Dr. Roy Casagranda wraps up his two-part series on the Aztecs. In this he talk he discusses the conquest of the Mexica (aka the Aztecs) by Hernan Cortez (Spain). This talk is dedicated to Dr. Ken Brown and Dr. Quetzil Castaneda.
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@v1nc3nt_bl4ck4 Жыл бұрын
Thank god, thought I was going to have to wait a year to hear part 2. If only all lecturers and teachers were like this - people would actually enjoy education and learn something. Thanks, great lecture as always!
@MrSerpia11 ай бұрын
hi Austin school, are there any books that you would recommend reading that actually tell you the history in truth regarding aztecs and not the hollywood version. and plz keep the videos coming, very informative and eye opening not the usual mumbo jumbo, thanks
@properburger73787 ай бұрын
A book Thats rather interesting and pertinente is Aztec by Gary Jennings... First look for reviews in YT about it, I think you'll love it. I as a Mexican happily living in CDMX can't recommend it Enough. Great lectures by this great professor; I've never thouth about the period way before the Mexica Build up my City (tenochtitlan, now CDMX), always interesting to hear a differenta and a rather constructive perspective.
@maisonstevens2 ай бұрын
This guy deserves more airtime and credit a brilliant historian
@Ibrahim-qd5ck Жыл бұрын
This channel is such a gem 💎
@emadel-mubasher2044 Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@absar4578 Жыл бұрын
Obviously Mashallah
@eliah_B Жыл бұрын
So it is...
@user-em6zy6nr8u9 ай бұрын
Yeah but fuck man dr roy needs to upload more
@ingssem4 ай бұрын
Dr. Casagranda I'm in love with your lectures. My brain is cooked bc I don't have an attention span anymore and I usually can't even watch a 10 minute video without getting bored but I can watch 4 straight hours of your lectures. Incredibly interesting and entertaining even though you barely use any images. I have learned so much about the world. My favorite thing is that you give so much context before starting every lecture, which is incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge for free ❤
@sardarny Жыл бұрын
I accidentally come across Professor Roy lectures and now my whole family is addicted. we listen him regularly on weekends, incredible knowledge and honesty with the facts
@apostoloszacharopoulos817119 күн бұрын
Moral of the Story : Do not make your neighbourghs hate you and do not assume that you know other people's culture...Fantastic lecture, even though I question some of the population numbers.
@olalekanadigun8759 Жыл бұрын
This Prof is an embodiment of knowledge. His "keep it simple" style of presentation would have made the study of politics and history worth the while if many of us had him as a teacher during our undergraduate days
@crispy0104 Жыл бұрын
A lot of things of what he says aré incorrect
@SilverSea27 Жыл бұрын
@@crispy0104 Yeah he's just making shit up. I can see it because i know aztecs a bit but i'm not familiar with the other topics he talks about like the crusades or islam, now I'll have to assume he's just making shit up in those talks too. Better to stick to guys who actually cite their sources.
@sarahgold33632 ай бұрын
Wow! Your lectures are brilliant! Your delivery makes me feel like you genuinely want me to be able to connect the dots between the past and the present. They are packed with the most detailed; most extraordinary facts. Thank you for educating me, my family and my friends.
@Mr1123581325Ай бұрын
The Prof is amazing. So eloquent. And his memory…. He can talk for hours without missing a beat.
@Rocco-fp5id Жыл бұрын
He is one of the best teacher in the world , period !!! 🙏🙏 Wow 🤟 What a wonderful way to teach 🙏
@crispy0104 Жыл бұрын
His story is full of holes
@WasifHasanBaig Жыл бұрын
These talks are so interesting. Please keep them going. Thanks to the Professor and to all those behind the scenes who make this happen.
@maamounelsharkawy3924 Жыл бұрын
There are not enough videos in this channel! I can't get enough of Roy! Thank you for making these fine lectures to educate us. At the end of this lecture, I was glad I wasn't white, European, or Christian.. And listening to many of your other lectures, I am proud to be Egyptian, Arab, and Muslim. So I hope I am an acestor of Khalid Ibn Al Walid, Al Faraby, Mohamed Al Fatih, and all the fine ancient Egyptians Oh and I am ordering your book very soon 🙏 ( The Blood Throne of Caria)
@mstzn111 ай бұрын
It seems you have not learned anything from Roy's lessons. You can easily find some terrible things that Egyptian, Arabs and Muslims did in the past (even nowadays). I don't understand why people are being proud of things that they did not choose like ethnicity etc. It is just pure tribal instinct.
