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  1. 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
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  4. 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):
  5. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1yopt6/askhistorians_podcast_episode_003_discussion/
  6. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1z65xn/askhistorians_podcast_episode_004_discussion/
  7. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ztffa/askhistorians_podcast_episode_005_discussion/
  8. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/28n3by/the_askhistorians_podcast_episode_13_discussion/?st=jfp21bsf&sh=e9dd1dc5
  9. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/29t0qm/the_askhistorians_podcast_episode_14_discussion/
  10. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/30hh7a/the_askhistorians_podcast_episode_33_discussion/?st=jfp1xepj&sh=7ea25d14
  11. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/38n4to/askhistorians_podcast_episode_38_discussion_post/?st=jfp1xakb&sh=5920f63f
  12. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3rrpe3/askhistorians_podcast_049_shaft_tombs_of_west/
  13. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/54ecfq/askhistorians_podcast_071_indigenous_writers_in/?st=jfp1r55o&sh=f193dc4e
  14. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5dovqz/askhistorians_podcast_075_indian_policy_and/?st=jfp1r192&sh=f5f957c5
  15. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/68xxsg/askhistorians_podcast_085_in_search_of_the_taino/?st=jfp1ogig&sh=d2117413
  16. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7fw3x0/the_askhistorians_podcast_099_sovereignty_and/?st=jfp1l3ef&sh=306629cc (maybe)
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  18. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3iuabv/who_were_the_main_political_alliances_andor/?st=jfm3z25w&sh=6c58e6d7
  19. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/33q4ye/what_exactly_is_the_difference_between_nahua/?st=jfm3zypc&sh=73ec6fc7
  20. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2mp6jh/repost_in_the_old_days_it_seems_like_dissident/
  21. 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
  22. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/248jre/were_the_aztecs_incapable_of_conquering_the/
  23. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1coe7f/siege_warfare_in_precolombus_americas_how/
  24. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/sipwy/how_were_crimes_investigated_in_the_past/
  25. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1jywzy/what_were_the_aztecs_overall_cultural_attitudes/?st=j5vp3a0j&sh=d2d6efc1
  26. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3atv2y/has_there_ever_been_archaeological_written/?st=jfm3zbm9&sh=abbf1d23
  27. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3iuabv/who_were_the_main_political_alliances_andor/?st=jfm3z25w&sh=6c58e6d7
  28. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/732q6g/what_do_we_know_about_aztec_parties/?st=jcj18ubk&sh=c8d624f6
  29. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3or1nf/aztec_warfare_who_were_the_elite_warriors_known/?sort=top&st=jcnhi57r&sh=8a27c4d0
  30. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1o54yd/were_human_sacrafices_in_mesoamerican_societies/?sort=top&st=jcnhfkg7&sh=aa9f78a0
  31. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/745crd/did_native_american_warriors_have_a_specific/?st=jcjdf7p4&sh=b1fc5828
  32. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7lx2l1/how_did_herman_cortez_unite_many_of_the/?st=jeohcolx&sh=6dfda248
  33. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7hvw59/how_was_homosexuality_generally_viewed_by_native/?st=jcj1h33r&sh=5a9cb061
  34. 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_
  35. 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)
  36. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/871liw/did_the_aztecs_willingly_go_to_their_sacrificial/?sort=top&st=jfm5q2ba&sh=c4bec6e0
  37. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4r4rww/did_the_aztecs_really_sacrifice_an_average_of_40/?st=jfoxpjg6&sh=5a2d10d2
  38. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/43tvio/is_there_any_merit_to_the_contention_that_the/?st=jfoxowzt&sh=23ea1a34
  39. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/745crd/did_native_american_warriors_have_a_specific/dnw53yy/
  40. 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)
  41. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/22eyh2/how_were_the_borders_arranged_in_precolonized/
  42. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3am0yn/did_any_mesoamerican_cultures_other_than_the/?st=jfoxpaw5&sh=655b193f
  43. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6qiuu0/was_aztec_tenochtitlan_relatively_hygienic/?st=jfm4a672&sh=84d04084
  44. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1vqjyc/was_tenochtitlan_circa_1450_if_it_maters_cleaner/?sort=top&st=jfm4bek2&sh=ee3b5172
