aztecs

     

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Trivia about aztecs

  • In 1924 Mexican anthropologists found the bones of Cuauhtemoc, the last ruler of this Indian tribe
  • At the same time Joan of Arc led the French, Itzcoatl was leading this group in Mexico
  • Von Humboldt popularized this group name; they called themselves Tenochca, Mexica & Colhua Mexica
  • From 1502 to 1520 Montezuma II ruled these people
  • Between about 1325 & 1500 this group expanded from an island or two to control southern Mexico
  • Xiuhtecuhtli was the fire god of these people also called the Tenochca
  • To these early people of Mexico, Ueuecoyotl was the god connected with revelry
  • Opochtli was a left-handed god of tools in the religion of this people aka the Mexica
  • In the legends of these people, Chalchihuitlicue, a water deity, is the wife of Tlaloc, the rain god
  • In the mythology of these people, Yacatecutli was the god of traveling merchants
  • Not a bad gig: Omacatl was the god of joy, festvity & happiness in the pantheon of these people
  • The word Mexico comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Toltecs & these other ancient people
  • Montezuma II's reign over this civilization lasted 18 years
  • The new fire ceremony was performed every 52 years by this Mexican civilization
  • Huitzilopochtli, a god of these people, was so fierce he killed several relatives as soon as he was born
  • It was the last Indian empire in Mexico & Central America
  • This empire ruled in what is now Mexico during the 1400s & early 1500s
  • Associated with nature & plants, Xipe Totec was an important god of these North American people
  • The creation myth of these people involves Tezcatlipoca & Quetzalcoatl tearing Coatlicue apart
  • In the 16th c., both the Incas & these Nahuatl-speaking people used the sling against Spanish conquistadors
  • Huitzilopochtli was the war & sun god of this civilization
  • Tlazolteotl was the lust goddess of these people; her name is Nahuatl for "lady of dirt"
  • Ometotl (who created himself) was the first god to exist in this culture's mythology
  • Quetzalcoatl did double duty as the top god of both the Toltecs & these people
  • The name of Mexico's Popocatepetl means "smoking mountain" in the language of this people
  • When this native group had dibs on the Mexico City area, they called it Tenochtitlan
  • In the Americas the 1521 conquest of this people was aided by their lack of resistance to measles & smallpox
  • Cuauhtemoc, the last ruler of this empire, was hanged by Hernando Cortes
  • The Mexico City meteorologist might consult Tlaloc, the rain god of this former empire
  • The Mexica, ethnically

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