@maamounelsharkawy392411 ай бұрын
@@mstzn1 you are right. I didn't mean to come off as tribal. I understand what you are saying. White europeans always try to portray us as barbaric and backwards, when the facts that Roy teaches us tell us that we were always much more civilized. We are not perfect either but in comparison, we as a people are relatively civil. Your ancestors are the ottoman empire, which had some bad times, but across most of the time it existed, it was a place of tolerance and civility.
@breezeanonymous60347 ай бұрын
@@maamounelsharkawy3924 When Egyptians say that they are Arabs, Muslims or speak Arabic and are 'proud' of that, that is so contradictory, farsical and funny because they take the 'Arab' identity who colonized them. Speak native Egyptian language, wear native Egyptian clothing, practice native Egyptian religion etc, only then you can say you are proud 'Egyptian'. What a joke!
@maisonstevens2 ай бұрын
I agree I keep rewatching the same stuff
@AV57Ай бұрын
What a weird comment.
@21972012145525 Жыл бұрын
GIVE THIS MAN A RAISE! And tenure, if he so desires.
@afbf65224 ай бұрын
i just don't understand how the Aztecs were such badasses dominating their neighbors when they didn't fight with weapons and their neighbors did...
@tomigoi17 күн бұрын
Ten years of waiting for the Winds of Winter, I've been reading the Last Kingdom and the Accursed Kings series. Little that I know I've found another flavor of Ice and Fire in Professor Casagranda's lectures. These are amazing stuff.
@GhassanB Жыл бұрын
I genuinely started crying when the lecture ended with de las casas and African slavery... Prof is such a good storyteller he got me genuinely invested in the man's humanity and then broke my heart with his reveal at the end of the trial 😂
@ashren58796 ай бұрын
I mean he essentially suggested what he believed to be the most humane solution possible.
@annakat37546 ай бұрын
African slavery was not the only slavery in history. Stop it. Its a tired argument.
@GhassanB6 ай бұрын
@@annakat3754 nothing else in history ever compared to the Atlantic slave trade, leave your white apologist logic off my comment :)
@ckannan905 ай бұрын
@@annakat3754what are you even replying to? The video is literally about another type of slavery, so pretty sure everyone in the comments knows African slavery was not the only slavery.
@WhiteTrashTrailer4 ай бұрын
@@annakat3754Try listening to the lecture before advancing your white racist argument.
@Incandescence555 Жыл бұрын
Oh sooo much love you for Professor! You've helped me through Ramadan listening to your lectures. You're so funny, and witty - and your anti-Orientalist flavour to your analysis is refreshing and vital. Thank you and God bless you
@josegarretonerfrdhxkАй бұрын
I encountered Dr. Casagrande's lectures and was profoundly impressed by their depth and insight. His expertise and nuanced analysis represent an exceptional standard within unbiased academic discourse. Drawing from my studies in history, particularly concerning figures such as Columbus and Cortez, I benefited significantly from the perspectives imparted by Dr. Casagrande's lectures. My maternal lineage, intertwined with native heritage, further enriched my understanding of the complex legacies of colonization. The devastating impact wrought by conquistadors like Cortez, Pizarro, de Almagro, and Valdivia upon the indigenous populations and cultures of the Americas remains a topic of incomprehensible magnitude. It behooves us, therefore, to confront and comprehend these historical realities with courage and humility, recognizing their implications for our collective past and the imperative of responsible stewardship for the benefit of future generations.
@kurtaikido2889 Жыл бұрын
Dr. Roy is the best! It’s kind of like having the dude from Big Lebowski explain things to you in terms even stoners can understand!
@snf321gotti6 Жыл бұрын
It's better than watching a movie ,
@angelicamendoza99104 ай бұрын
The ending of your lecture made me cry 😢 That decision saved us but at the expense of so many others.
@laststorm7726 Жыл бұрын
great talk, loved that ending. the course of history changed by one man.
@trevinmartin61495 ай бұрын
Such a wonderful character. So much knowledge. I find myself listening to him every night and morning
@lA-tv1qt Жыл бұрын
36:54 This is why people from all across the world love Prof Roy so much. He bathes his mind with local names, cultures and traditions and wholeheartedly promotes them. He constantly appreciates and compliments the local societies and thing very foreign to many other White people. This man is built by pure love for different societies and doesn't condescend on any of them.
