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| This originates from the Aztecs and their diet... |
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| Many people thought the world would end at the end of this because it ended at 2012 and was acurate with dates but not our deaths |
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| The Spaniards made contact with the Aztecs in 1519 and then turned on them with their superior technology and killed most of the aztecs in 1521 |
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| The aztec's empire reached from the atlantic to the pacific |
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| Tenochititlan was built in the middle of lake texcoco |
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The prosperous king of the aztecs from 1502-1520
Moctezuma II |
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| These pyramids were used for human sacrifice and to pray to the gods, they were very sacred |
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| The story goes that the Aztec civilization was traveling around and they would know when to stop and settle down when they saw an eagle clutching a snake on a cactus and they saw this sign at lake texcoco so they built tenochititlan in the middle of the lake |
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| "The floating city" built in the middle of lake texcoco and the capital of the aztec empire |
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| Aztec warriors were fierce and used clubs, spears, and special clubs with spikes in them to kill their enemies. They wore animal furs or feathers to show rank and enstill fear in their enemies like the jaguar, eagle, ect... |
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The mythical place full of nahautl speaking people and the originating place of the aztecs before tenochitlan |
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| The trhee main aztec cities who were the main powers in the area tenochitlan, acolhuas, and texcoco |
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| the fourth ruler of the aztecs and threw off the tepanecs and set the foundations for the empire in 1427-1440 |
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| He expanded the aztec empire and led to the dominance of tenochitlan in the triple alliance |
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| wars fought between the triple alliance and other enemies in the area |
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| a disease contracted by the aztecs from the spaniards that was deadly and weakened them |
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| created twenty years after spanish incursion of mexico and contains history of the aztec culture |
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| had nobles, kings, and then peasents |
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| special mythological caves |
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| people from central america |
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