93 - The Aztec Empire: So Much Human Sacrifice!

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2018

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Today we’re talking about the Aztecs! The Aztecs built a vast empire, one that outpaced, out-staged, and out-populated the likes of Paris at the time. They were a powerhouse warrior based society with an interesting obsession with human sacrifice. When did they show up? When did they build their empire? And what happened when the Spaniard Hernan Cortes showed up with 400 soldiers? An amazing city built on a lake, a prophecy falsely fulfilled, the worst ball game ever played, and a lot of violent death at the hands of all the teams involved in today's Timesuck! My new free Behind the Bit Pandora station with Chad Daniels talking about our favorite bits! https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3978690913982414208?ag=17920720304261509 Timesuck is brought to you today by AmeriGas! Go to MyTimeSuckGrill.com between now and July 4th and enter your name and email to register to win a free Weber Spirt II – E 210 grill ($400 value). Timesuck is brought to you be Leesa! We love Leesa! Get $160 off when you go to Leesa.com/timesuck Timesuck is also brought to you by Hims! Get everything you need to keep your hair for just $5 while supplies last. And so much more! Head to forhims.com/timesuck Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 2500 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits. And, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at www.timesuckpodcast.com

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0:00.0	The civilizations of Egypt, Rome, China, the Mongols, the very nations and empires of Europe,
0:06.5	they seem to get the lion's share of attention when it comes to looking at world history.
0:10.6	What was going on in the Americas?
0:12.4	Was everyone just fumbling through life, trying to figure out how to put two syllables together,
0:16.7	just banging rocks together in a cave, helping for some fire to start?
0:19.8	No.
0:20.8	Massive, advanced civilizations existed that we just don't hear about as much in the English-speaking world
0:26.8	with our Eurocentric focus on history.
0:29.1	Well, today we're going to hear plenty about one of these civilizations and a little bit about a few more.
0:34.0	We're mostly talking about the Aztecs.
0:36.0	The Aztecs built a vast empire, one that outpaced, outstaged, outpopulated the likes of Paris at the time.
0:42.8	They were a powerhouse warrior-based society with a devout religious following and expanding territories.
0:49.1	And then Hernan Cortez showed up with 400 soldiers and took them down basically without breaking a sweat, right?
0:55.3	That's how the story goes.
0:56.6	But was it really that simple?
0:58.0	The victor's right history, but they weren't the only ones who lived it.
1:01.7	Let's try and look at this story from a few more angles today.
1:04.9	Let's dig a little deeper.
1:06.1	Attempt to find out what really happened.
1:07.8	Did Montezuma's bloody and superstitious empire crash at the hands of a few brave conquistadors?
1:15.0	Or did a cruel and greedy Cortez show up in the middle of a brewing feud and capitalized on an exitian situation he was lucky enough to walk into?
1:23.8	Let's find out on today's Civilization Collision Edition of Time Suck.
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