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Get ready everyone, we're talking about Aztecs! This will be the longest series so far! We have so many more parts ahead of us. Today we're talking about warfare! The Aztecs excelled at warfare and for good reason. Their training, weapons, and battle tactics put them ahead of the competition for a long time, and we're going to talk about it! Buckle up and grab a snack, let's talk about war!

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Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-"Handbook to Life in the Aztec World" by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
-https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maaztec.html
-https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548v0
-"Extent of the Empire of Culhua Mexico" by  RH Barlow
-"The Aztecs of Central Mexico" by Francis Berdan
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyzs1ZkjpM

Get ready everyone, we're talking about Aztecs! This will be the longest series so far! We have so many more parts ahead of us. Today we'll be talking about a very brief description of the landscape of the Valley of Mexico, what sacred landscapes mean, and how the city of Tenochtitlan was built. It's super quick, super foundational, and will help us prepare for the future episodes

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Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-"Handbook to Life in the Aztec World" by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
-https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maaztec.html
-https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548v0
-"Extent of the Empire of Culhua Mexico" by  RH Barlow
-"The Aztecs of Central Mexico" by Francis Berdan
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyzs1ZkjpM

Get ready everyone, we're talking about Aztecs! This will be the longest series so far! We have so many more parts ahead of us. Today we'll be talking about a very brief description of the landscape of the Valley of Mexico, what sacred landscapes mean, and how the city of Tenochtitlan was built. It's super quick, super foundational, and will help us prepare for the future episodes

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ancienthistoryexpanded

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https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines

Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-"Handbook to Life in the Aztec World" by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
-https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maaztec.html
-https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548v0
-"Extent of the Empire of Culhua Mexico" by  RH Barlow
-"The Aztecs of Central Mexico" by Francis Berdan
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyzs1ZkjpM

Get ready everyone, we're talking about Aztecs! This will be the longest series so far! We have so many more parts ahead of us. Today we'll be talking about a very brief description of the Aztec Migration from Aztlan and a brief history of their Kings leading to the Spanish arrival.

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https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines

Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-"Handbook to Life in the Aztec World" by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
-https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maaztec.html
-https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548v0
-"Extent of the Empire of Culhua Mexico" by  RH Barlow
-"The Aztecs of Central Mexico" by Francis Berdan
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyzs1ZkjpM

Get ready everyone, we're talking about Aztecs! This will be the longest series so far! We have so many more parts ahead of us. Today we'll be talking about a very brief history of Mesoamerica and the history of archaeology in Mexico today! It's a good foundation for the rest of the series when we take a deep deep DEEP dive into the Aztecs!

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https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines

Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-"Handbook to Life in the Aztec World" by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
-https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maaztec.html
-https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548v0
-"Extent of the Empire of Culhua Mexico" by  RH Barlow
-"The Aztecs of Central Mexico" by Francis Berdan

Hello! Today we will be getting into some lore and legends in Japan, specifically regarding cats and their magical abilities. Let's get into these cute little tricksters and what kind of magic they've been getting into. At the same time, we'll be talking about the history of Japan and how these fuzzy balls of cute overlap with that.

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Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
- "Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan" by Zack Davisson
- https://www.thegreatcat.org/cats-19th-century-part-18-japanese-demon-cat/
-https://web.archive.org/web/20170604213757/https://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/06/03/bakeneko-the-changing-cat/
-https://web.archive.org/web/20170604213631/https://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/04/21/nekomata-the-split-tailed-cat/
-"World History of Myths and Cats" by Elli Kohen

Hey guys! Today we'll be diving into an Ancient Athenian story of true crime. Eratosthenes was murdered by Euphiletus, who admitted to doing so, and was put on trial for his crime. Come on and give a list while we talk about adultery, murder, and the laws of Athens that made this court case possible

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Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-"Killing Eratosthenes" by Debra Hamel
-https://kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/?p=40452
-https://www.britannica.com/topic/heliaia
-https://worldhistory.us/ancient-history/ancient-greece/on-the-murder-of-eratosthenes.php
-https://www.stoa.org/demos/article_homicide@page=all&greekEncoding=UnicodeC.html
-http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0154%3Aspeech%3D1%3Asection%3D1

We're getting into it guys! Today we're diving into the oldest known structure, possibly the birthplace of religion, and the source of human ingenuity. It's going to be a wild ride from start to finish, so get a snack and settle down while we explore Gobekli Tepe.

Today the set up is a little bit different, but bear with me, it'll all be worth it!

Learn more about AAPI Hate and how you can help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WUuya94QE
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html

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https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines

Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/
-https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/150120-gobekli-tepe-oldest-monument-turkey-archaeology/
-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/06/gobeki-tepe/
-https://www.archaeology.org/issues/282-features/top10/6165-turkey-neolithic-skull-cult
-https://www.worldhistory.org/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe/
-https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/
-https://www.dainst.org/en/projekt/-/project-display/21890 (This is the website of the dig team and is in German - I was able to use my Google Chrome Translate feature to read the material)
-https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/the-research-project/
-https://www.dailygrail.com/2018/07/gobekli-tepe-receives-unesco-world-heritage-status/
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfU-nFXlZMU

We're getting into it guys! Today we're diving into the oldest known structure, possibly the birthplace of religion, and the source of human ingenuity. It's going to be a wild ride from start to finish, so get a snack and settle down while we explore Gobekli Tepe.

Today the set up is a little bit different, but bear with me, it'll all be worth it!

Learn more about AAPI Hate and how you can help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WUuya94QE
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ancienthistoryexpanded

Follow this podcast on Instagram for updates and pictures of these ancient sites and stories: https://www.instagram.com/ancienthistorypodcast/

Business  Inquiries: [email protected]

Current info and up to date information on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines

Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/
-https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/150120-gobekli-tepe-oldest-monument-turkey-archaeology/
-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/06/gobeki-tepe/
-https://www.archaeology.org/issues/282-features/top10/6165-turkey-neolithic-skull-cult
-https://www.worldhistory.org/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe/
-https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/
-https://www.dainst.org/en/projekt/-/project-display/21890 (This is the website of the dig team and is in German - I was able to use my Google Chrome Translate feature to read the material)
-https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/the-research-project/
-https://www.dailygrail.com/2018/07/gobekli-tepe-receives-unesco-world-heritage-status/
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfU-nFXlZMU

We're getting into it guys! Today we're diving into the oldest known structure, possibly the birthplace of religion, and the source of human ingenuity. It's going to be a wild ride from start to finish, so get a snack and settle down while we explore Gobekli Tepe.

Learn more about AAPI Hate and how you can help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WUuya94QE
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ancienthistoryexpanded

Follow this podcast on Instagram for updates and pictures of these ancient sites and stories: https://www.instagram.com/ancienthistorypodcast/

Business  Inquiries: [email protected]

Current info and up to date information on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines

Books and Articles used  for Research are as  follows:
-https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/
-https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/150120-gobekli-tepe-oldest-monument-turkey-archaeology/
-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/06/gobeki-tepe/
-https://www.archaeology.org/issues/282-features/top10/6165-turkey-neolithic-skull-cult
-https://www.worldhistory.org/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe/
-https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/
-https://www.dainst.org/en/projekt/-/project-display/21890 (This is the website of the dig team and is in German - I was able to use my Google Chrome Translate feature to read the material)
-https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/the-research-project/