whitelines4president t1_ixqudvy wrote
Reply to comment by drauthlin in An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda — excavations continue in downtown Mexico City, where the empire's holiest shrine was historically situated by marketrent
On YT fall of civilizations, their 9th and 10th podcast are about the fall of the Aztecs. Really good.
400-Rabbits t1_iy8458k wrote
The problem with that podcast, and the plethora of media focused on the "fall" of the Aztecs, is that it's essentially starting a story from the end. Such framing often leads to the Aztecs being portrayed as a civilization doomed from the start, as well as privileging the Spanish worldview and making the story about them, the Aztecs more as scenery than actors.
whitelines4president t1_iy8j1nc wrote
Correct. Although they give a lot of details of the rise too. But the end is focused on the Spanish, true.
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