Mayans And Aztecs

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The Mayan had started their empire at the time around 2600 BC.The empire had ended around the eighth to ninth century. The mayan had conquered a tribe that was called conquest. Later the mayan had been conquered by the spanish.They had won because they had guns and horses and more men.The battle of the mayan started when there was a battle between french and british forces.The mayan had sacrifices as offerings to please the gods.Chichen itza was a stone pyramid that they had built.The religion of the mayans had started around the time period 1500 CE.The two first kings that the mayan had were itzamna and kukulcan.

The Aztecs empire started around 1428 the empire had ended around 1521.The aztecs empire or what some people said the three alliance

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