Good /r/Askhistorians posts on mesoamerican history

Make sure you read all the posts in a given link, even ones deep into seemingly irrelevant comment chains: Some of the best and must informative comments are there


All of the Askhistorian podcasts having to do with Mesoamerica and the Andes (I don't have too many posts on the andes/wha's now the US below other then the podcasts, though):
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1yopt6/askhistorians_podcast_episode_003_discussion/
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1z65xn/askhistorians_podcast_episode_004_discussion/
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ztffa/askhistorians_podcast_episode_005_discussion/
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/28n3by/the_askhistorians_podcast_episode_13_discussion/?st=jfp21bsf&sh=e9dd1dc5
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/29t0qm/the_askhistorians_podcast_episode_14_discussion/
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/30hh7a/the_askhistorians_podcast_episode_33_discussion/?st=jfp1xepj&sh=7ea25d14
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/38n4to/askhistorians_podcast_episode_38_discussion_post/?st=jfp1xakb&sh=5920f63f
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3rrpe3/askhistorians_podcast_049_shaft_tombs_of_west/
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/54ecfq/askhistorians_podcast_071_indigenous_writers_in/?st=jfp1r55o&sh=f193dc4e
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5dovqz/askhistorians_podcast_075_indian_policy_and/?st=jfp1r192&sh=f5f957c5
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/68xxsg/askhistorians_podcast_085_in_search_of_the_taino/?st=jfp1ogig&sh=d2117413
	https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7fw3x0/the_askhistorians_podcast_099_sovereignty_and/?st=jfp1l3ef&sh=306629cc (maybe)

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3iuabv/who_were_the_main_political_alliances_andor/?st=jfm3z25w&sh=6c58e6d7
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/33q4ye/what_exactly_is_the_difference_between_nahua/?st=jfm3zypc&sh=73ec6fc7
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2mp6jh/repost_in_the_old_days_it_seems_like_dissident/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3as1tv/how_did_aztec_society_measure_wealth/csfj68o/ make sure you read the follow up posts here, not just the first one
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/248jre/were_the_aztecs_incapable_of_conquering_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1coe7f/siege_warfare_in_precolombus_americas_how/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/sipwy/how_were_crimes_investigated_in_the_past/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1jywzy/what_were_the_aztecs_overall_cultural_attitudes/?st=j5vp3a0j&sh=d2d6efc1
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3atv2y/has_there_ever_been_archaeological_written/?st=jfm3zbm9&sh=abbf1d23
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3iuabv/who_were_the_main_political_alliances_andor/?st=jfm3z25w&sh=6c58e6d7
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/732q6g/what_do_we_know_about_aztec_parties/?st=jcj18ubk&sh=c8d624f6
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3or1nf/aztec_warfare_who_were_the_elite_warriors_known/?sort=top&st=jcnhi57r&sh=8a27c4d0
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1o54yd/were_human_sacrafices_in_mesoamerican_societies/?sort=top&st=jcnhfkg7&sh=aa9f78a0
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/745crd/did_native_american_warriors_have_a_specific/?st=jcjdf7p4&sh=b1fc5828
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7lx2l1/how_did_herman_cortez_unite_many_of_the/?st=jeohcolx&sh=6dfda248
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7hvw59/how_was_homosexuality_generally_viewed_by_native/?st=jcj1h33r&sh=5a9cb061
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalWhatIf/comments/us8k5/if_columbus_hadnt_discovered_the_new_world_and/c4y57ea/ (I disagree with 400-rabbit's assertion though that the Aztecs weren't an actual empire: They were mere a hedgemonic one, a la the mongols, rather then an imperial one_
