PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWe must expand the department and who it serveslemmy.worldimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down15
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minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoFriendly reminder that there was no Aztec Empire.
minus-squareWaterdoclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt was the triple alliance, also called the Tenochca Empire.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 months 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.