Many decades before
the Spanish decimated what, to them, was a “New”
World, the peaceful indigenous peoples were at one with nature…and ripping the
hearts from captives.
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| "Okay, you're going to feel a slight pinch." |
Hey, give them a break. These savages were doing that in the name of religion, of course, while the more civilized Europeans were…
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| ...burning heretics at the stake in the name of religion. |
Okay, can we just agree that too many people are just plain shit?
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| Indeed |
Anyway, let’s put that aside for now…
Itzcoatl, AD 1380-1440 (or “CE” to you politically correct ninnies) is considered the founder of the Aztec Empire.
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| Also known by his porn name, "Obsidian Serpent." |
NOTE: The Aztecs referred to themselves as the “Mexica.” Huh. So, that’s where they get it from!
He was the fourth
king of Tenochitlan (reigning from 1427-1440), the capital. Which would become Mexico City. The
capital.
Huh. Funny how that works.
Under him, the
Mexica threw off their domination by the Tepanecs and went on to form the
Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy Tenochtitlan,
Texcoco, and Tlacopan, thus establishing the Aztec Empire.
NOTE: The Tepanecs were a Meso-American people who….oh,
screw it. Look it up on Wikipedia if you
really want to know.
He built up the city of Tenochtitlan during his reign, establishing newer temples, improved roads, a causeway joining the capital to its further dominions, and the initial Chipotle franchise ("Every burrito is made with heart! No, really.").
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| Tenochtitlan being on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco, don'tcha know |
He was succeeded upon his death by his nephew, Montezuma I (not that Montezuma).
NOTE: It can also be spelled “Moctezuma.” Hey, don’t get all high and mighty. The English language has its share of
idiocies, don’tcha know.
Itzcoatl: founder of an empire, possessor of a hard-to-pronounce name, and heart-ripper-outer.
For all I know.
Epilogue...
1519....
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| "I say we go talk to them. I mean, how bad could it be?" |
And yet, where is that empire now? Oh wait, probably working at Chipotle.
ReplyDeleteOr Taco Bell.
DeleteJamie (jannghi.blogspot.com): More new-to-me stuff!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, it was new to me, to. What I've done for some of the letters...I go through the index of a world history book I have. I then go to a specific letter and scroll through. Once I find something that isn't as well-known (for instance, I wouldn't use "D-Day" for 'D'. I wouldn't use it for 'X,' either, although I would think that would be obvious), I write about it. TOMORROW'S letter could be new to you maybe and, more likely, the entry for 'M.' We'll see.
DeleteSo Itsy was part of the Texaco empire? 😁. They loved difficult names just like the Eastern Europeans with the last names full of consonants. They had developed so much before the Spanish brought small
ReplyDeletePox to them plus death and destruction.
I thought that about Texcoco. I'll bet that 'Texas' draws its origins to 'Texcoco'. Just a guess, but it makes sense.
DeleteCould be. All Greek to me.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I've heard this story before. Maybe I learned it in history class of some kind... i definitely know something with 'coatl' in the name.
ReplyDeleteThose "coatl" people were some wild and crazy guys, for sure.
Deletehow can the word "Aztecs" to be Mexico?..... the same pronounce. .....or the same meaning?
ReplyDeleteI was a bit surprised to learn that's what they called themselves. But "Mexica," it is.
DeleteAlways been fascinated by this culture, before it degenerated...
ReplyDeleteMe, too. I wish I learned more about it in school.
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