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Mexica migration and foundation of Tenochtitlan. In the ethnohistorical sources from the colonial period, the Mexica themselves describe their arrival in the Valley of Mexico. The ethnonym Aztec (Nahuatl Aztecah) means "people from Aztlan ", Aztlan being a mythical place of origin toward the north.
Aztec calendar stone The Aztec sun stone. Early Pre-Columbian scholars have long identified Tonatiuh as the central deity of the Aztec calendar stone. Various scholarships, however, believe the face at the centre of the stone to be that of the earth monster Tlaltecuhtli.
e. The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance ( Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan. These three city-states ruled that area in and around the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until the combined forces of the ...
History of the Aztecs. The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mēxihcah (pronounced [meˈʃikaʔ]). The capital of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan. During the empire, the city was built on a raised island in Lake Texcoco.
Aztec codices (Nahuatl languages: Mēxihcatl āmoxtli Nahuatl pronunciation: [meːˈʃiʔkatɬ aːˈmoʃtɬi], sing. codex) are Mesoamerican manuscripts made by the pre-Columbian Aztec, and their Nahuatl-speaking descendants during the colonial period in Mexico.
This category contains articles relating to individual scholars who specialise in, or are notable for, contributions to the study of the pre-Columbian Aztec civilization and cultures of the central Mexican region. Contributions may be in one or more of fields such as anthropology, archaeology, ethnohistory, linguistics, etc. Focus of study may ...
The Nahuatl name Nezahualcoyotl is commonly translated as “hungry coyote” or “fasting coyote.”. However, more accurately, it means "coyote with a fasting collar," from nezahualli, a collar made out of bands of paper twisted together. It was worn by those fasting to show others that they shouldn't be offered food.
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Oxford University Press. Publication date. 2019. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs is a 2019 book by American historian Camilla Townsend. The book utilizes indigenous, as opposed to European, sources to tell the history of Aztec civilization. The book won the 2020 Cundill History Prize .
Aztec obsidian mirror. Tezcatlipoca ( / ˌtɛskætliˈpoʊkə /; Classical Nahuatl: Tēzcatlipōca [/teːskat͡ɬiːˈpoːkaʔ/]) or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. He is associated with a variety of concepts, including the night sky, hurricanes, obsidian, and conflict. He was considered one of the four sons of Ometecuhtli ...