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| 5813265439 | Quetzalcoatl | feathered serpent god, would end the world unless fed human sacrifices | 0 | |
| 5813271311 | Topilzin | priest dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, confused to be a god himself | 1 | |
| 5813276896 | Tenochtitlan | marshy land that became capitol. now mexico city | 2 | |
| 5813280488 | tlaloc | god of rain, called chac by mayans | 3 | |
| 5813290670 | Huitzilopochtli | Aztec tribal patron | 4 | |
| 5813295539 | nezhualcoyotl | king of Texcoco, lord of the close vicinity, creative force that supported all the gods | 5 | |
| 5813305058 | calpulli | ruler of the city ward, kin group | 6 | |
| 5813308946 | chinampas | floating gardens | 7 | |
| 5813311542 | pochteca | special merchant class | 8 | |
| 5813316613 | pachacuti | inca ruler that started alliances | 9 | |
| 5813320560 | split inheretance | all political power went to one son, all wealth and land went to other sons | 10 | |
| 5813323227 | inca | literally means ruler | 11 | |
| 5813328619 | temple of the sun | center of the state religion | 12 | |
| 5813333355 | huacas | holy shrines | 13 | |
| 5813336245 | curacas | local rulers | 14 | |
| 5813341128 | tambos | inns set a days walk apart for armies | 15 | |
| 5813357246 | mita | taking turns for doing labor, building or mining | 16 | |
| 5813365502 | quipu | system of knotted strings for number information | 17 |
