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Unbridled9 03/23/21 2:50:24 PM #44:	TheNobleWoodApe posted... And who wrote that epitath? The conquistadors? No. The Conquistadors would have you believe that it was a bunch of backwater natives subdued by superior Spanish technology and faith in God. The reality is pretty straight-forwards. The Aztec were a war-focused society with bloodthirsty priests that were lacking in regards to social policy. It doesn't take a genius to tell what the inevitable outcome was. https://youtu.be/KWmo9r0hnM8 That link goes to a good video detailing their history. Not my only source of information of course; but a good starting point. If the Aztec had appeared in the old world they likely would have been just another war-focused tribe beaten into submission by a larger empire. Especially if we made the timeline synch up and they would have been stuck fighting off armored knights or whatever was used by the local empire with their clubs. Their only hope of survival would have been if they started off in the african jungles but even then that's just delaying the inevitable. I don't know where this recent myth that the Aztec were basically demigods who would have been the dominate force in the world if even one thing had gone differently because that's like saying that the only reason the Byzantines aren't around still is because one person didn't lock the fish gate. Moments where history seems to turn based on one minor decision are EXTREMELY rare in the grand scheme of things (Hannibal's decision to not sack Rome, the sandwich that changed the world, and Prince John's disastrous rule come to mine) and there's no realistic scenario in which the Aztec remain a world power. At best they might have beaten Cortez and worked out a peace deal with Spain but their own internal strife and poor policy management ensured their downfall. Cortez was just the catalyst, the thing that set the powder keg off, but he wasn't the one who piled all the powder there in the first place or set up the nearby torches or decided that the powder keg made for a nice bed. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage <cite>Unbridled9 posted [p:952028405] in I'm so dis... [t:79361383]...</cite> <quote>TheNobleWoodApe posted... </cite> <quote>And who wrote that epitath? The conquistadors?</quote> No. The Conquistadors would have you believe that it was a bunch of backwater natives subdued by superior Spanish technology and faith in God. The reality is pretty straight-forwards. The Aztec were a war-focused society with bloodthirsty priests that were lacking in regards to social policy. It doesn't take a genius to tell what the inevitable outcome was. https://youtu.be/KWmo9r0hnM8 That link goes to a good video detailing their history. Not my only source of information of course; but a good starting point. If the Aztec had appeared in the old world they likely would have been just another war-focused tribe beaten into submission by a larger empire. Especially if we made the timeline synch up and they would have been stuck fighting off armored knights or whatever was used by the local empire with their clubs. Their only hope of survival would have been if they started off in the african jungles but even then that's just delaying the inevitable. I don't know where this recent myth that the Aztec were basically demigods who would have been the dominate force in the world if even one thing had gone differently because that's like saying that the only reason the Byzantines aren't around still is because one person didn't lock the fish gate. Moments where history seems to turn based on one minor decision are EXTREMELY rare in the grand scheme of things (Hannibal's decision to not sack Rome, the sandwich that changed the world, and Prince John's disastrous rule come to mine) and there's no realistic scenario in which the Aztec remain a world power. At best they might have beaten Cortez and worked out a peace deal with Spain but their own internal strife and poor policy management ensured their downfall. Cortez was just the catalyst, the thing that set the powder keg off, but he wasn't the one who piled all the powder there in the first place or set up the nearby torches or decided that the powder keg made for a nice bed. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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