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| What the Aztec people called themselves |
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| Aztec marketplace in Lake Texcoco |
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| People of the Nahuatl ethnicity who established an empire in Mesoamerica that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519 |
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| The 9th ruler/god of Tenochtitlan/Aztecs, killed in 1520 by his own people because of loss of faith during the Spanish/Indian Conquest |
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| A major port in Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz. Many foreign powers/armies came through this port to take over Mexico |
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| The beginning of the Spanish conquest in Mexico and the fall of the Aztec empire |
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| The final fall of the Aztec empire |
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| Abandoned city in which the Aztecs took many things from including religious deities. Over 1000 years old when the Aztecs discovered it. |
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| Aztec capital in Lake Texcoco |
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| A person of mixed race, Amerindian and European |
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| Empire known for its nobility located in Central Mexico; were derived from the Mayans |
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| Hernan Cortes: led the Spanish Conquistador |
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| A swampy, salt-water lake home to Tenochtitlan, an Aztec city |
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| When the Aztecs began walking towards Mesoamerica |
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| A symbol for where the great warrior Cabil's heart landed and where the Mexica should start building their empire |
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| The fusion of two completely different religions |
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| Banished the Mexica to Lake Texcoco after myth of Mexican priest wearing their princess's skin. A city founded by the Toltecs. |
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