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DESCRIPTION OF MEXICO

Officially The Mexican United States, it is a country that belongs(concerns) to North America but in turn also to Latin America, Spanish America and Latin America. It borders on The United States of America to the north, and to the south-east on Guatemala and Belize. He, borders eastwards on the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea, and on the west on the ocean Pacific Ocean. In territorial extension it occupies the fifth position in the American continent, and the tenth quarter(room) worldwide. It is the country with the major Spanish-speaking population in the world, and at the same time, which has the major population indigenous to the American continent. The headquarters of the power of the Federation and the capital of the country are Mexico, Federal District.

mexico2 Here we have the flag of mexico mexico3 And here the shield of mexico

The mexicas, birth of the Aztecs and your trip:
The mexicas were proceeding, as it seems, of a place called Aztatlan or Aztlán, that according to several legends it means " place of herons ", for which, they are known better under the name of aztatecas or Aztecs, still yet when they preferred naming culhuas-mexicas. It is said that Aztatlan was placed in an island of Mexcaltitlan's lagoon on Nayarit's coast and that the group went out of there between the year 890 and 1111, they crossed first some regions of the north of Straw hat and later, following continuing the course of the river Lerma, parts(reports) of Guanajuato and Michoacán.

The mexicas were, atlacachichimeca, that is to say, " fishermen and hunters ", and it is not possible to reconstruct in detail the itinerary that they had followed(continued) until they came to the surrounding areas of San Juan of the Rio, from where one tells him with mas information up to his arrival to the Valley of Mexico. They had ignite habitually every 52 years (duration of a cycle in ,your calendar), a new fire; the first one celebrated after initiated his(her,your) peregrination was that of Coatépec, in the northeastern region of the Valley of Mexico, in the year 2 cane (1163). There it was born, according to a myth, the god Huitzillopochtli (Colibri of the South), son of Coatlicue who was a wizard who was producing worship to Tezcatlipoca, was his(her,your) commander and his(her,your) more venerated god. After him(it) they had other commanders - priests up to Ténoch, the last one, who supported Tenochtitlan's foundation and who gave his(her,your) name; though also it(he,she) received the name of Mexico, in Huitzillopochtli's honor or also known as Mexitlí.

MEXICO1 This is an image of the Aztecs

Aztec calendar The Aztec
Year consists of 18 months, each one contains 20 days, and every month tape-worm an own(proper) name; so this covers 360 days (18*20). Five points were adhered to the circle, which they are known like: Nemontemi and that are the days of Sacrifice.

The following circle this one composed of pictures or sections with Five points, probably they represent the Weeks with Five days. Later there are eight Angles that divide the calendar in Eight parts(reports), which represent the Sunbeams orientated towards the Cardinal points. In the part it(he,she) goes down the Calendar, two enormous Serpents enclose the Calendar and are Face to face. His(her,your) bodies are divided in sections where there are marked the Cycles of 52 anuses. A square this one carved between(among) the tails of the Serpents, in which(whom) he(she) is the Date 13 Acatl. This corresponds(fits) to 1479, the Year that the Calendar was finished. Eight holes turn out to be merry equally in the shore of the Calendar. In which(whom) the Aztecs were placing sticks(woods) in these holes in order that the shade was falling down on the figures of the calendar, this makes believe that it was used also to determine the Solar time.

mexico1 And here the calendar of the Aztecs

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