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  Detail Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The armies of Ahuitzotl were given free rein to loot the various regions, but because of protests made by the Triple Alliance and the local populations, he was forced to curtail such traditional activities.
Ahuitzotl encouraged colonization of the border regions of the Aztec empire, sending families into those areas adjoining the Tarasca and elsewhere in order to promote Mexica-ization.
Ahuitzotl's relations with the Zapotec were not as successful as his other endeavors.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=MES0041   (379 words)

  
 Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, and Incas
Ahuitzotl was an aggressive king and began his reign by attacking the cities of Xiquipilco, Chiapas, and Xilotepec, providing many victims for his lavish coronation that cost a year's tribute and to which he invited even his enemies.
Ahuitzotl sent his daughters to be wives of Nezahualpilli, who later caught his queen with three lovers and had the four executed.
Ahuitzotl's empire enabled the Mexica to gain cotton from the northern coastal region and gold and cochineal from the Oaxaca Zapotecs, who revolted against the unfair trade in 1496.
www.san.beck.org /11-1-Mayans,Aztecs,Incas.html   (9585 words)

  
 Mexica Uprising - In Support of World Wide Indigenous Revolution
The Ruler: Ahuitzotl was Tizoc's younger brother and was in contrast a high-ranking military officer (Tlacatecatl).
Ahuitzotl proved himself to be the greatest of the Mexica leaders who led his troops in person, suffering their hardships and sharing their victories.
The Ruler: Motecuhzoma was the son of Axayacatl and Ahuitzotl's nephew.
www.mexicauprising.net /risetopower.html   (1598 words)

  
 Churubusco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huitzilopochco was famous for the hummingbird feathers (sacred to Huitzilopochtli) that it sent in tribute to the capital.
In 1503, Ahuitzotl, the eighth Tlatoani, connected a nearby spring to the Mexico-Tenochtitlan water supply.
This is believed to have been the direct cause of the great flood of that year that devastated the city and claimed hundreds of lives – including that of Ahuitzotl.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Churubusco   (829 words)

  
 Mexica Tlahtoani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ahuitzotl conquered the valley of Oaxaca and the Pacific coast to Guatemala.
The formal coronation of Ahuitzotl was a great public affair which held large gift giving ceremonies and feasting the equal to an entire year's tribute.
Ahuitzotl is reported to have died after striking his head while escaping rising waters in his garden area as a result of a dike breaking.
www.freewebs.com /tecpaocelotl/MexicaTlahtoani.htm   (1392 words)

  
 Auítzotl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auítzotl (sometimes rendered as Ahuitzotl) was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Chief Speaker, of the city of Tenochtitlán.
He was responsible for the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after a weak performance by his predecessor.
The Aztec king Ahuitzotl took his name from the Ahuizotl (creature), but it appears the Aztecs thought of it as a creature in its own right, and not merely a mythical beast representing the king.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auitzotl   (265 words)

  
 Alternate History Discussion Board - Azteca
Ahuitzotl isn’t impressed but he has a war to fight and if the tribute doesn’t bear out, then he can always crush the Tarascans again.
Ahuitzotl hears this news and in his mind dances the images of bronze armored warriors conquering the world for him.
Ahuitzotl didn’t trust the Tarascans and bronze is a vital war asset.
www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/printthread.php?t=3164   (2509 words)

  
 FAMSI - John Pohl's Mesoamerica - The Aztecs pg. 4
In 1486, the throne passed to Tizoc's younger brother, Ahuitzotl, who proved himself to be an outstanding military commander.
Ahuitzotl reorganized the army and soon regained much of the territory lost under the previous administration.
Ahuitzotl in turn was succeeded by the doomed Motecuhzoma II who suffered the Spanish invasion commanded by Hernan Cortés.
www.famsi.org /research/pohl/pohl_aztec4.html   (399 words)

  
 Mixtec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The work of Mixtec artisans who produced work in stone, wood, and metal were well regarded throughout ancient Mesoamerica.
The Mixtec were conquered by the Aztec Emperor Ahuitzotl about 30 years before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores.
They put up a fierce and bloody resistance to Spanish rule until they were subdued by the Spanish and their central Mexican allies led by Pedro de Alvarado.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mixtec   (740 words)

  
 aztecs1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
One of the greatest rulers of the empire was Ahuitzotl (ah WEE soh tl).
Ahuitzotl also oversaw the completion of the pyramid of the Great Temple, which he dedicated to the god Huitzilopochtli.
When Ahuitzotl died in 1502, his nephew, Moctezuma, became the new ruler.
www.sbceo.k12.ca.us /~vms/carlton/aztecs1.htm   (1800 words)

  
 Dedication Stone | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
They are identified by their name glyphs behind their heads: Tizoc who ruled from 1481–1486 is on the left, his younger brother Ahuitzotl (r.
According to hisotrical sources the enlargement of the Main Temple was begun in 1483 by Tizoc and completed by Ahuitzotl.
The rulers are dressed in ritual attire which includes triple-tasseled incense pouches held in Tizoc's left and Ahuitzotl's right hand.
www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/teno_2/hod_teno_1.htm   (182 words)

