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Javier:

--- Quote from: M Dogg on September 24, 2003, 11:12:33 PM ---After doing lots of research on my culture, Aztecs, or as we call ourselves, Mexica (me-sh-i-ca) did not sacrafic, or eat people.
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wasnt it called Aztec because of the mix between Aztlan and Toltec?

M Dogg™:

--- Quote from: /\ Javier /\ on September 25, 2003, 06:18:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: M Dogg on September 24, 2003, 11:12:33 PM ---After doing lots of research on my culture, Aztecs, or as we call ourselves, Mexica (me-sh-i-ca) did not sacrafic, or eat people.
--- End quote ---

wasnt it called Aztec because of the mix between Aztlan and Toltec?

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No, we called ourselves Mexica. The name Aztec was what another tribe called us. When the Spanish got here, they asked a coastal tribe, who are those people behind the hills, and the tribe said they were the Aztec people, which in that language meant "feather people". This is also how they English named all the Native tribes, as many of them did not call themselves what they are called now. The English, or French would ask a friendly tribe for their name. Usually though, it was an insult to the other tribe if they were rivals.

Javier:

--- Quote from: M Dogg on September 25, 2003, 08:15:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: /\ Javier /\ on September 25, 2003, 06:18:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: M Dogg on September 24, 2003, 11:12:33 PM ---After doing lots of research on my culture, Aztecs, or as we call ourselves, Mexica (me-sh-i-ca) did not sacrafic, or eat people.
--- End quote ---

wasnt it called Aztec because of the mix between Aztlan and Toltec?

--- End quote ---

No, we called ourselves Mexica. The name Aztec was what another tribe called us. When the Spanish got here, they asked a coastal tribe, who are those people behind the hills, and the tribe said they were the Aztec people, which in that language meant "feather people". This is also how they English named all the Native tribes, as many of them did not call themselves what they are called now. The English, or French would ask a friendly tribe for their name. Usually though, it was an insult to the other tribe if they were rivals.

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oh alright...thanx man

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