Maxixcatl
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Maxixcatl was the tlatoani of the Nahua altepetl of Ocotelolco, one of the four towns that formed the state of Tlaxcallān. He was one of the main signatories of the alliance with Hernán Cortés during
Painting of Maxixcatzin in Tlaxcala Regional Museum
Altepetl
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The altepetl was the local, ethnically-based political entity, usually translated into English as "city-state", of pre-Columbian Nahuatl-speaking societies in the Americas. The altepetl was composed o
Glyphs representing Texcoco, Tenochtitlan, and Tlacopan, the three primary altepetl of the Aztec Empire.
An illustration of the destruction of Indigenous codices by Franciscan friars by Diego Muñoz Camargo (1585)
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