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    Aztec codices (Nahuatl languages: Mēxihcatl āmoxtli Nahuatl pronunciation: [meːˈʃiʔkatɬ aːˈmoʃtɬi], sing. codex) are Mesoamerican manuscripts made by...
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    Cholula, are sometimes not considered to be Aztec codices, because they were produced outside of the Aztec "heartland". Karl Anton Nowotny, nevertheless...
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    Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Aztec civilization of Central Mexico. The Aztecs were Nahuatl-speaking groups living in central...
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    divine history, as they sought political legitimacy. Pictographic codices in which the Aztecs recorded their history say that the empire's place of origin...
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    that depict the history of Acolhuacan. Aztec codices Codex Xolotl Mohar Betancourt, Luz María (1999). "El Códice Quinatzin: De valientes guerreros chichimecas...
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    Aztec philosophy was a school of philosophy that developed out of Aztec culture. Aztec cosmology was in some sense dualistic, but exhibited a less common...
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    Perhaps the best-known examples among such documents are Aztec codices, Maya codices, and Mixtec codices, but other cultures such as the Tlaxcaltec, the Purépecha...
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    The ancient Aztecs employed a variety of entheogenic plants and animals within their society. The various species have been identified through their depiction...
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    The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mēxihcah (pronounced...
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    festivals were associated. Visual accounts of Aztec sacrificial practice are principally found in codices and some Aztec statuary. Many visual renderings were...
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    Aztecs: Conquest". Library.thinkquest.org. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2010. Informantes de Sahagún: Códice Florentino...
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    The Aztec religion is a polytheistic and monistic pantheism in which the Nahua concept of teotl was construed as the supreme god Ometeotl, as well as...
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    Codex (redirect from Codices)
    the ancient world. Some codices are continuously folded like a concertina, in particular the Maya codices and Aztec codices, which are actually long...
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    Codex Mendoza (category Aztec codices)
    commanders Folio 69 recto Moctezuma II's palace Mesoamerican Codices Aztec codex Maya codices Berdan, F. F.; Anawalt, P. R. (1992). "Codex Mendoza". Scientific...
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  • by the Aztecs including the ability to calculate the areas of irregular plots of land. H.R. Harvey and Barbara J. Williams, eds. "Preface" Códice Santa...
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    Aztec society was a highly complex and stratified society that developed among the Aztecs of central Mexico in the centuries prior to the Spanish conquest...
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    Codex Tudela (redirect from Códice Tudela)
    The Codex Tudela is a 16th-century pictorial Aztec codex. It is based on the same prototype as the Codex Magliabechiano, the Codex Ixtlilxochitl, and...
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    Maya codices (sg.: codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The...
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    Codex Boturini (category Aztec codices)
    occurred before or just after the Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521). At least two other Aztec codices have been influenced by the content and style...
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  • the religious Juan de Zumárraga, who collected the Aztec documents to be incinerated. Aztec codices Damago Soto Hieroglyph Nahuatl language Lacadena, Alfonso...
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    The Aztec or Mexica calendar is the calendrical system used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. It is one of the Mesoamerican...
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    Jaguar warrior (redirect from Aztec Jaguar)
    capture prisoners for sacrifice to the Aztec gods. Many statues and images (in pre-Columbian and post-Columbian codices) of these warriors have survived. They...
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    Ramírez Codex (category Mesoamerican codices)
    and 32. The Spanish Conquest Mesoamerican Codices Aztec codices Diego Durán Leal, Luis (1953). "El Codice Ramirez". Historia Mexicana. 3 (1): 11–33....
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    Nahuatl (redirect from Aztec language)
    Maya Script did. Therefore, generally Aztec writing was not meant to be read, but to be told. The elaborate codices were essentially pictographic aids for...
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    Codex Ríos (category Mesoamerican codices)
    Tepeyollotl Tlaloc Xochiquetzal Codex Vaticanus B Mesoamerican codices Aztec codices Aztec calendar "FAMSI - Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt - Graz...
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  • Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco are Aztec codices made during the 1500s by Tlacuilos [es] or Aztec scribes. It details the Founding of Tetepilco (now the...
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    Aubin Tonalamatl (category Aztec codices)
    between the two codices' depictions of the calendar prove how streamlined and widely understood this time telling system was to Aztec society. This thorough...
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    Aztec clothing was worn by the Aztec people and varied according to aspects such as social standing and gender. The garments worn by Aztecs were also...
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    Codex Borbonicus (category Aztec codices)
    very few Aztec codices that survived the colonial Spanish inquisition. When the Spanish conquistadors (led by Hernán Cortés) entered Aztec cities, they...
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  • The Codex Huamantla also known as the Codex of Huamantla and Códice de Huamantla is an Otomi codex. It contains the work of two artists, and is believed...
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