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Judi Lynn

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Tue Jan 10, 2017, 09:40 PM Jan 2017

Perched on a huge cactus

Perched on a huge cactus

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 01:00
W J T S Kaviratne





Before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors to the regions of Mesoamerica the indigenous civilizations of Olmec, the Mayas and the Aztecs made Empires of different identities. Mesoamerica expanded covering a vast area from the Central Mexico to Belize, Gautamala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Northern Costa Rica.

Mesoamerica was a region of contrasting landscapes and rich in diversity of topographical features such as snowcapped volcanoes , swamps and lowland jungles. Well-irrigated Valley of Mexico covering an area of 800,000 hectares ( two million acres) is in the Southern part of Mexico.

Tenochtitlan believed as the founder of Aztecs was known by Nahuatl, Aztecs, Mexica, and Tenochcas - the mysterious Island City of Cranes. According to the chronicler Hernando Alvarado de Tezozomoc this tribe of Mesoamerica was known as Aztecs because of their place of origin the mysterious island city of Axtlan having the meaning of ‘White Land or the ‘Land of Cranes.’

Under the guidance of the Huitzilopochtli the Tribal God of Aztecs, they ventured on a hazardous migration across the northern landscapes before they embarked on the location destined to found their capital.

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Perched on a huge cactus (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2017 OP
K&R. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #1
In the year Ome Calli (Two Houses - 1325) The Mexica established their capital Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #2

Xipe Totec

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2. In the year Ome Calli (Two Houses - 1325) The Mexica established their capital
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 07:38 PM
Jan 2017

In the place Mextli, between a cactus (nochtli) and the stone (tetl) Tenochtitlan.



Mexitli is composed of metztli (Moon), xictli (navel) and co (place).

Mexico means "Navel of the Moon".

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