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accla
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"the chosen"
the young women who were to remain virgins for 30 years while they were to tend the sacred fire in the Temple. |
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Teotihuacan
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first major metropolis in Mesoamerica
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Aztec
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Mexica (Maysheeka)
folk legend held that their original homeland was an island in a lake called Aztlan. The name of Aztec comes from the homeland. |
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Huitzilopochtli
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the patron deity of the Aztecs
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Tenochtilan
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capital of the Aztecz, an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco
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capullis
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consisting of almost a thousand commoners who were members of a large kinship group. Headed by an elected chief.
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Quetzaacoatl
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represents forces of creation, virtue, and learning and culture
bears a distinct similarity to Shiva in Hindu belief |
