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Encyclopedia > Aztec (disambiguation)
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Aztec or Aztek could mean: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

The Aztecs is a term used for certain Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples of Central America. ... Nahuatl ( [1] is a term applied to a group of related languages and dialects of the Aztecan [2] branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, indigenous to central Mexico. ... Aztec (Navajo Kinteel) is a city located in San Juan County, New Mexico. ... Meteorite falls are those meteorites that were witnessed by people or automated devices as they transitted the atmosphere or impacted the Earth, and were subsequently collected. ... Aztec is a historical fiction novel by Gary Jennings. ... Gary Jennings (September 20, 1928 – February 13, 1999) was a U.S. author noted for several historical fiction novels: Aztec, a story of the Aztec empire just before and during the arrival of the Spanish; Aztec Autumn, a story of the Aztecs following the Spanish conquest; and The Journeyer, an... The Aztecs is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 4 weekly parts from May 23 to June 13, 1964. ... The Pontiac Aztek, introduced late in the 2001 model year and produced through the 2005 model year, was a mid-size crossover SUV produced by the General Motors marque Pontiac. ... Piper Aztec The Piper PA-23, named Apache and later Aztec, was the first twin-engine aircraft built by Piper Aircraft. ... Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs were an Australian pop and rock group dating from the mid-sixties. ... San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. ... The SDSU Aztecs are the collegiate athletics and sports teams for San Diego State University (SDSU). ... Aztek was a superhero in the DC Universe. ... Cover to the History of the DC Universe trade paperback. ... The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... A real-time card game by James Ernest and Mike Selinker featuring gangs of futuristic basketball players. ... Counter-Strike (CS) is a popular team-based mod of Valves first-person shooter (FPS) Half-Life. ... Miguel Gomez Better known as Aztek Escobar is a Gangster Rap artist born in Colombia and raised in Houston, Tx. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Roc-A-Fella Records, one of the largest United States hip hop/rap record labels, was co-founded in New York City by hip hop mogul Damon Dash and now multi-platinum rapper Jay-Z in 1995. ... Aztec is a 1982 computer game, created by Paul Stephenson and published by Datamost. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...

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Aztec - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (6979 words)
Aztec civilization and society possessed a vibrant culture which included mandatory education and rich and complex mythological and religious traditions.
The hegemonic nature of the Aztec empire can be seen in the fact that generally local rulers were restored to their positions once their city-state was conquered and the Aztecs did not interfere in local affairs as long as the tribute payments were made.
In the writings of Bernardino de Sahagún, Aztec "anonymous informants" defended the practice of human sacrifice by asserting that it was not very different from the European way of waging warfare: Europeans killed the warriors in battle, Aztecs killed the warriors after the battle.
Aztec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (6630 words)
The Aztecs' religious beliefs were based on a great fear that the universe would cease functioning after each cicle of 52 years, they belived that offering human sacrifice they could give strenght to their gods (specially Huitzilopochtli, the sun god) to survive another cicle of 52 years.
Aztec chronicles describe this time as a golden age, when music was established, people learned arts and crafts from surviving Toltecs, and rulers held poetry contests in place of wars.
The Aztecs were conquered by Spain in 1521, when after long battle and a long siege of the capital, Tenochtitlan, where much of the population died from hunger and smallpox, Cuauhtémoc surrendered to Hernán Cortés.
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