Moctezuma, an aztec hero (Class assignment)

Moctezuma Ilhuicamina or Moctezuma I the Great (Flechador del cielo) (1398 - † 1469) He was the fifth tlatoani or Aztec emperor (1440 - 1469).

As the son of Emperor Huitzilíhuitl II in 1417 He assumed the command of the Aztec army, which maintained during the reigns of his half-brother Chimalpopoca (1417-1427) and his uncle Itzcóatl (1427 - 1440). Upon the death of the latter was elected sovereign Moctezuma Ilhuicamina Aztec Empire under which began an era of expansion, which was assisted by his classic allies, the small States of Texcoco and Tlacopan. Having defeated Cuauhtlatoa, king of Tlatelolco, which had tried to gain the throne Aztec, subjecting Atonal, lord of Coixtlahuaca in 1461, and destroy the cities of Chalco and Tepeaca, he extended his domain to areas of Guerrero, Hidalgo , Puebla, Oaxaca and Veracruz part, dominating throughout the highlands of Anahuac.

With these victories could consolidate absolute power, theocratic, compared with the predominant influence of the military nobility and priesthood. However, it was impossible to prevent a series of natural disasters, such as floods and famines, devastaran his rule, which ended lie in a new wave of human sacrifices to appease the wrath of the gods. Because of that, he began to call flowery wars (1450), which were annual campaigns against independent cities of Tlaxcala and Huejotzingo which were designed to capture prisoners to be slaughtered in their rituals. Since 1456, when all obstacles were overcome, the State Aztec regained prosperity and its capital, Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), met with a time of economic and artistic splendor without precedent. Despite its severity and authoritarian and his inability to rule the inability to give an efficient administration, Moctezuma I could earn the esteem and respect for his subjects and hold until his death.

He extended the territory of the Triple Alliance. He organized a system of taxation which allowed a city Tenochtitlan become very powerful. He was king of the Mexicas.

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