A Wisdom Archive on Lake Texcoco

Texcoco was founded in the 12th century, on the shore of Lake Texcoco. It was an independent Nahuatl city state. It allied itself with Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) early on, and became the second most important city politically in the Aztec Empire, by agreement receiving two-fifths of the tribute collected. The city was known as a center of learning within the Empire, and had a famed library including books fro ...

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Ixtlilxochitl From 1409-18, King of Texcoco, a city-state of the Acolhua Aztec tribe in the Valley of Mexico on Lake Texcoco; he was assassinated by a member of the dominant rival tribe, but his son and grandson became the greatest rulers of Texcoco. (IU 1:548)

 
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The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. They were a civilization with a rich mythology and cultural heritage. Their capital was Tenochtitlan, built on raised islets in Lake Texcoco – the site of modern-day Mexico City. Aztec - Terminology. In Nahuatl, the native language of the 'Aztec', "Azteca" means "someone who comes from Aztlán", a mythical place in northern Mexico. However, the Aztec referred to themselves as Mexica (IPA Including:

• Aztec - Terminology
• Aztec - Legends and traditions
• Aztec - Rise of the Aztecs
• Aztec - The Empire
• Aztec - Aztec society
• Aztec - Class structure
• Aztec - Slavery
• Aztec - Recreation
• Aztec - Tenochtitlan
• Aztec - Education
• Aztec - Diet
• Aztec - Human sacrifice
• Aztec - Poetry
• Aztec - Downfall
• Aztec - Sources

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Definition and meaning of Mesoamerica

 
Mesoamerica - [World History]
Mesoamerica includes Mexico and Central America. Sedentary agriculture in the Western Hemisphere developed here and in Peru in South America. This is significant because the cultivation of foodstuffs such as corn ensured a stable supply of food and encouraged groups of people to settle permanently instead of wandering in search of food as nomadic tribes did. This contributed to the rise of civilizations which sustained themselves through their food production and wielded control over less stable societies. Ancient civilizations in the area included the Mayan which extended over a broad region, built monumental architecture, and developed a language, a system of mathematics, and a religion. The Aztec, a nomadic tribe, pushed into the zone of sedentary agriculture and established an empire on the shores of Lake Texcoco after 1325 A.D.

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Cuauhtémoc (c. 1502 - February 26, 1525) (also Cuauhtemotzin or Guatimozin; also written Cuauhtemoc without the diacritical mark) was the last Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of Tenochtitlán and the last "Aztec Emperor". The name means "descending eagle", from Nahuatl cuauhtli (eagle) and temoc (descent); by extension it can be interpreted as "setting sun". Cuauhtémoc took power in 1520 as successor of Cuaitláhuac and was a nephew of the emperor Moctezuma II, and his young wife was one of Moctezuma's daug ...

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