  
 The Aztecs
Following Moctazuma’s death Ahuitzotl came to power thousands of men and women were brutally sacrificed by being cut open and having their hearts torn out will they were still beating.
Shortly after becoming the leader of the Aztec’s Ahuitzotl adopted a non-stop expansion policy wanting to conquer all that was possible and as fast as they could.
The in 1503 Moctazuma II overthrew Ahuitzotl and took power of the Aztec’s.
daphne.palomar.edu /marguello_students/Fall_2004/mgilbert/aztecs.htm   (729 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Mistress of the Morning Star by Elizabeth Lane
From the young children on up, all had heard the story of how a younger Tenepal, with the ferocity of a jaguar, had led his warriors against the forces of the Aztec emperor, Ahuitzotl, who had decided it was time to bring Oluta under his rule.
My father's wife and younger son were carried away, along with many others, to be sacrificed on the bloody altars of Tenochtitlan, and the elder of his two sons was killed in the fighting.
He made a surprising recovery and went on to govern his people under the chafe of Aztec dominion; to marry the beautiful Cimatl, young daughter of the ruling family of nearby Xaltipan; and, in his old age, to become my father.
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook1484.htm   (1469 words)

  
 Montezuma II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Montezuma was serving as an official in Tolocán, to the west of Tenochtitlán, when Emperor Ahuitzotl died in 1502.
Ahuitzotl had greatly expanded the empire in terms of territory and influence following the unsuccessful and militarily weak reign of Emperor Tizoc.
Montezuma thus had the fortune of inheriting a vigorous empire that controlled most of central Mexico and whose influence stretched from the present-day southern United States to the middle of Central America.
phs.dist214.k12.il.us /phslibrary/sites/Montezuma.html   (994 words)

  
 Auitzotl - Money credit free info -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Auítzotl (sometimes rendered as Ahuitzotl or Axaуacatl) was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Chief Speaker, of the citу of Tenochtitlán.
He was responsible for the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after a weak performance bу his predecessor.
The Aztec king Ahuitzotl took the Ahuizotl (creature) as his mascot, but it appears the Aztecs thought of it as a creature in its own right, and not merelу a mуthical beast representing the king.
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 HISTORY OF MEXICO - AZTEC HAMLET: THE TRAGEDY OF MOCTEZUMA II - BY JIM TUCK IN MEXICO CONNECT
The Aztec monarchy was not hereditary and Axacayatl was succeeded by Ahuitzotl, a Genghis Khan type whose reign fell between 1481-1502.
Able, ruthless and bloodthirsty, Ahuitzotl doubled the size of the Aztec empire and is once said to have ritually slaughtered twenty thousand prisoners at a reconstructed teocalli, or sacrificial "god house."
On Ahuitzot'ls death, a council of nobles selected a promising theology student in his early twenties to be the next emperor.
www.mexconnect.com /mex_/history/jtuck/jtmoctezuma2.html   (999 words)

  
 Detail Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A warrior and idealist, Nezalhualpilli reconstructed palaces and shrines in his domain and lived in luxury with as many as 200 wives and concubines.
When Tizoc died or was murdered, Nezahualpilli again joined the council that elected Ahuitzotl as the new Aztec emperor.
In talking with Motecuhzoma, Nezahualpilli predicted the collapse of the Aztec empire, a prophecy that influenced the emperor.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=MES0854   (199 words)

  
 Sitios de Ahuitzotl | Información Pública y Privada
Auítzotl (sometimes rendered as Ahuitzotl or Axayacatl) was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Chief Speaker, of the city of Tenochtitlán.
"The great lord Ahuitzotl commissioned the finest artisans in all the land to...
Such were the festivities upon its opening that Ahuitzotl ordered the...
www.webs-de-personajes.com.ar /buscar.php?id_biograf=QWh1aXR6b3Rs   (170 words)

  
 TempleofFlesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Temple of Flesh is an Adobe structure in the Mistflower Jungles (particularly, in the Green River section of Three Falls, near the southern base of the Escarpment) built by the Ahuitzotls to trap their victims.
Main inhabitants are Thuksula ZombiMaster, who is guarded by Chemosit and thus not killed by the Ahuitzotls, his Vampire Bride and his Apprentices.
"Temple" is the generic Fu!suliashi name for the Ahuitzotl built Traps, the Temple of Flesh is the area of it inhabited by Thuksula and his Cadre.
home.earthlink.net /~bjoeledbetter/worldstree/Places/Mistflower/TempleofFlesh.html   (152 words)

  
 America and Its Conquerors 1300-1615
Montezuma was known for his aristocratic attitudes and may even have promised to favor the nobility; for he began his reign by dismissing all the commoners who had worked in the government under Ahuitzotl.
He went further up the coast to the Tabasco region that was part of the Mexica empire.
Cuauhtemoc, son of Ahuitzotl, became Mexica emperor; but as leaders died of smallpox, Cortes often selected the new rulers among his allies.
www.san.beck.org /EC-America_and_Its_Conquerors_1300-1615.htm   (20608 words)

