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- Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...Pharaoh]] [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (also known under his Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is oft...
9: ... in the [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
15: ...440 Old Royal Cubits (230.5 m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5 m. The r...
17: ...re based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angle of approximately...
22: ... was removed by an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo. - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistador]] who...
5: ...o]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another F...
10: ...ting the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in the New World.
12: ... the west. Governor Velázquez forbade him to invade the mainland (a privilege he reserved for himself...
14: ==Cartas de Relacion== - Teotihuacan (6370 bytes)
1: ...city dominated, which at its greatest extent included much of [[Mesoamerica]].
9: There is archaeological evidence that Teotihuacán had been a multi-ethnic plac...
15: ...Mesoamerica|obsidian]] and there was extensive trade with other regions of Mesoamerica.
17: ...in the [[New World]] after the [[Great Pyramid of Cholula]]), the '''Pyramid of the Moon''', the '''Temple ...
20: ...ssibly in prehispanic times. The Moon pyramid was dedicated to Tlaloc´s consort [[Chalchihuitlicue]] ... - Toltec (2981 bytes)
3: ...ion|Maya]] of [[Yucatᮝ] is heavy, especially evident at the city of [[Chichen Itza]]. Their pottery ...
5: ...lipoca]], the first god who is known to have demanded human hearts as sacrifice. Thus the Toltecs seem...
7: ...ecs]]. The ruling family of the Aztecs claimed to descend from Toltec ancestry via the sacred city of ...
9: ...he fall of Tula some of the Toltec retreated to [[Cholula]], which did not fall until centuries later when ...
11: ... by the Maya. Toltec rulers are said to have included: - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...d brought large portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the...
4: ...] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 wher...
6: ...és tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...on in both the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know h...
14: ...y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal. - Mesoamerican pyramids (5839 bytes)
1: ...world by volume – is the [[Great Pyramid of Cholula]], in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Mexican state|stat...
6: ...e shore of [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexico City]]. They were related to the p...
14: ...ur in a great variety of forms and functions, bounded by regional and periodical differences.
31: ...region is currently inhabited by the modern descendents of the [[P'urhépecha]]. Tarascan architecture...
35: ...ltecs]] but which now is thought to have been founded by the [[Huastec civilization|Huastec]] culture)... - Step pyramid (3866 bytes)
2: ... of stone. The term refers to pyramids of similar design that emerged separately from one another, as ...
7: ...shrine was provided by a series of ramps on one side of the ziggurat or by a spiral ramp from base to ...
13: ...ocated at Meidum, started out as a step pyramid under Huni structure. Sneferu's own later monuments, t...
18: ...cal basis. This is true of the [[Great Pyramid of Cholula]] and of the [[Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan]].
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