9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds (Part 1 of 2)

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Beneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered...

This episode, we look back at the age of the Aztecs. Learn how this society grew from nothing to create one of the world's largest cities in the middle of a lake. Discover Aztec riddles, poetry and songs, as well as the bloody ritual of the flower wars. And hear the remarkable story of how this thriving empire collapsed all at once, in a matter of days.

PART 2: https://youtu.be/cDdKZrvg1pE

Full references and reading List: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32391451

Credits:

Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas

Digital reconstructions of Tenochtitlan by Santiago Ferreyra and ADVEstudio: https://www.advestudio.com/

Paintings provided by Rick Ortega and Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau

Voice Actors:

Jake Barrett-Mills
Rhy Brignell
Shem Jacobs
Annie Kelly
Lou Millington

Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/

Title theme: Home At Last by John Bartmann. https://johnbartmann.com/