PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWe must expand the department and who it serveslemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1189
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minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoFriendly reminder that there was no Aztec Empire.
minus-squareWaterdoc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoIt was the triple alliance, also called the Tenochca Empire.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 days agoMy point isn’t that they weren’t an empire, it’s that they weren’t Aztecs. The name Aztecs was given to them due to… drum roll… European Hegemony.
Friendly reminder that there was no Aztec Empire.
Aztec Hegemony?
It was the triple alliance, also called the Tenochca Empire.
My point isn’t that they weren’t an empire, it’s that they weren’t Aztecs. The name Aztecs was given to them due to… drum roll… European Hegemony.