As a man that has a respect for armadillos these guys creep me out.
A broken man, obsessed with 500 year old Mexican culture.
As a man that has a respect for armadillos these guys creep me out.
Yeah I was trying to make a cheeky joke.
Swords are kind of crap now compared to the Renaissance. These days they come out of malls to be put on walls.
Some topics would be chinampas, their use of obsidian for tool making, the evolution of the teosinte plant into multiple maize varietals, farm forests, dung canoes, maguey plant cultivation, lake ecosystem for food (from axolotls to lake skum tortillas), dual canal aqueducts, three sisters agriculture, and the methods of distribution via marketplace & the royal state.
As far as YouTubers I enjoy Ancient Americas and Aztlan Historian.
I suggest “Handbook to Life in the Aztec World” Manuel Aguilar-Moreno. It has a couple of outdated facts and has some misconceptions of how some of the religion worked (Ometeotl is a mistranslation and ongoing point of contention). Other than that it’s a good textbook for getting a solid foundation of understanding on the subject.
The way that Mesoamerica built their civilization in isolation from the old world is intensely fascinating (example: making farm land in the middle of lakes). The uniqueness in the way they extracted resources to what was considered valuable gives insight into the way humanity develops. The Mexica Empire/Valley of Mexico Triple Alliance/The Tenochca Empire/Aztec Empire is particularly interesting due it’s success being derived from an abundance of practices already in place rather than innovation (they revved up everything to an 11). Their approach to warfare emphasizing one on one combat was dramatic. Finally their methods of human sacrifice are some of the most metal things I’ve ever heard to the point where I find violence in fiction to be banal by comparison.
Good lord, I wonder if the character is public domain now?
I guess that’s the other side of the coin. I’m a Mesoamerican history nerd and a lot of the articles on Wiki are sparse at best on the subject or outright misinformation (repeated misinformation I see almost verbatim copied and pasted). I see your point though, without an easy way of archiving information a lot of subjects would and have fallen through the cracks in humanity’s notice.
Out of all the dudes that are nearly a 100 I think I would like to hang out with Everett the most.
Depends on the subject matter. The less popular subject matters still should be read in books.
I’m damn near 40, can I please talk to you about the Aztec Empire for an hour and a half?
Campaign editor and a level cap of 20. I just want to run D&D for friends in game.
I find all the party members insufferable. I change their classes almost immediately for better synergy or I switch them out for the soulless NPC’s Withers has. Ironically, I’ve been D&D 5E Dungeon Master numerous times and I find the party members to be absolutely authentic characters real people would play. Good work Larian, ya made the characters so table top believable that I want to find a new group to play with.
No matter how old I get I still love PB&J.
Oklahoma is going to get wrecked by another tornado that will be so bad that the tornado measuring system will have to be updated, again.
This is a respectable pursuit.
I’m almost 40, can’t I just have a juice box?
I’m from Texas, this isn’t feasible. If you need to get from anywhere to any place else you’re driving there. Depending on where you are busses may be hit or miss & may not even be an option. Pretty happy to live in a place now where I haven’t needed to drive for years.
This doesn’t make any sense.