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Mesoamerica Olmecs Teotihuacans Zapotecs MEXICAS

Mesoamerica

Mesoamerican Time Line

Olmecs

La Venta

Olmecs Heads

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan Pyramid of the Sun

Teotihuacan Avenue of the Dead

Monte Albán

Tula-Atlantes

Atlantes

Chicomoztoc

Chicomoztoc siete grupos nahuas

Aztlan

Aztec Migration from Aztlan

Aztlan migration Codex Boturini

Migration

Chapultepec Codex Boturini

Migration Codex Boturini

Aztcapotzalco Codex Boturini

Aztcapotzalco Códice Boturini

The Promise Land: Tenochtitlan

Valley of México

Tenochtitlan Codex Mendoza

Mexico National Coat of Arms

Tenochtitlan

Aztec Empire, Triple Alliance: Tenochtitlan, Texcoco y Tlacopan

Cosmic tree

Cycles of agricultural production

Four eras 1)Tezcatilipoca, 2)Quetzalcóatl, 3)Tlaloc y 4) Chachitlicue

Fifth era Huitzilopochtli

Nahua Calendar

Piedra de Sol

Coyoxhauqui

Eagle Warrior

Mesoamérica en 1519

Omens. Motecuzoma II sends his servants to Cincalco

Nezahualpilli prevents Motecuzoma

First omen

Second omen

Motecuzoma flees to Cincalco

Some peculiar beings have come from heaven

Spaniards in San Juan de Ulúa

Cortés’ Route

Cortés’ route

Cortés’s route

Doña Marina/Malinche

Cortés y Motecuzoma

Smallpox

Killing in the Great Temple

Conquest of Mexico

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