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zhu71/what_were_aztec_sacrifices_actually_like/?sort=top&st=jcnhgsnk&sh=09a27561 (reading all the posts and not just the main one is especially important here, though you should be doing that anyways)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/871liw/did_the_aztecs_willingly_go_to_their_sacrificial/?sort=top&st=jfm5q2ba&sh=c4bec6e0
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4r4rww/did_the_aztecs_really_sacrifice_an_average_of_40/?st=jfoxpjg6&sh=5a2d10d2
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/43tvio/is_there_any_merit_to_the_contention_that_the/?st=jfoxowzt&sh=23ea1a34
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/745crd/did_native_american_warriors_have_a_specific/dnw53yy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7pwrf8/friday_freeforall_january_12_2018/dsl4z3e/?st=jcckcecj&sh=0ab636fb (he links to a lot of even better, previous posts on mesoamerican cuisuine here)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/22eyh2/how_were_the_borders_arranged_in_precolonized/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3am0yn/did_any_mesoamerican_cultures_other_than_the/?st=jfoxpaw5&sh=655b193f
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6qiuu0/was_aztec_tenochtitlan_relatively_hygienic/?st=jfm4a672&sh=84d04084
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1vqjyc/was_tenochtitlan_circa_1450_if_it_maters_cleaner/?sort=top&st=jfm4bek2&sh=ee3b5172
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/43zn01/we_often_hear_about_aztec_kingship_and_moctezuma/czna3zv/?st=j5vpbcu9&sh=4888afc2
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7ma58r/did_the_spanish_see_the_aztecs_as_racially/?st=jeohen26&sh=2a3b9726
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1aguy5/is_there_any_idea_of_when_human_sacrifice_became/?st=jfp2huit&sh=05e09657
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/wep7v/how_did_combatants_tell_each_other_apart_in_most/?sort=top&st=jcnho5ev&sh=0fabdec9
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1z6skp/did_the_aztecsincas_or_maya_ever_try_to_adapt/cfrfod0/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/35ucrd/did_the_aztecsmexica_ever_sacrifice_members_of/cr8p83x/?st=jfm43alp&sh=c9afa7ef (tthe other reply in the post I didn't link to re: sacrifice of childern is misleading in the frequency at which it happened)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2g82cl/i_am_dr_christopher_beekman_ama_about_formative/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5sfepz/how_effective_was_native_american_weaponry_and/ddfqnnh/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7xpq2f/what_was_going_on_in_the_andes_from_2000_bc_to/?st=jg0g4u8z&sh=fad4d72e
http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalWhatIf/comments/19h5ld/what_if_cortes_was_defeated_by_the_aztecs/c8o9dmt
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/82eymt/on_his_way_to_tenochtitlan_cortez_passed_20/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/487of5/how_did_the_aztecs_manage_to_create_beautiful/?st=jetjqumb&sh=1e1c8f3a
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2t8dcr/were_the_tarascans_still_a_military_power_in_1520/?st=jeognwvg&sh=651d4b8d
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5iwmg7/is_this_map_of_mesoamerica_accurate_if_so_what/?st=jeogokfo&sh=e6fbcfd5
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/58ib0x/we_know_that_the_tarascans_controlled_a_powerful/?st=jeogp5bv&sh=f05091af
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5hdqh7/what_was_the_tarascan_government_like/?st=jeogpg9m&sh=a46bc2a2
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5e7c20/was_there_ever_a_state_in_west_mexico_before_the/?st=jeogpptd&sh=99f84daa
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/56dzyp/how_validaccepted_is_the_theory_that_the/?st=jeogq8n9&sh=85aa637d
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4evhja/native_american_revolt_rebellion_and_resistance/?utm_content=comments&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=AskHistorians
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1afeq7/which_mesoamerican_cities_were_most_important_in/?st=jfm5ai66&sh=f470e844   note that "Aztec" here is used as "Nahua", not "stuff the triple alliance controls", which is what the aztec empire was
