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5 days ago · The Trip to Tlalocan. The Ahuízotl is thought by some investigators to be a mythical animal, bane of the water goers. It would lie in wait of a victim who, once in its sights, would be pulled into the water by the head on the end of the Ahuízotl’s tail. After a struggle that threw up fish, frogs and frothy water, the human was dragged below ...
1 day ago · The Zapotecs resisted the expansion of the Aztecs until they were subjugated in 1502 under Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl. After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Zapotecs resisted Spanish rule until King Cosijopii I surrendered in 1563. Mixtec civilization
5 days ago · The manuscript, commonly referred to as the Florentine Codex, consists of twelve books that cover a range of different topics. The twelfth book focuses on the Spanish conquest of Mexico between 1519 and 1521. Around 1553-55, Sahagún gathered accounts from indigenous elders who lived in the Mexica (Aztec) capital of Tenochtitlan during the ...
4 days ago · The later rulers from 1440-1520 included Montezuma I, Axayacatl, Tizoc, Ahuitzotl, and Montezuma II. These men were all powerful leaders with multitudes of conquests. Each ruler contributed toward cultural works, such as the famous Aztec calendar, an aqueduct, and a ten-mile dike to control the waters of Lake Texcoco.
2 days ago · The chimalli or shield: defensive weapon par excellence in the Mesoamerican world. This introductory article on the chimalli, a classic defensive weapon employed throughout ancient Mesoamerica, has generously been written specially for us by a world expert on the subject, Dr. Marco Antonio Cervera Obregón. Dr.
1 day ago · Alprazolam, sold under the brand name Xanax and others, is a fast-acting, potent tranquilizer of moderate duration within the triazolobenzodiazepine group of chemicals called benzodiazepines. [10] . Alprazolam is most commonly prescribed in the management of anxiety disorders, especially panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). [6] .
3 days ago · Amazon.com is a Seattle, Washington–based e-commerce and cloud computing giant whose humble beginnings can be traced to founder Jeff Bezos ’s garage, where he began selling books on the still-emerging World Wide Web. Although the company is best known among consumers for its retail platform, a majority of its operating profits (as of 2024 ...
