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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aztec Hegemony?

[–] Waterdoc 4 points 1 month ago

It was the triple alliance, also called the Tenochca Empire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My point isn't that they weren't an empire, it's that they weren't Aztecs. The name Aztecs was given to them due to... drum roll... European Hegemony.