1. The Rise and fall of the Aztecs
... national aspect, so he set out to obliterate the old. He destroyed tribal records that might have cast doubt on nobility of the Aztecs' past and the brilliance of their future. A new, glorious, and thoroughly slanted history emerged. Itzcoatl and his successor, the first Motecuhzoma, enlisted allies and expanded violently and dramatically all over the valley. The resulting tribute, wrung from ... that the Aztecs had got them completely wrong. The Toltecs' admirers were misinformed about them. By 1519, designated as the year 1 Reed on the Aztec calendar, buildings erected over many gener...
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