9e92e1cc-a5a3-4730-9eb7-5b45218c19d1/Tenochtitlan+Spanish+Map.jpg Blog - Episode 2: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 1 - ‘More Glorious than Venice’ This is a Spanish map created after the conquest, and though heavily stylized in the medieval style, many of the details of the city like the dam and the causeways the cities on the lake shore can be made out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/7f44291e-09b9-41f2-b720-e0a1f4029eb2/Tlatelolco+Scene+Mural.jpg Blog - Episode 2: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 1 - Market Day 20th century mural by acclaimed artist Diego Rivera depicts a scene of the great Tlatelolco Market, or 'Tianguis’ in Nahuatl. https://www.intellectual-brutality.com/blog/episode-3-the-rise-of-the-mexica-part-2 monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/8f926ac5-bdfe-440b-b214-eda5a66804a7/Model-of-Templo-Major.jpg Blog - Episode 3: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 2 - Layer Upon Layer When Aztecs wanted to expand the size of their temples, they simply added layers of earth and stone on-top of existing structures and then finished them with more stone, motar and stucco. They could expand their temples almost indefinitely this way. This shows the many expansions of the Templo Mayor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/90b90a8a-e234-460a-9995-3067197d1754/Chimalpopoca+Tovar+Codex.jpg Blog - Episode 3: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 2 - Chimalpopoca Chimalpopoca’s decision to oppose the new Tepanec emperor proved fateful for the Mexica – and for his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/cda3e774-40cc-4547-8518-d433804ced87/09112015-DJI_0780-scaled.jpg Blog - Episode 3: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 2 - Make it stand out Templo Today Just off the Zócalo, the central square of modern day Mexico City, lie the recently rediscovered ruins of the great Mexica pyramid the Spanish called the ‘Templo Mayor,’ as well as many other structures and works of art that once adorned the massive central sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan. The many expansions of the pyramid are clearly visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/84003fae-6948-4481-9171-e43d2e095ae8/Tenochtitlan+Modern+Map.jpg Blog - Episode 3: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 2 - A Modern Take This is a modern rendering of Tenochtitlan and its neighboring cities, and the layout more closely resembles what the Spanish would have found when they arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/44dfd48d-1407-4a48-9491-92bd972fa534/Tenochtitlan-6.jpg Blog - Episode 3: The Rise of the Mexica - Part 2 - Sacred The central sacred precinct at the heart of the city was massive. This modern artist’s impression conveys its immense scale after Ahuitzotl’s expansion. 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Here you see the last Muslim kingdom of Granada on the eve of its final conquest. https://www.intellectual-brutality.com/blog/episode-5-the-spanish-opening-part-2 monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/f1bf3812-dbd2-48bc-a526-1b0b9ef332b4/123MEXICO-N40012.jpg Blog - Episode 5: The Spanish Opening - Part 2 - The Cutting Edge Spanish Conquistadores were the elite warriors of their day. They were inheritors of 800s years of military advances in technology and tactics that were refined and perfected during their wars to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslim Moors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/86e11a3a-2c87-4df3-957c-eefec7e5e100/100E-Image+Sword+Crossbow+Arquebus.jpg Blog - Episode 5: The Spanish Opening - Part 2 - Weapons of War Conquistadores were experts of the most advanced weapons systems available anywhere in the world, including early firearms. They were also masters of tactics that allowed them to employ these weapons in the most lethal way possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/2fc9f995-2bd2-459a-97c2-94f36bb875e0/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s_an%C3%B3nimo.jpg Blog - Episode 5: The Spanish Opening - Part 2 - If looks could kill If looks could kill Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano was born to a minor noble family in the backwater region of Extremadura in the kingdom of Castile. Thanks to a family member who represented the crown in the new Caribbean colonies, he made his way to the new world to seek his fortune in 1504. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/ad3283b4-7585-414c-8e99-26c9b83d93d4/caminho_maritimo_para_a_india.jpg Blog - Episode 5: The Spanish Opening - Part 2 - Spice Spice Baby The spice trade was the economic engine of the middle ages. It formed a proto-globalization that connected east and west beginning in late antiquity. By 1500, that trade was dominated by the Portuguese, who had command of the sea route around Africa, and the Venetians and the Ottoamns, who together controlled the route that went through the mediterranean sea and then on to India and beyond by land and sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/32c2978c-1877-4b3d-81d0-98fcb2c4aedd/2560px-Viajes_de_colon_en.svg.jpg Blog - Episode 5: The Spanish Opening - Part 2 - In fourteen hundred ninety-two… He thought he was sailing to Asia to corner the spice market, but what Columbus found would instead from the foundation for the largest empire the world had ever seen for his Spanish patrons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/6d7c5e5a-ae51-44d6-8e0f-e66460d90d77/DiegoVelazquezCuellar.jpg Blog - Episode 5: The Spanish Opening - Part 2 - The Power Broker The Power Broker Diego Velazquez de Cuellar maneuvered to become the most powerful man in the Caribbean after he led the conquest of Cuba and brought all future exploration and expansion in the region under his authority. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/9edf2446-cbb7-4145-a8db-b6b69df0bd7c/Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg Blog - Episode 5: The Spanish Opening - Part 2 - …Columbus sailed the ocean blue. …Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Was he a great man who changed history? An evil man who initiated genocide? A con artist who failed to find a western route to Asia as he initially set out to do? Whatever your perspective on these questions, there’s no doubt that his voyage set the stage for the ascendency of western civilization that would come to dominate the world over the next 500 years. https://www.intellectual-brutality.com/blog/episode-6-side-bar-a-review-of-the-sources monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/d57a3f1d-68b5-47fc-953a-e7470a7ed068/the-broken-spears-2007-revised-edition.jpg Blog - Episode 6 - Sidebar: A Review of the Sources - The Broken Spears -by Miguel Leon-Portillo This remarkable cultural achievement takes oral histories recored in the Aztecs own language shortly after the conquest and constructs a narrative of sorts that finally gives the people of this lost civilization a voice in our modern conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/3d0e49b5-236c-4e22-b49d-23b434ec8741/81iq1ZZth9L._AC_UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Blog - Episode 6 - Sidebar: A Review of the Sources - The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -By Bernal Diaz del Castillo Of all the primary sources, this first-person account by one of Cortés’ lieutenants has told the test of time. While much of it is flawed and many of its details falsified over the years, it remains the foundational narrative of Conquest that informs all future works on the subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ff33ef28296908c6964c9e/8e2f2f45-511c-4641-866e-308d10dfb7dd/c0899548-5c3f-4c65-ade7-fc2ef42f083b.1851608a11752b0ca7960560e411deca.jpg Blog - Episode 6 - Sidebar: A Review of the Sources - The Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs -By Camilla Townsend …Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Was he a great man who changed history? An evil man who initiated genocide? A con artist who failed to find a western route to Asia as he initially set out to do? 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