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- noun An
emperor of theAztec kingdom.
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A free CD (a choice of either Victor E "Black and Red Ink," El Vuh "Jaguar Prophecies," or Victor E "Knowledge and Wisdom") will be given to the twentieth person who answers the following four questions correctly (e-mail your answers to itztli@mexicauprising.net any duplicate entries will be disqualified): 1. Which Mexica tlatoani commissioned the first instance of colonization when pochteca from Tenochtitlan were robbed and killed by the rulers of Huaxyacac?
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And if I was able to do it for eighty or ninety years, it follows that I am tlatoani and as such have you held me.
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Then what more of a tlatoani do you want me to be?
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He was elected as Ruling Lord (huey tlatoani) in 1502, built a new palace in the heart of Tenochtitlan (modern day Mexico City) and restructured the court.
Art Knowledge News 2009
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(no subject) - cathschaffstump - May. 4th, 2010 03:48 pm (UTC) Expand tlatoani wrote:
Why Con? jimhines 2010
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3. Who was offered the position of tlatoani twice after the deaths of Itzcoatl and Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina but refused explaining: Have I been nothing?
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(_tlatocan_), by speakers (_tlatoani_) chosen for the purpose, and not by the official heads (_calpullec_) of the clan.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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