The Toltecs, Aztecs, And Mayans

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They fought not only to enlarge their empire but also to take
prisoners to sacrifice to the gods. The market place was a major center of
Aztec life, more than 60,000 people visited it daily. They had no system
of money, they traded goods and services for other goods and services. They
had no pack-animals, a nd as a result, they themselves had to carry all
their goods over land. The end of the Aztec empire came when the Spaniards
came. The first time the Spaniards were mistaken for returning gods. When
they returned to Spain, they told of all the gold that the Aztecs had. The
Spaniards returned one year later with canons and they had the help of the
other indian tribes of the area, in destroying the Aztec empire.

MAYANS>
The Mayan civilization flourished from the 3rd to the 16th centuries in
an a rea the included the peninsula of Yucatan and the eastern part of
Chiapas in Mexico, most of Guatemala, the western region of the Republic of
Honduras. In the Spanish ...

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