  45. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/43zn01/we_often_hear_about_aztec_kingship_and_moctezuma/czna3zv/?st=j5vpbcu9&sh=4888afc2
  46. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7ma58r/did_the_spanish_see_the_aztecs_as_racially/?st=jeohen26&sh=2a3b9726
  47. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1aguy5/is_there_any_idea_of_when_human_sacrifice_became/?st=jfp2huit&sh=05e09657
  48. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/wep7v/how_did_combatants_tell_each_other_apart_in_most/?sort=top&st=jcnho5ev&sh=0fabdec9
  49. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1z6skp/did_the_aztecsincas_or_maya_ever_try_to_adapt/cfrfod0/
  50. 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)
  51. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2g82cl/i_am_dr_christopher_beekman_ama_about_formative/
  52. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5sfepz/how_effective_was_native_american_weaponry_and/ddfqnnh/
  53. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7xpq2f/what_was_going_on_in_the_andes_from_2000_bc_to/?st=jg0g4u8z&sh=fad4d72e
  54. http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalWhatIf/comments/19h5ld/what_if_cortes_was_defeated_by_the_aztecs/c8o9dmt
  55. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/82eymt/on_his_way_to_tenochtitlan_cortez_passed_20/
  56. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/487of5/how_did_the_aztecs_manage_to_create_beautiful/?st=jetjqumb&sh=1e1c8f3a
  57. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2t8dcr/were_the_tarascans_still_a_military_power_in_1520/?st=jeognwvg&sh=651d4b8d
  58. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5iwmg7/is_this_map_of_mesoamerica_accurate_if_so_what/?st=jeogokfo&sh=e6fbcfd5
  59. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/58ib0x/we_know_that_the_tarascans_controlled_a_powerful/?st=jeogp5bv&sh=f05091af
  60. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5hdqh7/what_was_the_tarascan_government_like/?st=jeogpg9m&sh=a46bc2a2
  61. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5e7c20/was_there_ever_a_state_in_west_mexico_before_the/?st=jeogpptd&sh=99f84daa
  62. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/56dzyp/how_validaccepted_is_the_theory_that_the/?st=jeogq8n9&sh=85aa637d
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2pa7hf/civilizations_of_the_precolumbian_americas/
  66. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7wo8uv/not_sure_if_sfwhow_much_of_a_factor_was_rape_and/du2pfph/?st=jeogt8qd&sh=3052b9a3
  67. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6p3t48/was_moctezuma_weak_misguided_deluded_cautios_or/
  68. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/71vyx1/what_was_montezuma_ii_of_the_aztecs_actually/?st=jeoh48rr&sh=3c3fdb4a
  69. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ee1h9/wednesday_ama_mesoamerica/
  70. 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
  71. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3irkqy/how_were_battles_fought_during_the_flowery_wars/?st=jeogwtpx&sh=512cb91a
  72. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1pmwda/why_did_the_aztecs_lose_the_battle_of_otumba/
  73. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7rfbiz/has_there_ever_been_a_three_way_battle_where_each/?st=jem4gqbg&sh=fcc8844c
  74. 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
  75. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1qufnq/what_exactly_happened_at_cholula_when_cortes_rode/
  76. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1r9kqj/what_were_the_fortifications_of_tenochtitlan/?st=jeoh4ymb&sh=ada31354
  77. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2pn7ly/how_did_tenochtitlan_get_enough_food_to_feed/?st=jfm4agxx&sh=81cdf8d0
  78. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1uxdke/just_how_much_do_we_know_about_the_daily_life_of/?st=jfm4kqs4&sh=b076bbb5
  79. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2vzap1/why_did_tenochtitlan_become_the_leading_city_of/?st=jfm4ayh4&sh=b9823704
  80. 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
  81. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2dok46/aztec_warfare/?st=jeoh58p8&sh=7945553d
  82. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/591x5l/good_sources_on_the_zapotecs/
  83. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3rl76x/what_factors_made_uniting_upland_and_lowland/?st=jeoht38f&sh=a5ab1b35
  84. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1vbfy2/why_did_mixtec_leaders_travel_to_cholula_to_be/?st=jeohu3cn&sh=84e2fddb
  85. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5a9j2b/why_did_the_aztecs_perform_child_sacrifice/d9nh6f5/?st=jizexjne&sh=65e7bd2a
  86. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1sq4qp/at_the_time_of_the_conquest_what_cultural_aspects/?st=jeonktjx&sh=20ca1f1f
  87. 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)
  88. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/256w3b/is_there_any_reason_why_the_native_american/?sort=top&st=jetjqt79&sh=81ed1321
