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Tenochtitlan was the
political capital,
Texcoco was the
cultural center; the
Texcocan language was
considered the most
melodious and refined. The best well-known...
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centralization of
Aztec power in Tenochtitlán. When he told
Moctezuma II that the
Texcocan wise men had
foretold foreign dominion over the
Valley of Mexico, the emperor...
- with the
smallpox outbreak,
while Cortés
raised an army of Tlaxcalans,
Texcocans, Totonacs, and
others discontent with
Aztec rule. Cortés
marched back...
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wrote an
account of the
executions in the 17th
century partly based on
Texcocan oral tradition.
According to Ixtlilxóchitl, the
three lords were joking...
- Aztecs,
being eager to see
their longtime flower war
enemies overthrown.
Texcocan nobleman Ixtlilxochitl gives the "fullest
early statement concerning the...
- believe, however, that of all the
creative intellects nurtured by this
Texcocan "Athens," by far the
greatest belonged to the king himself. He is considered...
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first Tlatoani of the
Triple Alliance was
Itzcoatl and he,
along with his
Texcocan co-ruler Nezahualcoyotl,
began expanding the
territory dominated by the...
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previous king
Nezahualpilli by one of his mistresses. Traditionally, the
Texcocan kings were
elected by the
nobility from the most able of the
royal family...
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conquer and
govern Cuba 1510~
Francisco Vazquez de
Coronado was born 1515 –
Texcocan monarch Nezahualpilli dies;
Cacamatzin succeeds to the throne; the rebellion...
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Itzcoatl petitioned for an
alliance with Nezahualcoyotl, son of the
slain Texcocan ruler Ixtlilxochitl against Maxtla.
Itzcoatl also
allied with Maxtla's...
