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Tenochtitlan
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capital of the Aztec Empire on an island in Lake Texcoco
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chinampas
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gardens on floating islands around Tenochtitlan
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Montezuma I
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father of the Aztec Empire
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Flower Wars
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pretend war used to capture sacrificial victims
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human sacrifice
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a person who is killed as a part of a religious ritual
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aqueducts
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transported water to Tenotchtitlan
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Montezuma II
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Last Aztec emperor, overthrown by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes.
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Cortes
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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
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smallpox
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killed up to 90% of Aztecs; brought by the Spaniards
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conquistadors
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Spanish soldiers who conquered people in other lands
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