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After going toe to toe with Cortes and his Spaniards, the Aztecs dawned upon defeat and were brought to their knees as their empire fell
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During the ruling of Moctezuma II, Hernan Cortes and the Spaniards landed on the Gulf Coast. Cortes and the tribe Tlaxcala formed an alliance with a plot to destroy Moctezuma's empire.
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After the death of Ahuitzotl and the prime of the Aztec empire, his son Moctezuma had inherited his well built kingdom and became the Aztecs emperor.
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The Aztecs claimed they had sacrificed 84,400 people which mainly consisted of criminals and prisoners of war for their religious purposes and to intimidate other near by tribes
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The Aztecs were wanderers with no homes. One day near Lake Texcoco, they saw an eagle perched atop of a cactus devouring a snake, whee that was became Tenoctitlan
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In the beginning of the 500's, the early mayan stages, they started building large stone structures also known as triadic structures. The temples were covered in stucco that gave it an off white color. The structures were mainly used as temples for their god.
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El Mirador at the time had stone causeways, bridges, and advanced water collection systems.
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Around 150 AD or CE Mayan cities were mysteriously abandoned for an unknown reason
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Capac and Ocllo find the sacred land that the sun god wanted them to find. They started their empire on the land also known as Cuzco
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Pachacuti rose to the throne, then the Incas began a series of quick expansions. Pachacuti also set up a federal government at Cuzco and divided the empire into four provinces.
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After landing on the Gulf Coast, the Spanish also had come in contact with the Maya and were a lot friendlier to the Mayans than the Aztecs. Together, they had advanced in trading.
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After the Spanish conquered the Aztecs, the Mayans were next in line to face Cortes’ wrath
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Pizzaro the spaniard set sail for El Dorado but ended up finding the Inca Empire
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Pizzaro went back to Cuzco and took Atahualpa for ransom. In exchange for Atahualpa, he wanted as much gold and silver that the Inca could offer, they gave him the gold and silver but he ended up killing Atahualpa anyway
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The new emperor of the Inca empire Manco rebelled against the spaniards in a guerilla warfare that they ended up losing