  89. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/83qua8/what_did_native_americans_call_americabefore/?sort=confidence&st=jevuydxl&sh=b152bbdf
  90. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/83qnz1/how_exactly_did_the_aztecs_distribute_the_cacao/?sort=top&st=jevv0a33&sh=5662b63f
  91. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/83wqzi/how_did_the_logisticsadministration_of_tribute/?st=jevv29ks&sh=6d8161e5
  92. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1mithv/were_the_aztec_involved_in_mass_sacrificecleansing/?st=jexn4xhi&sh=bceaac99
  93. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/295ha6/what_was_life_like_for_tezcatlipocas_ixiptla/?st=jf97bqny&sh=b2b59897
  94. https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryWhatIf/comments/88okwn/if_native_americans_were_somehow_immune_to_the/
  95. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/88a0qu/why_did_the_spanish_conquest_of_mexico_end_up/?st=jfhv7lzm&sh=374e3888
  96. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6qjdib/are_native_mexicans_considered_an_indigenous/?st=jfjk6tww&sh=2bbfb379
  97. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6t0p9c/how_did_the_descendants_of_montezuma_ii_become/?sort=top&st=jfjk9cbv&sh=d5c3736f
  98. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7r1102/a_recent_post_on_rscience_points_to_a_plague/?st=jfjkd27r&sh=63328af9
  99. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1pihlb/what_did_the_spanish_do_with_the_aztec_government/?sort=top&st=jfjkdfdf&sh=d7b21856
  100. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5i8erd/is_it_true_that_pozole_was_invented_by_aztecs_and
  101. 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
  102. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6s94q9/how_did_cortes_army_fight_off_native_americans/?sort=top&st=jfjkf9ri&sh=30ba8e07
  103. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1cspef/did_the_spanish_conquer_the_aztecs_because_of/c9jqp2n/?st=jfjko5qf&sh=93616f77
  104. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/603mp1/what_do_aztec_and_mayan_houses_and_commercial/?st=jfm59mqf&sh=d540017f
  105. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3mf3ko/how_many_cavalrymen_did_cortes_have_at_his/?sort=top&st=jfjkoknx&sh=5baca63f
  106. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ygksm/how_instrumental_was_hernan_cortes_in_the/?sort=top&st=jfjkqs3y&sh=c61e8cfc
  107. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/82eymt/on_his_way_to_tenochtitlan_cortez_passed_20/?sort=top&st=jfjkv4ju&sh=3547620d
  108. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2sacag/why_did_the_tlaxcalans_allow_cortes_to_remain_in/?st=jfm4jgyc&sh=4fa81b1d
  109. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6h78as/what_happened_to_the_tlaxcalans/?st=jfp0late&sh=5b35e845
  110. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/84nx4d/recommended_readings_for_mesoamerican_writing/?st=jld6ejbz&sh=b5c7fe2d
  111. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1996ka/tuesday_trivia_great_and_not_so_great_comebacks/c8mfrsp/
  112. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16n7j7/how_well_were_aztec_and_incan_nobility_integrated/?st=jljj1ans&sh=a178341a
  113. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1r36a6/what_was_going_in_what_is_presentday_michoacan/?st=jljj1gny&sh=5544ee88
  114. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/95d6b2/how_many_people_were_really_being_sacrificed/?st=jlrogs1k&sh=0a9fe703
  115. https://www.reddit.com/r/DepthHub/comments/95z0ij/u400rabbits_describes_what_aztec_human_sacrifice/e3yaci2/?st=jlroqefv&sh=eee2516f
  116. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8y9517/what_would_it_have_been_like_to_grow_up_as_a_girl/?st=jlrotsnu&sh=c062370d
  117. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3r9bml/was_there_ethnic_strife_in_early_colonial_mexico/?st=jljj1xxq&sh=ff0c1393
  118. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16puvg/two_questions_on_ancient_maya_literacy_and_scribes/?st=jld6eca7&sh=1ccf2c7f
  119. https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/94xtt6/did_africa_or_the_precolonial_americas_have_their/e3p8294/?st=jlrpyt58&sh=1b8ed3d6
  120. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1rl2w3/what_did_law_enforcement_look_like_in_the_great/?st=jljj26h6&sh=bf30650e
  121. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/526plh/how_developed_were_commercial_networks_in_the/?st=jljj0zs7&sh=9e006b66
  122. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1gk6fp/did_the_mayans_look_down_on_native_americas_who/?sort=top&st=jljjkvzw&sh=1654b362
  123. 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
  124. https://www.reddit.com/r/mesoamerica/comments/63n1az/the_triple_alliance_never_existed_meet_the/dfz0mr0/
  125.  
  126. Pretty much anything here https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/nativeamerican and on the mesoamerica sub page, and the warefare sub page
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