@jamesdelcol37012 ай бұрын
Good lecture. I really enjoy listening to a lecture as an informed scholar. This professor is brushing me up nicely.
@mollybros5 ай бұрын
My favorite talk so far. Bravo! Thank you!!!
@ShaneMcBryde22 күн бұрын
I love Roy. I been listening to this man's lectures since I first found them on KZfaq. He's an absolute rockstar for history nerds like me😊
@rodzitazainal1911 ай бұрын
One of the best lecture ever. Always enjoyed listening and learning at the same time😊
@mikeomo-bare3161 Жыл бұрын
You gave us Part 2 so quickly! Thanks professor. You knocked it out of the park yet again!
@GhostCuete3692 ай бұрын
Thank you for uploading. Amazingly presented.
@fareshonn500 Жыл бұрын
Watching you makes me want to go back to school prof! Keep it up
@mikestorck4 ай бұрын
This is amazing, Dr. Roy is now my favorite
@khalednazzal74422 ай бұрын
I can't wait for part 3, you are absolutely amazing
@sktchbk Жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much! Dr. Casagranda is an inspiration. He’s so well researched and never just gives the party line….
@crispy0104 Жыл бұрын
No he is not. A lot of what he says is incorrect
@gaz5360 Жыл бұрын
If I ever come to Austin I will make sure to attend one of your lectures, you are simply amazing at delivery, your style keep me engaged, thanks for your effort!
@nabz188 Жыл бұрын
Roy is a living legend ❤ he should upload more 😊
@RealUvane20 күн бұрын
Heavy. Thanks for two amazing lectures!
@ashrakhanom3625 Жыл бұрын
More of Roy please. Amazing insight. Wish him a long life so he can give us an impartial history of the world as far as is possible. Loved the Middle Eastern history, the European history, history of the America's. I would love some light to be shed on the Eastern histories e.g. India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Native Australians, and of course China. That side of the world is still an enigma to me.
@samirak3239 ай бұрын
This guy is un incredible lecturer! Story teller !! Thank you thank you for speaking the truth !!!
@daaniyalmasum6842 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic lecture. Brilliant instructor.
@RakibHasan-cl9os3 ай бұрын
I'm so grateful that this is free!!!
@doctorSuhailAnwar Жыл бұрын
Amazing man Roy - a wealth of knowledge
@fahimrezwankhair7344 Жыл бұрын
It's equally mesmerizing and moving. Wish I could be a student of him or listen to him more.
@kam70111 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Roy, keep at it.
@danielrock35Ай бұрын
Superb lecture such an honest and well explored history lesson. Thank you!
@kevinkestler437529 күн бұрын
Dr. Casagranda weaves a narrative in Part l and Part ll that is fascinating. The linkages of his history is full of incredible detail and amazing coincidences that would make an epic fictional worthy of Honer, yet it is the reality of The Conquest. I don't know how he amassed all of this data and detail, but it is a riveting story. Thank you for pulling all this historical and disparate information together into an excellent, if not terrifying and tragic, tale of madness and then twisted logic. Incredibly wild and fantastic, scholarly and compelling work.
@SiriusSam3 ай бұрын
Such great lectures, thanks for this
@rackedbound16482 ай бұрын
Great lecture. I enjoyed it and remain 100% guilt free 😊
@flowtribe3 ай бұрын
These lectures are so incredibly informative and heartbreaking. Would love to take one of your courses. Thanks Dr. Roy for these enlightening and horrifying lectures on humanity’s inhumanity
@khalidjian697911 ай бұрын
Thanks prof.Casagranda,l have been following your work and learning a great deal as an Arab origin guy enjoy every bit of your classes though I studied most in schools but that’s 50Y ago
@AyoubusMagnus Жыл бұрын
I was waiting for this thank you doctor Casagranda
@saharkhanjadoon5938 Жыл бұрын
Thank God! This was amazing!
@ZAS-im7tj4 ай бұрын
I lament not paying more attention as a young man to history. Something clicked at age 30 and I consumed history ever since. 3 decades or books and lectures and Dr Casagranda is categorically above all
@benlawless9539 Жыл бұрын
I wanna go back to school simply because of Roy, this dude kicks ass
@leylahjohnston5 ай бұрын
I love his ancient history ♥️ lectures
@jeremylou62015 күн бұрын
Ypu are an amazingly intriguing story teller with a grain of Louis ck humor. Im sad about what im gonna do when I listen to all your lectures😢
@jefferyansani19232 ай бұрын
I love Dr. Casagranda's lectures but I've been a casual student of history for 50 years now and I know how this turns out. When I read the title, "The Spanish Arrive", I knew I couldn't watch this video. I'm sure you will be accurate and brutally honest which is much appreciated. Thank you for educating those who might not know. I will go watch Part I before the Spanish got there. I'm interested to see what he thinks about Montezuma.
