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Who, When, Wow!

Carly Q's Super Secret Time Travel Guide: The Aztec Empire

Who, When, Wow!

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Spanning half of South America and around 100 years, there's no way one time traveler can explore everything the Aztec Empire has to offer without a certified time-travel guide. Lucky for you, Carly Q and her time elevator have this nifty guide to one of the most consequential time periods in South American history.

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0:00.0

Hey there, time travelers, and welcome to Carly Q's super secret time travel travel guide.

0:07.1

This is where I share the who-when-wow of the hottest spots in history, and top it all off with a little bit of mystery.

0:14.6

Today's hot spot, the Aztec Empire.

0:18.1

That fun little period of time in Central American history where gods were half bird,

0:23.6

half snake. Their warriors wore feathers with their armor and chocolate was so valuable it was used as

0:30.4

money. So pack up your bags and say, oh, hold on, I think I got an H-DAD correction here.

0:39.2

All right.

0:40.1

Oh, the Spanish speakers haven't arrived yet.

0:43.1

Okay, scrap the whole saying OLA thing.

0:45.7

Maybe just give one of those Aztec warriors a high-five on your way in or something.

0:51.1

Thank you, H-Dad.

0:52.9

Now, to find the Aztec Empire, aim for anywhere around the late

0:57.1

1400s or early 1500s in Central America. That's where all the good stuff is. If you find

1:04.2

Ernan Cortez, you've gone too far. Okay, so one of the top sites to see here in Tenochtitlan, that's the Aztec capital, is the Templo Major.

1:17.8

That means the great temple.

1:20.8

The only problem is that the temples stand at the top of these pyramids that have, like, a bajillion stairs.

1:28.4

Correction, the templo major has significantly less than one bajillion stairs.

1:34.2

Pyramid emoji.

1:35.3

Puffy face emoji.

1:36.2

Skol emoji.

1:37.1

It's called hyperbole.

1:38.6

H. Dad.

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