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Altiplano:
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The high plateau in Mexico.
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Coatlicue:
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The mother of Huizilopochtli.
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Hernán Cortés:
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Spanish conquistador of Mexico.
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Nahuatl:
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Language of the Aztecs.
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Nuestro Se–or:
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Jesus Christ.
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Santiago:
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A Saint; Saint James. The cry of war of the Spanish was “Santiago.”
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Temenos:
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Is the sacred enclosure for the Greeks; in Tenochtitlan is the center of the empire. It is the center of the universe of the Aztec spiritual and material world.
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Templo Mayor:
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The pyramid with the two temples to Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli. It signifies the sacred mountain; the underworld and the world above.
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Tenochtitlan:
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The city of the Aztecs. Today is Mexico City.
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Tepeyac:
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Mountain where Guadalupe came to Juan Diego.
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Tonantzin:
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Several goddesses of the Aztecs dwelling at Tepeyac.
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Virgin of Guadalupe:
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A Virgin originating in Spain; Patron of the Mexicans.
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Juan Diego:
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Native that spoke with the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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