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At the Center of the Aztec Empire
Built on an island in the middle of a swamp, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, became the center of an empire that lasted 200 years.
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How to Conquer the Inca Empire
While Hernán Cortés is regarded as the conqueror of the mighty Aztec Empire, former illiterate pig-farmer Francisco Pizarro is credited with wiping out the Inca Empire.
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Malinche: A Historical Novel
Esquivel reinterprets the legendary and tragic love affair between Malinche and Hernán Cortés in the lyrical prose that made Like Water for Chocolate a top-selling novel.
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Summer School For Teachers Lesson One: The WebQuest
In this lesson, we're going to do the WebQuest. If you start from the beginning and actually do what you read as you read it, you'll have a complete and ready-to-use WebQuest by the time you're done reading.
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The Legend of La Llorona or the weeping woman
The Legend of La Llorona, known by every Mexican, tells the story of a woman that will weep for eternity. Read and find out what's the cause of her tears and cries.
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The Fall of Tenochtitlan
A synopsis of the final phase of the Spanish conquest of New Spain, which culminated in the destruction of the most sophisticated civilization of the New World.
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16th Century Remains Found
An important chapter in Latin American history is unfolding before our very eyes.
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Adobo Chicken en Escabeche
With common histories of conquest by the Spanish in the 1500's, a fusion of two dishes from these distant nations is a fantastic combination.
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Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca, who would later survive an ill-fated expedition to conquer Florida, was born in Moorish-controlled southern Spain.
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Quetzalcoatl: Toltec and Aztec God
Quetzalcoatl was a god to the Aztecs, Toltecs and other Meso-Americans. He was instrumental in the repeated creation and destruction of the world.
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Fascinating Facts about Chocolate
Information about the history of chocolate and how the process of making it has evolved over the years.
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Hernán Cortés As Quetzalcoatl
Moctezuma and the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan were expecting a god. Instead, they got Hernán Cortés and his merciless conquistadors, who brought them ruin.
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Sacrifice at the Aztec Altar
The scale of human sacrifice during the Aztec period is unrivaled in history. At its height, up to 30,000 souls a year were offered up to the Aztec sun and water gods.
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Thank you, brother
Mexico city lived the worst tragedy in its history when the September 1985 earthquake killed thousands. Government was incompetent, so citizens took the rescue efforts in its hands.
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The Religion and Spirituality of the Incas
To Andean people before the Conquest, rocks, mountains and streams were hardly inanimate objects, but vibrant living spirits.
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Top Sights to See in Mexico City
A guide to Mexico City's top sights including palaces, churches, and museums in its historical center, Chapultepec Forest, colonial Coyoacán and San Ángel, and day-trips.
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Ancient Civilization Cultures In Metal
Many bands draw on the mystic and ancient histories of civilizations past, whose pastimes, beliefs and philosophies seem alien to a modern culture.
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For the first time in decades
In 1997 Mexico city held, for the first time in decades, elections to elect it's Mayor. Campaign was one of the most intense and aggressive of those remembered. It was a prelude to what happened nationally in the 2000 Presidential elections.
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Maya Codices
The Maya codices were written and illustrated to record important astrological information.
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Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of Pre-Columbian Mexico
The ancient people of Mesoamerican were not the violent savages depicted by Europeans after the Spanish invasion. Instead, they became highly accomplished in art, medicine, philosophy, complex astrology and math, architecture, government and organized religion. Where did ancient Mesoamericans come from and how did they transform from loosely knit hunter-gatherers to complex, legendary civilizations?
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The Conquest of Mesoamerica: Part One
What happened to change the magnificence of Mesoamerica's civilizations? According to history, the invasion of the region by Spain prompted changes that forever altered the destiny of these indigenous peoples. Others claim the events that unfolded were prophecy fulfilled. In part one of this report of the conquest of Mesoamerica, all the forces at play unfold.
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Bernal Diaz: The Conquest of New Spain
A short analysis of moral perspective, style, and narrative voice in 'The Conquest of New Spain', the account of Bernal Diaz del Castillo.
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