Sunday, April 26, 2009

History is written by the victors...

...is a inaccurate statement. For example, with the Aztecs we have a plethora of sources written by them, post conquest and pre conquest.

Don't believe me?

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

Post conquest:

Florentine codex

Pre conquest:

Borgia codex

If the Aztecs were like this than surely other histories must be as well. This debunks what many say about inaccuracy in some cases. I'm not saying history can't be biased, not at all, I'm saying that making the claim that history is not credible based on the assumption that all of history was written by winners is quite false.

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I am making this blog as someone interested in anthropology. I want to detail the works, my thoughts, and notions of human culture. Therefore, this blog will focus on history, cultures,  and religion from around the world. It will be using references from various works of anthropology, archeology, ethnographic, and eytmological significance.

I will, likewise, reference my own experience and I will criticize and question other peoples' beliefs. I do not want this blog to be a straight shot of academia, I will had my own personal thoughts. Even if the reader is not happy to read them. 

*This blog will also contain help for those who practice some form of modern paganism.