ARABS AND AZTECS > by Dr. Jack Wheeler

Gunny G's ^ | April 30, 2004 | Jack Wheeler

[The_Media_never_lie]

It would have been interesting to see the Aztecs and Arabs meet on the battlefield.

I would settle for seeing the British vs. Islamists in the early 20th Century.

[BriarBey]

Enjoy the complementary chicharonnes, Don't forget to pay your tab before you leave.


What?!!! Gone? And I just told him off so good!! Dang it. :)

[Utah Girl]

Hmmmm, interesting comparison.

[dennisw]

Is he OK in Israel and studying hard?

[William Terrell]

I think it was 20 thousand in a year.

Seemed pretty specific in the article. Reminded me of that black congressman who said so many slaves were dumped overboard that sharks patrolled those waters for 70 years afterwards.

Not that I don't believe the Aztecs were exactly as described. The vileness potential of human beings has never been sounded.

[dennisw]

Often many victims were killed at once. In 1487, according to legend, Aztec priests sacrificed more than 80,000 prisoners of war at the dedication of the reconstructed temple of the sun god in Tenochtitlán.

http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:fXrrOBoSVT0J:encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761593151/Aztec_Empire.html+AZTECS+KILLED+DEDICATION+SUN&hl=en

[DuncanWaring]

...maybe you forget already about your Abu Gharib pyramid stacking, ...

If Ms. England hadn't stacked them up, they would have eventually done it themselves, just like at Gitmo.

[Prodigal Daughter]

Excellent article!

[ko_kyi]

So, dennisw - did you pick up "Hummingbird and the Hawk"? I wanted to know what you thought of it.

[dennisw]

I have not picked it up yet. There is very little on the internet about it. For me to get a better idea about it.

Is it unique among books about the Azteca?

[ko_kyi]

It was among the first books to interpret human sacrifice not just as a religion but as a tool to subjugate the neighboring tribes. The tributes were mostly young men of military age and tended to increase when crops were bad or other factors made the Mexica's grip looser.

The title comes from the Aztec (Mexica) god Xuitzilopotchli which was the humminbird god to which most of the victims were sacrificed. The Hawk is Cortez. The book is mostly a history of the initial contacts, battles, and eventual conquest of the Mexica. There are some sections that read like something out of Indiana Jones - it is not excessively dry history. The author makes it a fairly easy and interesting read.

One of the more horrifying things I didn't know before reading the book was that after the Europeans landed several vicious epidemics of colds, flu, measles, and other diseases ravaged the Mexica. The priests assumed that meant that the gods were displeased, and the only way to get back in their good graces was to drastically increase the number of sacrifices.

[dennisw]

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[hosepipe]

I do like Jack Wheeler

[dennisw]

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[hosepipe]

You read this whole article and came up with THIS.. in response..
Must be embarrasing being you.. Shutting the FU would have been civil.. Instead you've exposed Islams greatest weakness.. gross ignorance.

[Jack of all Trades]

mark

[justshutupandtakeit]

Amusing to hear that you are concerned about prisoner "abuse" while the Islamic killers cut the heads off of people and feel God commands them to do so. This shows the corrupt understanding of God which has unbalanced this bunch and unleashed this war.

Should the "abuse" be multiplied by 10 it still wouldn't amount to much and the Iraqis have pretty much laughed these absurd charges off having great familiarity with REAL abuse.

Obviously you have no knowledge of the Nazi's methods or you would not have made such a ridiculous comparison. Nor have you indicated any willingness to face the truth of the Nazi/Islamic connection during that era. This connection provided the war machine with soldiers and intelligence against the Allies.

Your Goering quotation is meaningless since American leaders did not have to TELL the people they were under attack; it was painfully obvious on 9/11 that we were and it was clear from which quarter that attack came, the Islamic terror movement. This movement will be destroyed and the only question is how much of Islam will go down with it. Or will it decide that civilization is better than oblivion?

[justshutupandtakeit]

So you don't know anything about Manifest Destiny or jihad.

[fish hawk]

Greed and Gold had nothing to do with it....right? Or the license to steal called "Manifest Destiny".

[ArGee]

How easily evil seeps into pagan and idol worshipping cultures and infests their people with a murderous heart.

While I personally believe Christ is the true G-d, I notice that evil seeps into even the hearts of those who claim to be His followers. The heart appears to still be deceitful above all things.

Shalom.