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2pa7hf/civilizations_of_the_precolumbian_americas/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7wo8uv/not_sure_if_sfwhow_much_of_a_factor_was_rape_and/du2pfph/?st=jeogt8qd&sh=3052b9a3
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6p3t48/was_moctezuma_weak_misguided_deluded_cautios_or/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/71vyx1/what_was_montezuma_ii_of_the_aztecs_actually/?st=jeoh48rr&sh=3c3fdb4a
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ee1h9/wednesday_ama_mesoamerica/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/45uf6s/in_his_book_1491_charles_c_mann_talks_about_the/?utm_content=comments&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=AskHistorians
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3irkqy/how_were_battles_fought_during_the_flowery_wars/?st=jeogwtpx&sh=512cb91a
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1pmwda/why_did_the_aztecs_lose_the_battle_of_otumba/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7rfbiz/has_there_ever_been_a_three_way_battle_where_each/?st=jem4gqbg&sh=fcc8844c
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8q2lfr/in_the_wake_of_the_defeat_of_the_aztecs_where_did/?sort=top&st=jircaja2&sh=cf399224
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1qufnq/what_exactly_happened_at_cholula_when_cortes_rode/
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/9dgzj4/is_this_true_when_the_spaniards_first_arrived_
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1r9kqj/what_were_the_fortifications_of_tenochtitlan/?st=jeoh4ymb&sh=ada31354
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2pn7ly/how_did_tenochtitlan_get_enough_food_to_feed/?st=jfm4agxx&sh=81cdf8d0
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1uxdke/just_how_much_do_we_know_about_the_daily_life_of/?st=jfm4kqs4&sh=b076bbb5
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2vzap1/why_did_tenochtitlan_become_the_leading_city_of/?st=jfm4ayh4&sh=b9823704
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7ijwzw/why_did_some_aztecsnahuatl_people_believe_that/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2dok46/aztec_warfare/?st=jeoh58p8&sh=7945553d
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/591x5l/good_sources_on_the_zapotecs/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3rl76x/what_factors_made_uniting_upland_and_lowland/?st=jeoht38f&sh=a5ab1b35
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1vbfy2/why_did_mixtec_leaders_travel_to_cholula_to_be/?st=jeohu3cn&sh=84e2fddb
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5a9j2b/why_did_the_aztecs_perform_child_sacrifice/d9nh6f5/?st=jizexjne&sh=65e7bd2a
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1sq4qp/at_the_time_of_the_conquest_what_cultural_aspects/?st=jeonktjx&sh=20ca1f1f
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/17qe55/why_didnt_native_americans_develop_bronze_iron_or/?sort=top&st=jetjsx9b&sh=69991887 (moreso for the responses to the top comment/other chains then the top comment itself)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/256w3b/is_there_any_reason_why_the_native_american/?sort=top&st=jetjqt79&sh=81ed1321
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/83qua8/what_did_native_americans_call_americabefore/?sort=confidence&st=jevuydxl&sh=b152bbdf
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/83qnz1/how_exactly_did_the_aztecs_distribute_the_cacao/?sort=top&st=jevv0a33&sh=5662b63f
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/83wqzi/how_did_the_logisticsadministration_of_tribute/?st=jevv29ks&sh=6d8161e5
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1mithv/were_the_aztec_involved_in_mass_sacrificecleansing/?st=jexn4xhi&sh=bceaac99
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/295ha6/what_was_life_like_for_tezcatlipocas_ixiptla/?st=jf97bqny&sh=b2b59897
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryWhatIf/comments/88okwn/if_native_americans_were_somehow_immune_to_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/88a0qu/why_did_the_spanish_conquest_of_mexico_end_up/?st=jfhv7lzm&sh=374e3888
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6qjdib/are_native_mexicans_considered_an_indigenous/?st=jfjk6tww&sh=2bbfb379