@annakat3754 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to him forever
@mooronice Жыл бұрын
Wow! ❤ Excellent work!
@Xaries82 Жыл бұрын
Interesting. Love to see more..
@romanhama53779 ай бұрын
The depth of knowledge this man possesses in history is truly unique. Truly grateful for the enlightenment he has brought us. I'm excitedly looking forward to "Crusade Part 3" and the portrayal of Saladin's character. It will be fascinating to see how his story unfolds in this installment.
@mrboss8322 Жыл бұрын
this is awesome thank you soo much🥰🥰🥰🥰
@iTsMiSsToYou5000 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the brief description of the two-part series on the Aztecs. We would like to see a part three to this series where he mentioned the spanish dominican monk Bartolome de las Casas in which he ended the lecture at the year 1550. Thanks.
@hansv.d.p.8679 Жыл бұрын
Mr Roy, thanks , greetings from the Netherlands, Rotterdam
@mizanahmed41675 ай бұрын
Amazing lecture
@MrGreatGeorge29 күн бұрын
Great material!
@policious Жыл бұрын
Love these videos man!
@Angrysoup144 күн бұрын
Loved the lecture. Lots of great information. If you’re feeling particularly guilty though Dr. Casagranda maybe it would help you to let some of these decedents of native Americans have your expensive house. Then they could go to the nicer public schools that are in your neighborhood! And you wouldn’t have to worry about that pesky land tax. Can’t wait for that video to come out!
@DrFroyd1234 ай бұрын
I love this guy
@kamalmuheisen1787 Жыл бұрын
Great content as always
@josephodoherty2864 ай бұрын
Dr Roy, .........is a genius ........ He's Brilliant
@mamaz8530 Жыл бұрын
❤❤ love this
@snf321gotti6 Жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow. I was about to start liking this de las casas monk dude and then it was like ,,,,oh man. Just amazing . No word of a lie I actually enjoy your lectures more than watching movies . One of the best story tellers the world has ever seen. Thanks Roy . Ps will be picking up a copy of your novel as mentioned in the crusades lecture 1. Will there be a part 3 to this you say ?
@purveyorofproofАй бұрын
This professor is a living legend
@daymaro322011 ай бұрын
That was phenomenal wow and really eye opening, always thought that very little was know about natives but apparently I was very wrong
@gregdann12317 күн бұрын
I love it when he says “isn’t that cool!” Because it actually is cool!😅
@ParfentevIgor Жыл бұрын
This dude is just awesome
@Pegasus_boy2 ай бұрын
Speechless.
@Fotosynthesis85822 күн бұрын
I loved it when Guerro says, “I WAS Guerro…” she seemed like a badass. I wish I knew more about him
@MadMaxNado Жыл бұрын
Not the Chanel is a gem bro but the Man casagranda
@maynarddelrosario2205 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful ending.
@esote34 ай бұрын
Wonderful presentation thank you very much. I would like to add that the Spanish had dogs as tools of war trained and clad in armor.
@inconvenient-truth999 ай бұрын
Roy is the best ACC teacher!
@nozrep27 күн бұрын
wait. what? he’s only at ACC? a friggin community college? that’s hilarious. Dude’s way too good a presenter to only teach at a community college?!?! btw, ain’t knockin community. Got my associates. Then got a bachelor degree. But community college stereotypes are definitely stereotypes that exist for real reasons. And I am a living example!😂
@robertblochthesommelier10662 ай бұрын
Great lecture
@p939822 ай бұрын
History is written by the victors that’s why most of can’t believe what were hearing but thanks to people like him for spreading the truth from an unbiased way.
@nakedsnake6076 Жыл бұрын
was browsing your site and saw that you lived in Algeria as an Algerian I feel like I have missed out on not meeting you here,if you ever visit I would love to have you for dinner doctor!
@mazdakbamdadan9733 Жыл бұрын
Man u r amazing👏 👏 👏
@samlatifi3254 Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@rafaelbogdan93074 ай бұрын
So he did that guilt bit at the end but didn't explain it, and if I ever had an explanation for it from elsewhere, I'm drawing a blank. Anyone know why I should feel the slightest bit guilty for genocides and slavery I never took a hand in?
