Years ago the story I read was that the Aztecs had arrived not many cdnturies earlier in the Valley of Mexico, saw an eagle sitting on a cactus by a lake and settled there. Originally it was said they came south from an especially savage small tribe living in the harsh desert lands between the Valley and the US area.
I don’t doubt that cannibalism had its place in the overall survival behavior in troubled food situations. However, specifically with regard to the Aztecs, apparently several generations before the Spaniards arrived a chief advisor of the Aztecs proposed making this a state policy supplied through the ritualistic “flowery” wars against neighboring tribes, especially against the tribe called Tlaxcallans. As a consequence, guess who became Cortez’s chief allies—the Tlaxcallans. Further interesting factoid, guess what the Aztec (Nauhatl) word for tortilla is—tlaxcalli. It has been suggested that the tlaxcallans provided Cortez’s 150 man “Army” with around 200,000 warriors when they invaded tenochtitlan. European guns and horses, made the difference, but angry Tlaxcallans made the victory possible. They were tired of being “lunch”. In their everlasting gratitude, the Spaniards succeeded in robbing the tlaxcallans, “legally” at every chance they could to claim land and other wealth.
Major Indian settlements in Mexico and Central America did not have any large protein animals as were available in the US area like Buffalo, Elk, and deer. For protein they were dependent mostly on turkey, and fish. Human meat, yummy.
Their original home in their folklore was Atzlan, which of course spawned interest because Atzlan *must be* Atlantis. ;^) Their folklore probably has roots perhaps a two or three centuries prior to the conquest, so, a hard no to that idea.
You must be wrong because we are told it was sunshine and unicorns till Europeans showed up /
Like I said recentism
My invading, killing,warring, enslaving, and canabalism was fine, but you guys BAD
NOW GIVE IS BACK TEAXAS THAT YOI STOLE FROM US AFTER WE TOOK IT FROM SPAIN WHO TOOK OT FROM EXISTING TRIBES WHO TOOK FROM THE TRIBES BRFORE THEM….
sound familiar? Is there any race other than the Jews who can trace an area back more than them, if so would love to hear
Truly amazing