Forest there are characters who you should meet to understand more about them. The ones that I will be focusing on will be: Zitlally(Me)‚ my two sisters‚ Mamá‚ Papá‚ and Crystal. “My name is Zitlally. Estrella. Star. That’s what it means in Nahuatl. Nahuatl is what Papá speaks to me in secret‚ even though I don’t understand.” (Laura Resau‚ 2010‚ Page 5) I am 11 years old and I live in a neighborhood called Forest View Mobile Home Park. I have two sisters. Reina‚ and Dalia. My best friend is Morgan
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Comparison between Aztecs and Mayans and Incas Aztecs and Mayans are both an ancient civilizations that once both lived in Mexico. The Aztecs lived in the central part of the country and spoke a language called Nahuatl. The word Aztec comes from the language Nahuatl‚ meaning people from Aztlan‚ which was the mythological place for people speaking the truth. There main contribution they left behind is the pyramids and the culture. The Mayans were well known for the Written language that they
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are native to central Mexico where they were first called “āhuacatl” by the indigenous Nahuatl (Aztec) people. Though it’s physical journey from Mexico to the United States has been exceptional‚ its linguistic transformation from āhuacatl to avocado has been even more remarkable. The term “avocado” has changed in name and definition over forty times in the past millennium; first called āhuacatl by the Nahuatl‚ the term simply meant “fruit of the avocado tree.” However‚ new slang derivatives were
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I start off with a sixteenth century Nahuatl poem: “Nothing but flowers and songs of sorrow are left in Mexico and Tlatelolco‚ where once we saw warriors and wise men. We know that it is true that we must perish‚ for we are mortal men. You‚ the giver of life‚ you have ordained it. We wander here and there in our desolate poverty. We are mortal men. We have seen bloodshed and pain where once we saw beauty and valor. We are crushed to the ground; we lie in ruins. There is nothing but
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particularly in economics and politics. Aztec civilization was destroyed at its height by the invasion of Spanish conquerors under Hernando Cortés in 1519. The Aztec peoples‚ who spoke the Nahuatl language‚ survived and intermarried with the Spaniards; today there are still over one million speakers of Nahuatl in rural areas of central Mexico. The basic principle of Aztec social organization was the division of society into two social classes‚ the nobility and the commoners. The nobility was a
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Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe)‚ also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe; Nahuatl: Tonantzin Guadalupe) is a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary. According to tradition‚ Juan Diego‚ a simple indigenous peasant‚ saw a vision of a young woman on December 9‚ 1531. While he was on the hill in the dessert of Tepeyac near Mexico City‚ the lady told him to build a church exactly on the spot where they were standing. He told the local bishop
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The Conquest of America In the book The Conquest of America by Tzvetan Todorov‚ Todorov brings about an interesting look into the expeditions of Columbus‚ based on Columbus’ own writings. Initially‚ one can see Columbus nearly overwhelmed by the beauty of these lands that he has encountered. He creates vivid pictures that stand out in the imagination‚ colored by a "marvelous" descriptive style. Todorov gives us an interpretation of Columbus’ discovery of America‚ and the Spaniards’ subsequent
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the Toltecs‚ fell. The Aztec name came from their homeland‚ Aztlan meaning “White Land.” The Aztecs are also known as the Tenochca‚ which gave name to their capital city of Tenochtitlan.The Aztec language was Nahuatl and it was the major language in central Mexico by the mid-1350s. Many Nahuatl words used by the Spanish were later used in the English language: chile‚ avocado‚ chocolate‚ coyote‚ and guacamole. Near the southwest border of Lake Texcoco‚ the Aztecs saw an eagle sitting on a cactus and
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many natives after the conquest of Mexico were taught by Spanish Francian friars to read and write Spanish and Latin as well as to put their native language into Latin. Unos annles de la nacion Mexicana written in 1528 put native accounts written in Nahuatl with Spanish translation from the Franciscan fathers into one source. The Broken Spears included writings which traced back to the first transliterations such as Unos annles de la nacion Mexicana or The Codex Florentino and many other accounts. Anderson
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cups of chocolate drink every day. Some experts believe that the word “chocolate” came from the Aztec word “xocolatl”‚ which means “bitter water” in the Nahuatl language. It was spelled variously as “chocalatall”‚ “jocolatte”‚ “jacolatte” and “chockelet”. Others believe the word “chocolate” was formed by combining the words of Mayan and Nahuatl. When the explorer Christopher Columbus did his fourth trip to Central America in 1502‚ he encountered a
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