Once the Aztecs founded Tenochitlan in 1325 in Anahuac on a lake, they also started to absorb a culture. The Aztecs lacked a historical tradition of their own so they began to consider themselves descendants of the Toltecs and adopted their history.
             Along with the history of the Toltecs came the belief that Quetzalcoatl was the creator of man. Quetzalcoatl's name meant "giver of life". He taught the Aztecs the necessary arts and trades for the land. Another god named Huitzilopochtli whose name meant "god of war" and "protector of the tribe" constantly demanded human sacrifices in his honor. The Aztecs conquered the Toltecs in the final "War of the Flower" and made them slaves and human sacrifices to the Gods.
             The Aztecs would continually make sacrifices to the Gods because they believed that there were five sons four of which had already been destroyed, and in order to keep the last one living they needed to make human sacrifices to repay the Gods who had created them.
             The Aztecs were known to be great artists and sculptors. In fact their sculptures have influenced artists in modern day history. The sculptors made masks to suit the dead on their way to "paradise" in order to hide them from the demons and devil of the underworld.
             According to a myth of the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl had once made the gods of the underworld envious. So the demons, altering their image, came to Quetzalcoatl and showed him his reflection in a mirror. He noticed he possessed a human face. Now horrified by this image he left Tenochitlan thinking he had a human destiny and may not in fact be immortal. Quetzalcoatl promised to one day return.
             On the same date that Quetzalcoatl was said to return a famous conqueror landed on the coast of Yucatan with 16 horses and 508 and soldiers. This conqueror was a 34 year old man who was born on the province of Extremadura and const
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