HIST 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Basalt, Mesoamerican Chronology, Xipe Totec
6 Oct 2018
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While portugal and spain were conquering places in the iberian. Peninsula, the mexica and inca were turning into empires. Legend says they came from lake aztl n and journeyed south after their god huitzilopochtli advised them. In the south they lived next to the azcapotzalco, working as missionaries and offering military services. In 1427, the fourth mexica king itzcoatl formed an alliance with. Texcoco and tlacopan and led a successful campaign against the. For the next 90 years, until colonization, the mexica lead an aggressive imperial expansion. Local headmen of conquered areas were allowed to stay in office, provided they accepted aztec sovereignty. Mexica required them to pay tribute payments such as labor and goods like grains and warriors costumes. In 1428, itzcoatl and his nephew tlacaelel burned all history books and rewrote them with mexica at the center. Aztec imperial rationale was a cosmic struggle, with all subjects and enemies expected to play assigned roles.