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6t0p9c/how_did_the_descendants_of_montezuma_ii_become/?sort=top&st=jfjk9cbv&sh=d5c3736f
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7r1102/a_recent_post_on_rscience_points_to_a_plague/?st=jfjkd27r&sh=63328af9
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1pihlb/what_did_the_spanish_do_with_the_aztec_government/?sort=top&st=jfjkdfdf&sh=d7b21856
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5i8erd/is_it_true_that_pozole_was_invented_by_aztecs_and
	while not detailed itself, https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/24es9c/why_did_16th_century_europeans_express_horror_at/?st=jit24t3r&sh=e52dc10e provides a link to an article that's informative
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6s94q9/how_did_cortes_army_fight_off_native_americans/?sort=top&st=jfjkf9ri&sh=30ba8e07
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1cspef/did_the_spanish_conquer_the_aztecs_because_of/c9jqp2n/?st=jfjko5qf&sh=93616f77
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/603mp1/what_do_aztec_and_mayan_houses_and_commercial/?st=jfm59mqf&sh=d540017f
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3mf3ko/how_many_cavalrymen_did_cortes_have_at_his/?sort=top&st=jfjkoknx&sh=5baca63f
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ygksm/how_instrumental_was_hernan_cortes_in_the/?sort=top&st=jfjkqs3y&sh=c61e8cfc
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/82eymt/on_his_way_to_tenochtitlan_cortez_passed_20/?sort=top&st=jfjkv4ju&sh=3547620d
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2sacag/why_did_the_tlaxcalans_allow_cortes_to_remain_in/?st=jfm4jgyc&sh=4fa81b1d
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6h78as/what_happened_to_the_tlaxcalans/?st=jfp0late&sh=5b35e845
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/84nx4d/recommended_readings_for_mesoamerican_writing/?st=jld6ejbz&sh=b5c7fe2d
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1996ka/tuesday_trivia_great_and_not_so_great_comebacks/c8mfrsp/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16n7j7/how_well_were_aztec_and_incan_nobility_integrated/?st=jljj1ans&sh=a178341a
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1r36a6/what_was_going_in_what_is_presentday_michoacan/?st=jljj1gny&sh=5544ee88
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/95d6b2/how_many_people_were_really_being_sacrificed/?st=jlrogs1k&sh=0a9fe703
	https://www.reddit.com/r/DepthHub/comments/95z0ij/u400rabbits_describes_what_aztec_human_sacrifice/e3yaci2/?st=jlroqefv&sh=eee2516f
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8y9517/what_would_it_have_been_like_to_grow_up_as_a_girl/?st=jlrotsnu&sh=c062370d
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3r9bml/was_there_ethnic_strife_in_early_colonial_mexico/?st=jljj1xxq&sh=ff0c1393
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16puvg/two_questions_on_ancient_maya_literacy_and_scribes/?st=jld6eca7&sh=1ccf2c7f
	https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/94xtt6/did_africa_or_the_precolonial_americas_have_their/e3p8294/?st=jlrpyt58&sh=1b8ed3d6
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1rl2w3/what_did_law_enforcement_look_like_in_the_great/?st=jljj26h6&sh=bf30650e
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/526plh/how_developed_were_commercial_networks_in_the/?st=jljj0zs7&sh=9e006b66
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1gk6fp/did_the_mayans_look_down_on_native_americas_who/?sort=top&st=jljjkvzw&sh=1654b362
https://www.reddit.com/r/badlinguistics/comments/1uz52u/vintage_bad_linguistics_on_the_barbarous_nahua/?st=jluj1uuu&sh=4dd356de
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/17fpl8/monday_mishmash_sex_and_scandal/c85h40l/?st=jgwzxw4i&sh=0dd8e650, and https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/87ikyo/in_the_askhistorians_podcast_episode_13/?st=jgwzxx48&sh=c273195e, and https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1idqzf/what_dreams_have_influenced_history/cb3me04/?st=jgwzuzh1&sh=c660a13a
https://www.reddit.com/r/mesoamerica/comments/63n1az/the_triple_alliance_never_existed_meet_the/dfz0mr0/

Pretty much anything here https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/nativeamerican and on the mesoamerica sub page, and the warefare sub page