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| the people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is know central and southern mexico |
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| the capital of the acient Incan empire |
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| spanish conquuistardor who conquered the Incans of Peru |
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| a spanish conquuistardor who conquered the Aztecs |
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| an emipre that ruled much of South America prior to European rule |
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| set an imaginary line from the North pole to the South pole at about 50 degrees west longitude that gave spanish the right to settle and trade west of the line, and portugal could do the same east of the line. |
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| Ancient american indian people of Yuctan and Belize and Guatamala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architexture and pottery and astronamy. |
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| Aztec emporer defeated by spanish conquistadors. |
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| Aztec capital located near lake texacoco |
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| the treaty setting up the line of Decarcation giving the spanish the right to settle and trade west of the line and portugal the same rights east of the line |
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| The mayan fan folded written book |
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| Spanish conqueror of mexico peru or other parts of latin america in the 1500s |
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| land grant given by the spanish government to spanish settlers that included the right to demand labor or taxes from native americans |
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| a writing system using sighns and symbols used by the maya and other cultures |
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| a person of mixed spanish and native american descent |
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| knotted strings used by Incan government officals and traders for record keeping |
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