Nearly five hundred years ago, the undertaking of a series of events would change the very fabric of Mexico's history. ... The Aztec territory began after a series of wars and the immersion of a diplomatic way of life, taking less than a century to fully develop into a developed nation. ... Restall notes that in later years, sole power was eventually transferred to Tenochtitlan during the "War of Flowers ", which was dubbed the capital for the Aztec nation. ... Some myths say that upon landing in the Gulf of Mexico Cortes burned the remaining ships. ... November 8, 1519 Cortes, along with...

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The Aztecs were a culture that dominated the Valley of Mexico in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. ... Slaves or victims of war were used as sacrifice when it came to average celebrations. ... The valley of Mexico is the site of volcanic mountains that has experienced many earthquakes and other natural disasters. ... In 1487, when the Aztec empire celebrated the completion of the Great Temple to Huitzilopochtli (God of war and of the sun) thousands of prisoners were brought in to be sacrificed as an honoring to the new building. ...

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In Chapter 7, the Tlaxcalten initially met the oncoming Spaniards with hostility, and the Spaniards would have been all killed because the Tlaxcalten outnumbered the Spaniards, but had it not been for Xicotencatl's father, who persuaded Xicotencatl, who was the Tlaxcalteca's war leader, that it would be wiser to ally with the new and upcoming mysterious group. ... Mentioning early about the double edge sword of the Tlaxcalan's alliance with Cortes, the Aztec was driven out and the Tlaxcalans got the freedom they wanted, however, eventually, the Spaniards would only drive out the...

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