  
 Aztec Exploration Summary
He saw the completion of the pyramid of the Great Temple, which he dedicated to Huitzilopochtli.
Montezuma, Ahuitzotl's nephew, was also a great leader.
Under his rule, the empire reached its greatest size of twenty-five million people.
www.ga.k12.pa.us /academics/ms/7th/playbill/Aztec/aztecsummary.html   (390 words)

  
 Big Big Real Numbers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
As an Aztec, little Ahuitzotl has his heart’s wish to be a great warrior.
There is a tradition in Aztecs that foundation of being very good at math is to know how to add really big decimal point numbers.
With this wish in his heart, little Ahuitzotl started to practice adding such big real numbers.
acm.uva.es /p/v104/10464.html   (259 words)

  
 Spaniards appeared.Mexico for Kids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tlatoani Ahuitzotl, one of the most capable of the Aztec military leaders, died in 1502.
Before his death, he recommended that the nobles elect as his successor his nephew Moctezuma, known as Xocoyotzin, which means the young man.
It was then, in April of 1519, that messengers confirmed the rumors: on the Gulf Coast, near Veracruz, strange white men with beards had appeared, traveling in canoes which were as big as houses.
www.elbalero.gob.mx /kids/history/html/conquista/aparecen.html   (90 words)

  
 Tenochtitlan : Ahuitzotl's Art Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
When you stop a guard to ask what all the fuss is about, he tells you the following story.
"The great lord Ahuitzotl commissioned the finest artisans in all the land to create this gallery, filled with a series of works of such perfection that all the world might marvel.
Such were the festivities upon its opening that Ahuitzotl ordered the sacrifice of a total of eleven captive warriors in the prime of their manhood, lest the gods become jealous of his possessions.
www.mit.edu /~puzzle/04/aztec/bae   (153 words)

  
 Mobipocket.com - eBooks for your PDA and Smartphone, Palm PocketPC Symbian
Amid the ruins of Ancient Mexico, a prophecy predicts the end of the Fifth Sun, the universal destruction of our own time.
Ahuitzotl is determined to fulfill the prophecy, to conquer both the living and the dead, while a ghostly pirate, a journalist, and a young boy fight to stop him.
Ahuitzotl is determined to fulfill the prophecy, to conquer both the living and the dead, while a ghostly pirate, a journalist,
www.mobipocket.com /en/eBooks/AuthorDetails.asp?AuthorID=3777   (194 words)

  
 Aztec Background Information .
The incredible story of a wandering tribe that was able to build an empire in one century (from the beginning of the 14th century to the beginning of the 15th) can be largely explained by three main factors: the Aztec religion, the thriving trade routes centered on Tenochtilán, and Aztec military organization.
In 1502 the ninth emperor Montezuma II (1502-1520) succeeded his uncle Ahuitzotl as the leader of an empire that had reached its greatest extent, stretching from what is now northern Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
The Aztec empire was still expanding, and its society still evolving, when its progress was halted in 1519 by the appearance of Spanish adventurers.
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 Important People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Their priests urged the leaders to conquer new lands to keep the gods happy with blood offerings.
The ruler Ahuitzotl had to pay money to the warriors to make them fight.
When he died, the empire was at it's most powerful, yet their was always danger of rebellion from those paying tribute The headdress of Montezuma king of the Aztecs, is made from precious stones and feathers from a tropical bird, the quetzal.
www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk /time/apeople.html   (350 words)

  
 AAA Native Arts - The Known Aztec Emporers
Cuitláhuac only ruled for four months, died of disease brought by the Spaniards.
He was the son of Ahuitzáotl, and nephew to Moctezuma and Cuitláhuach.
He was the last of the Aztec emperors and the bravest of them all.
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 BRIA(14:4), Aztec Empire, Edicts of Asoka, Rise and Fall, Africa, US Foreign Policy, European colonialism
The Aztec Empire reached its peak in size and power under Ahuitzotl, the fifth emperor.
The Great Temple was completed in 1487, five years before Columbus set out on his voyage of discovery.
By the time of Ahuitzotl, Aztec human sacrifices had taken on an additional political purpose.
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 The Aztecs. Mesoamerica. History. Mexico
The Aztecs formed an alliance with the lords of Texcoco and Tacuba and created what is known as the Triple Alliance.
Under the command of outstanding military leaders like Moctezuma Ilhuiamina and Ahuitzotl, the Aztecs conquered the center of Mexico, Veracruz, part of Oaxaca, and dominated the Soconusco territory on the border with Guatemala.
Only a few peoples managed to resist the force of the Mexicas: the Purépechas, the Tlaxcaltecas and certain Mixtec lords.
explora.presidencia.gob.mx /pages_kids/history/mesoamerica/aztecas_kids.html   (291 words)

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