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    Axayacatl (/ˌæʃəˈjɑːkətəl/; Classical Nahuatl: āxāyacatl [aːʃaːˈjákatɬ] ; Spanish: Axayácatl [axaˈʝakatɬ]; meaning "face of water"; c. 1449–1481) was the...
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    as a sort of Mexican caviar, as part of Aztec cuisine. Both the adult axayácatl and its roe are edible. The insect is caught with a net and roasted before...
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    objects also seen in contemporary depictions. In Codex Cozcatzin, emperor Axayácatl is depicted during the Battle of Tlatelolco wearing a quetzal-feathered...
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    Oaxaca. In 1468, Moctezuma I died and was succeeded by his son Axayacatl. Most of Axayacatl's thirteen-year reign was spent consolidating the territory acquired...
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    his kinsman Moctezuma II. Cuitláhuac was the eleventh son of the ruler Axayacatl and a younger brother of Moctezuma II, the late Emperor of Tenochtitlan...
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    cities bound by fealty to the Mexica tlatoani. In 1469, the next ruler was Axayacatl (lit. "Water mask"), son of Itzcoatl's son Tezozomoc and Motecuzoma I's...
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    Moctezuma I's son, Axayacatl, ascended to the throne in 1469. During his reign, Tenochtitlan absorbed the kingdom of Tlatelolco. Axayacatl's sister was married...
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    Moctezuma's first successor, was succeeded by Moctezuma's cousin or son Axayacatl, who was 19 years old. Moctezuma is also now used as a symbol of Mexican...
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    houses, give food to your body.": 64  Moctezuma had the royal palace of Axayácatl, Moctezuma's father, prepared for Cortés.: 218  On the same day that the...
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  • Lorenzo De' Medici. G.P. Putnam's sons. p. 11. "Axayácatl, "El de la máscara de agua" (1469-1481)" [Axayácatl,, "He with the Water Mask"]. Arqueologia Mexicana...
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  • Philosophical Society. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9. "Axayácatl, "El de la máscara de agua" (1469-1481)" [Axayácatl,, "He with the Water Mask"]. Arqueologia Mexicana...
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    descendant of the King Cuauhtototzin. He was successor of his brother Axayacatl and was succeeded by his other brother, Ahuitzotl; his sister was the...
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    in their last stage of splendor. According to Diego Durán, the emperor Axayácatl "was also busy in carving the famous and large stone, very carved where...
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    This became a tradition among subsequent Mexica rulers, and portraits of Axayacatl and Ahuizotl, two of Moctezuma's successors, were also made throughout...
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    gave birth to three sons who would later become emperors themselves: Axayacatl, Tizoc, and Ahuitzotl. Some sources indicate she served as tlatoani herself...
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    However, the Totonacs chafed under Aztec rule, with Aztec rulers from Axayacatl to Moctezuma II having to send soldiers to quell rebellions. The Huastecs...
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    13, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2005. Morteo, Eduardo; Rocha-Olivares, Axayácatl; Morteo, Rodrigo; Weller, David W. (June 13, 2017). "Phenotypic variation...
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    AD, Tlacaelel served as cihuacoatl under four emperors: Moctezuma I, Axayacatl, Tizoc and Ahuizotl. La Llorona (a similar modern myth) Nahuatl pronunciation:...
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    first, pushing these people even further into Zapotec territory. Under Axayacatl and Tizoc, the Aztec began to take control of trade routes in the area...
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    p. 7. Klein 2001, p. 333. Vázquez-Gómez 1997, p. 7–8. Tsouras 2014, Axayacatl. Vázquez-Gómez 1997, p. 8. Townsend 2019, pp. 73, 85, 95. Townsend 2019...
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    Moctezuma was also Nezahualcóyotl's grandson; he was a son of emperor Axayácatl and one of Nezahualcóyotl's daughters, Izelcoatzin or Xochicueyetl. Two...
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    Chimalpilli II, son of Ahuitzotl. Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin, grandson of Axayacatl. Diego Huanitzin was made tlatoani of Tenochtitlan by Antonio de Mendoza...
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  • Matlatzinca who came later from the Toluca Valley. By 1476 the Aztec king Axayácatl conquered the Matlatzincas and took control of their lands including what...
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  • Xicotencatl II Axayacatl, also known as Xicotencatl the Younger (died 1521), was a prince and warleader, probably with the title of Tlacochcalcatl,[citation...
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    Calixtlahuaca, just north of the city of Toluca. In 1478 the Mexica emperor Axayacatl conquered the Toluca Valley. The capital was stripped of its dynasty and...
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    Hindus and Muslim Sufis across the Indian subcontinent. 1469: Reign of Axayacatl begins in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan as the sixth tlatoani and...
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    Pihuamo, Río Verde...) Aztec places, people and gods in Ciudad del Sol (Axayácatl, Cuauhtémoc, Popocatépetl, Anáhuac...) World cities in Providencia. Hispanic...
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    16th-century Spanish missionary and historian, tells that the Aztec emperor Axayacatl played Xihuitlemoc, the leader of Xochimilco, wagering his annual income...
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    pyramid. This sculpture was carved around 1470 under the rule of King Axayacatl, the predecessor of Tizoc, and is said to tell the history of the Mexicas...
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    seen at the pyramids." The stone was likely created under the rule of Axayacatl (1469–1481). On the disk, Coyolxauhqui lies on her back, with her head...
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