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desert,the Mixteca would never have had emigrated to the valley and formed the Aztec empire. The oceans to either side of the empire brought precious dyes and paints to the Pohteca,Aztec traders. It also brought about the end of the Aztec empire by bringing the Spanish. These different elements show how the Aztec culture flourished for so long, but also theyalso show how it brought about the Aztecs end. Without these characteristics, the Aztecswould have never developed into the huge empire and culture that they became. The Aztec empire is now gone, along with almost all of the excellent works that theculture created, the great lake, the center of the one world, and most of the Aztecmonuments have been buried under the slums of what is now known as Mexico city. Thefew artifacts

that did survive, only did so because they were placed in a museum or buriedand dug up recently. What a sad ending for what was once the most prosperous nation inLatin America. One thing has survived though, the Aztec language, Nahuatl. May it lastforever in defiance of the ones who tried to wipe it from the face of the earth. References: Blacker, Irwan R. Cortes and the Aztec conquest. New York: American Heritage, 1978. Carrasco, David, Eduardo Moctezuma, Scott Sessions. Niwot Colorado: Univesity pressof Colorado, 1992. Pg 49. Coe, Micheal, Elizibeth Benson. Atlas of Ancient America. New York: Equinox, 1986. Pg 125, 128, 130, 146. Jennings, Gary. Aztec. Avon, 1980. Pg 92, 220, 329, 354, 436. Oliphant, Margaret. Atlas of the Ancient World. Simon & Shuster, 1992. Pg 195,

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