Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, flourished for two centuries. But it was defeated less than two years after the arrival of Spanish invaders led by Cortés.
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The Aztec Empire, or the Triple Alliance, was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. They ruled the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until they were conquered by Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors in 1519....
The Mayans were drinking it by about 600 C.E., with the Aztecs joining in on the fun a few hundred years later (when they conquered the Mayan empire). Both cultures considered chocolate sacred and included it in ceremonies and offerings to their gods. The Aztecs believed that it actually ...
Though Afghanistan is now a predominantly Muslim country, its history is rich and multifaceted. Conquered by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, Afghanistan was a key site of Greco-Buddhism, a variant of the Eastern religion which flourished in the Greco-Bactrian kingdom that was establi...
(when they conquered theMayan empire). Both cultures considered chocolate sacred and included it in ceremonies and offerings to their gods. The Aztecs believed that it actually came from a god; specifically Quetzalcoatl, and that drinking cacao beverages helped mere mortals share in some of the ...
Was 536 CE the worst year in history? Thanks to massive volcanic eruptions, darkness spread across the former Roman empire for 18 months. The ...
Tokyo has over double the book loans by public libraries than London Image: Statista How has the purpose or the role that libraries played changed over time? ADW: The idea of libraries as an instrument of social reform or, indeed, control was strong in the early history of ...
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