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Forum: Literae Humaniores

06-25-2007, 11:14 PM

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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico

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Posted By Black Diamond Bay

Well they had flower wars with some of the...

Well they had flower wars with some of the surrounding peoples. They were arranged wars, scheduled, and the purpose was to acquire live prisoners to use for sacrifices.

Forum: Literae Humaniores

06-25-2007, 11:13 PM

Replies: 18

The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico

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Posted By Black Diamond Bay

Oh yeah, I read snippets of some of that when I...

Oh yeah, I read snippets of some of that when I was at BYU, fascinating stuff. This is the bit about where they killed the princess, skinned her and then one of the priests showed up dressed in her...

Forum: Literae Humaniores

06-12-2007, 09:29 PM

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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico

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Posted By Black Diamond Bay

It is fascinating. Some of what he has...

It is fascinating.
Some of what he has written is clearly backed up by archeological finds. There are other things he talks about that are really interesting that aren't the sort of things that...

Forum: Literae Humaniores

06-12-2007, 07:17 PM

Replies: 18

The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico

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Posted By Black Diamond Bay

...and apparently no one else knows what I'm...

...and apparently no one else knows what I'm talking about either. For those of you that like history let me just recommend doing some reading about the sun kingdoms of the Americas. It's...

Forum: Literae Humaniores

06-12-2007, 06:42 PM

Replies: 18

The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico

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Posted By Black Diamond Bay

The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico

Has anyone else here ever read the Discover & Conquest of Mexico, written by Bernal Diaz?

I know he wrote it a good 30 years after the incidents in question, and that there are some occasional...

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