Category Archives: History

Original Recording of Porfirio Díaz

Posted on 13/10/2011 by

We have covered Porfirio Díaz before in our SoFiA category. He is a controversial figure in Mexican history, former conservative president with a ruling style considered very repressive. So repressive that it was one of the main reasons for the … Continue reading →

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Poor Cuitláhuac…

Posted on 18/08/2011 by

We come to a very poor figure in later Aztec history. Poor, because of his situation as Aztec ruler. Poorer, because of what the modern distribution of information made of him. It’s about the person called Cuitláhuac. He was the … Continue reading →

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What do anthropologists think about the 2012-phenomena?

Posted on 16/08/2011 by

I came across an interesting interview with John W. Hoopes, anthropologist at the University of Kansas. In it, he approaches the 2012 phenomena from the anthropologic point of view. You can find the whole interview here. However, I want to … Continue reading →

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A humoristic approach to the Mesoamerican ballgame

Posted on 29/06/2011 by

Rob Sylvester over at Cracked.com covers the Mesoamerican ballgame or in their words The Greatest Sport Ever Invented. Readers of cracked.com might expect an humoristic approach, but nevertheless the given information is overall accurate. For example there is no mention … Continue reading →

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Get a deeper understanding of the relationship of Maximilian and Benito… with a comic

Posted on 10/06/2011 by

Via Reddit, I stumbled upon a funny comic that tries to give a deeper understanding of the difficult relationship between Maximilian I. (covered here and just yesterday here) and Benito Juarez (covered here). The historical authenticity might not be the … Continue reading →

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