Tenochtitlan

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In a distant land, there was a famous city where the Aztec’s god had told them to look for. Tenochtitlan, surrounded by "floating gardens" and high mountains, was beautiful and very well-organized. One day, an Aztec merchant went up to the Great Temple to ask the priest to interpret his dream. As he arrived, his eyes immediately flashed on the majestic temple. It was standing about ninety feet high, two stepped pyramids rising side by side on a huge platform of this ginormous structure.…

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North America has been for many years and currently is, home to different people, language, and religion. The reason for that is that during the 15th to the 17th century despite not having much knowledge on what they were looking for other than a new beginning, many European countries such as Spain, France, and England were driven to come to the “new world” in order to obtain wealth, religious freedom, power, and many other things,but in order to accomplish this, they first needed to sail…

for about 300 years. They are a warlike people and rule by conquest. They worship a fierce war god and offer human sacrifices. The Aztecs arrive around 1200 AD and begin working as soldiers, legend says that a god leads them to found the city of Tenochtitlan. They grow stronger by forming alliances with two other city states in 1428 AD. By the early 1500’s they have a large empire and rule between 5 and 15 million people. The Aztec society is ruled by military leaders, officials, and priest…

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