@mollybros5 ай бұрын
I am from the Dominican Republic and when hearing about Columbus finding gold on his first expedition, it makes sense that that part of the island has a city called Puerto Plata. They have romanticized the story by saying the name comes from the silvers cloud around its mountain. I think it is because of the bloody silver.
@montsebros2 ай бұрын
I mean, they found silver.
@JN003Ай бұрын
...lost for words really, its all unbelievable, unthinkable and still hasn't changed.
@nozrep27 күн бұрын
hasn’t changed? can you show me a modern day army of 500 men that has recently conquered a country with 35 million people as Cortez did to the Aztecs? I do not believe that you can show me that. Therefore in fact, some things have changed. Nevertheless, it is also true that human violence against one another has always remained the same in way, shape, or form. So maybe you meant something less literal when you typed that things have not changed.
@DavidHernandez-hy6tv2 ай бұрын
When you realize this man is a professor of political science, the ending of this lecture makes complete sense. Great story teller though even if heavily biased
@TheGREGO082 ай бұрын
Dr. Casagranda you are mistaken! The island was named Quisqueya by the Taino Arawak Indians. Columbus named it Hispanyola upon arrival. The island then became Haiti after the war for independence against France. The island is now home to two distinct nation states by the names of Haiti and Dominican Republic whose capital happens to be Santo Domingo. I hope I explained everything thoroughly and without condescension in my tone. I greatly appreciate your lectures, constantly learning something new about history from you. Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing a lecture live someday. Best wishes
@montsebros2 ай бұрын
Before Columbus arrived, the Taino people inhabited the island. They called it Ayiti, which means high ground or mountainous land, or Quisqueya, meaning mother of the Earth. The Spanish called it Santo Domingo, as did the French (Ste. Domingue) when they colonized the part of the island known today as Haiti.
@DaggerSecurity5 ай бұрын
Its a crime that no movie has been made about these events
@MrSilverad03 ай бұрын
Well, I guess I'll be a future cockroach, but if Aztecs loved others so much, then why even after seeing who Cortez was (such a bad man), other Indian tribes still helped him? And if there was even only 1 million Aztecs, and they ate 1 pound of human flesh a year (his words), that means they would have to eat 1 million pounds of human flesh and a very conservative approximation is about 10k people eaten a year. Very "others loving" Aztec family. And it's such a huge underestimation. And Aztecs fighting without weapons? Like man, are you sure what you are saying? I guess there were only few "knights wannabe" who fought this way, but no way it was majority.
@ehukai2003Ай бұрын
10k people eaten every year for 90 years is 900k for sustaining life and the sun because human lives are sacred, as they believed. Their geographically tiny empire had 35 million people, 8 million alone in and around the lake. Cortez was responsible for millions upon millions of deaths over a tiny fraction of that time for profit, and even more in his wake. There’s no denying the Mexicas’ practice of human sacrifice and cannibalism is evil by today’s standards, but let’s not act like that’s a good reason to do what Cortez did and not hold them accountable. Cortez was straight up evil, and so was the Spanish empire. For the record, I have Spanish, Portuguese, and Puerto Rican ancestry. Judging by his last name, I’m guessing Dr. Roy CASAGRANDA probably has Spanish ancestors, too. It’s not like this came from natives bashing Spanish people. This was introspective. That’s what every human should be doing.
@MuhannadDarwish Жыл бұрын
It should be a holiday every time dr. Casagrande drops a video
@joanhuffman2166Ай бұрын
The peoples of Mexico City had domesticated turkeys and ate a variety of insects for animal protein.
@yokumato12 күн бұрын
Very entertaining lecture, sure it has been seasoned a lot and it is very engaging, also funny! However it needs to be contrasted with many other similar lectures by other historians of similar trajectory as Dr.Casagranda and although might not be as entertaining they might be more accurate. Not to judge but is good to hear different points of view about topics like the conquest of Mexico, much to learn there.
@madisondrum8705Ай бұрын
this is required listening
@ygh1973 Жыл бұрын
Wtf Roy, I was expecting the second lecture on the Crusades, you finished the last one on a cliffhanger and now I’m going to have to another awesome lecture on another brilliant civilisation and I’m compelled to watch it! 😂
@21972012145525 Жыл бұрын
I couldn’t keep up with crusades one. Too many character. Needs maps and pictures to comprehend it