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by nyolfen 8y ago
be sure to check out the wiki for the codex that illustration is from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Borgia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Borgia
there's a really excellent podcast series i listened to a few months ago about the conquest of mexico a few months ago, beginning here:
http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2017/5/25/episode-20-the-conquest-of-mexico-part-1-people-of-the-sun http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2017/5/25/episode-2...
it's genuinely one of the most incredible stories in human history. if you, like me, only possess a cursory awareness of the events, i can't recommend listening through the whole thing enough.
and a supplementary podcast series about human sacrifice particularly by the aztecs (though quite meandering, in an enjoyable way):
http://www.martyrmade.com/8-how-to-serve-man-sacrifice-cannibalism-pt-1/ http://www.martyrmade.com/8-how-to-serve-man-sacrifice-canni...
- perseusmandate 8y agoEven more absurd to me than Cortes' conquest of Mexico was Pizarro's conquest of the Incas, an empire which was larger than both the Mayans or Aztec. IIRC Cortes had ~1500 conquistadors on his side and Pizarro had ~500
- spanxx 8y agoBoth conquistadors were helped by native fighters, so these numbers only show the Spanish warriors not their massive allied army.