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The Aztec society, the great pyramid of Tenochtitlan
An example of monumental archetecture within the Aztec society is the great pyramid of
Tenochtitlan. It was created by the revered speaker Montecuzoma I, who was the ruler of
the Aztecs in 1466. The pyramid was not finished until the rule of Montecuzoma II,
around 1508. (Carrasco, Moctezumas Mexico, Pg 49.)
The pyramid was known to the Aztecs as the 'icpac tlamanacali,' or The Great Pyramid.
It's base was square, and 150 yards to a side. It rose …
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…Nahuatl. May it last
forever in defiance of the ones who tried to wipe it from the face of the earth.
References:
Blacker, Irwan R. Cortes and the Aztec conquest. New York: American Heritage, 1978.
Carrasco, David, Eduardo Moctezuma, Scott Sessions. Niwot Colorado: Univesity press
of Colorado, 1992. Pg 49.
Coe, Micheal, Elizibeth Benson. Atlas of Ancient America. New York: Equinox, 1986.
Pg 125, 128, 130, 146.
Jennings, Gary. Aztec. Avon, 1980. Pg 92, 220, 329, 354, 436.
Oliphant, Margaret. Atlas of the Ancient World. Simon & Shuster, 1992. Pg 195, 197,
268.
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