@AztlanHistorian
Thanks for the chance of working with you, my friend! Cenca tlazohcamati!
@multivitamin425
9:27 "Who taught the clay to lie." may be a metaphor to show how convincing the statues were that they looked alive even tho they were lifeless mud. Therefore the clay lied it is alive.
@jsmit9063
The Toltecs "teaching the clay to lie" means objects they would make look so good it's deceiving to their eyes, they look so good they can't believe what they see, like the clay is lying to them. It's a really powerful, albeit convoluted, way to compliment their work.
@LightBrownNica
My parents are from Nicaragua and the Nahua presence here is amazing. Historians and scholars believe that the Nahua of Nicaragua are descended from Tollan’s Toltecs. The evidence to support this theory is astonishing, such as the Nicarao’s expertise in medicine, the timeframe of the Nicarao’s migration to Nicaragua after the fall of Tollan lines up almost perfectly. In fact it’s taught in high academia that the Nicarao are Toltecs who simply migrated south after the fall of Tollan. Great video.
@alexanderparas323
As someone who enjoyed studied Classics in college, I love learning about the amazing histories, languages, and cultures of the Americas. Too often are they overlooked, and you’re doing an amazing job highlighting them and sharing their stories. Thank you for the amazing content!
@Nilshelppi
In 2022 I am 73, California native . In 5-6th grade I did a school report on the Toltec. That was about 1958. I was fascinated by the advanced civilization . Thank you for this very interesting YT video .
@robertmcgovern8850
I tried to interest our city council in putting a skull rack downtown, next to the kiddie splash park, but they had already spent all the money on a second ball court.🙄 We'd have to raise the funds ourselves. So if anyone wants their name on a paver ($50) or pillar ($200) of the new skull rack, we are taking donations.
@QUIRK1019
This is channel consistently publishes some of the highest quality history content on all of YouTube. Thank you for sharing your talent with us
@eduardohierro6086
My mothers side of the family is from a town near Tula, Hidalgo. My grandmother was indigenous and only spoke Otomi until she moved to Mexico City in her late teens. I am very proud of our origins, thank you for making this video. ❤
@mexicounexplained
The Toltecs have always been "problematic." Great show! You did a wonderful job synthesizing the material. Mil gracias.
@Ntyler01mil
This makes me think of Troy, which is a relatively small archeological site, but which had great significance to the Greeks and Romans.
@Vienna3080
This is one of the only Historical channels on Youtube that talks about Pre Colombian American history, happy I’m a Patreon!
@coldmexican288
I'm from Hidalgo and my city is very close to Tula. I went to Tula and Teotihuacan when i was about 6 years old but haven't had the chance to go back to truly appreciate everything and experience it once more since I live in the US. Lately I've experienced a renewed desire to learn more about my ancestry. I kind of felt disgusted and sad when I realized I knew much more about other cultures and civilizations from foreign places but knew almost nothing about my own ancient culture and roots so I appreciate the level of detail in your video. Thank you.
@Jarlegand
I just binge watched all of your videos for past 3 days and couldn't get enough of them, that upload is a godsend, amazing content!
@Liliphant_
I love when any history content discusses the sources involved
@thelegate8636
Topiltzin seems very similar to King Arthur. Nowadays, we're pretty sure that Arthur was a real person or conglomeration of people (personally, I think he was Riothamus), but the legends got so crazy that we end up with things like Le Morte d'Arthur. Seems to me that the same thing happened here with him.
@SwabcraftCreates
You don't have to be an empire to have a big impact. City states like Athens and Sparta had massive historical and cultural impacts. Toltec's were heavily influential in a similar way despite not being an empire level power.
@daviddeltoro1808
Now THIS is how you lay down the history of ancient Mesoamerica
@monalisa8638
This is a great video but I'd like to add one thing that went unmentioned. In western El Salvador we have a group of Nahua people that claim descendance from Tollan. The common story we hear there is that they were part of the nobility who left Mexico (giving them the name pipil) during the socio religious conflict between Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca. How this went down and when these nobles left is uncertain but the linguistic split happened about the same time as this event. Anyways just thought that was cool. Also Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl is such a great name. One warrior/Reed, our prince, Quetzalcoatl. The ancestors went hard with that one.
@yokothespacewhale