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The heart and drive of the 15th century Central American Indians produced a burning fire to unite and find the naturally richest place to live. The evident greatness with which they lived their lives was tragically destroyed by the invading Spanish Conquistadores ....

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.... lost heart, anxiously waiting for death, the short death of every day: and the grinding bad luck of every day was like a black cup that they drank, with their hands shaking.(Bly 71) In the early 1400's the Colhua-Mexica, Mexica, and Tenochca tribes migrated into the Valley of Mexico which is present day Mexico City(World Book 1004). The valley was about 7,000 feet above sea level and covered, for the most part, by water(World Book 1006). These three tribes united as the Aztec Empire following several concerted victories over neighboring tribes. The largest city in the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan which covered a large island in ....