Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture 18: Jan 08+10+15:

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Mexico: 1500s, the first half of 16th century: Discover of america speaking from a eurocentric perspectives ---> colonialism : the two countries come to mind usually britain and france, but the first colonialist was the. Aztecs and maya: the civilizations living in mexico pre-columbus. South of mexico: the maya, and the center of mexico: aztecs (they first from the north and the migrated to the center). Both of them spoke their own languages, the aztecs spoke nahuatl (there are still more than 1 million people speak this language), the maya spoke their own language also. Tenochtitll n : was the name of the most important city of the aztecs, nowadays is. Montezuma ii: the king of aztecs (there are different spellings for this name), the last great king of the aztecs empire, before the arrival of spanish . The conquistadores leave spain with the specific tasks to the invade/conquest other places. Around 400 people were with him, conquested entire mexico.

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