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Getting the Aztecs is pretty good bc then you get to read up on the Tlaxcaltec too! (one of the reasons the Spanish were successful in Mexico was bc the Tlaxcallans decided to use them against their rivals the Aztecs instead of just killing them - they ended up joining the new nobility.)

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lemmy.world

I originally got "Galactic," but then I got a letter a few years ago with "Maya." But like...I think they stack?

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I mean, for one thing, the Rebel Base on Yavin 4 was filmed in Tikal, so they're definitely connected.

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Holy Roman Empire!!!!????

It was neither "holy", nor "Roman" nor an "empire"

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leminal.space

I must have been sick that day, I don't have an empire I'm obsessed over.

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lemmy.world

Not even 'empire' in the loose sense, like the Athenian Empire? 🥺

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Nah not even that, like they're all interesting in their own way tho.

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Ahem, I believe you are referring to the Delian League, the benevolent defensive cooperative centered on mutual aid and generous philanthropy?

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It was the triple alliance, also called the Tenochca Empire.

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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.

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