the day of the fall of Tenochtitlan), is used for most Mesoamerican calendars. Francisco Rodriguez Cortes' correlation, known as the "correlation constant", corresponds to the accounts and our ...

Around Mexico-Tenochtitlan lived many other peoples in ... the 500 years of darkness that plagued Mexico from the fall of its capital would conclude, ushering in 500 years of light.

After two years of treacherous battles and wreaking mayhem on the Aztec Empire, thousands of men lost in the goose chase for fame and wealth under the nobel guise to spread Christianity and Spanish ...

April 16th has been a day marked by a diverse range of significant historical events that have shaped the world in profound ...

Against all odds, this ancient game survived the rise and fall of the Olmec ... Ball courts in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital (in what is now Mexico City), were adorned with sculptures depicting ...

A climate in which science, art, and culture flourished in the Golden Age of Islam and the conditions that foretold the Age’s ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

Fifty years ago, on April 30, the fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War, sparking a wave of migration as hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to the United States beginning in 1975.