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Mesoamerican people
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The list Mesoamerican people includes
Lempira (Lenca ruler), Tecún Umán, Tangaxuan II, Chak Tok Ich'aak I and Techotlalatzin.
The list consists of 12 members
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Lempira (Lenca ruler)
Lenca leader of western Honduras (1499–1537)
Overview: Lempira was a warrior, chieftain of the Lencas of western Honduras in Central America during the 1530s, when he led resistance to Francisco de Montejo's attempts to conquer and incorporate the region ...Date of death: 1537Nationality: Honduran
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Tecún Umán
Mayan emperor of Guatemala (1500-1524)
Overview: Tecun Uman (1500? – February 20, 1524) was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now Guatemala. According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish con ...Date of birth: 1500Date of death: 1524Age: 23 (age at death)Nationality: GuatemalanOccupation: Military 0
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Spearthrower Owl
Teotihuacan symbolOverview: "Spearthrower Owl" is the name commonly given to a Mesoamerican personage from the Early Classic period, who is identified in Maya inscriptions and iconography. Mayanist David Stuart has suggested that ...Occupation: Royalty 0
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Nahuas
group of indigenous people from Mexico and El Salvador
Overview: The Nahuas (NAH-wahz) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnicity and one of the indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. They comprise the ... 0
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Tangaxuan II
16th-century monarch of the Tarascan State; executed by Spanish conquistadors
Overview: Tzimtzincha-Tangaxuan II (died February 14, 1530) was the last cazonci (monarch) of the Purépecha Empire, from 1520–1530. He was baptized Francisco when his realm made a peace treaty with Hernán Cortés ...Date of death: 1530 0
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Chak Tok Ich'aak I
Ajaw of Tikal
Overview: Chak Tok Ichʼaak I also known as Great Paw, Great Jaguar Paw, and Toh Chak Ichʼak (died January 14, 378) was an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne on August 7, 360? and reigned until his ...Occupation: Royalty 0
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Overview: Atlácatl (Nahuatl Ātlācatl: ātl "water", tlācatl "human being" – whose death is sometimes put at 1528) is reputed to have been the name of the last ruler of an indigenous state based around the city of ...Date of death: 1528 0
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Techotlalatzin
Tlatoani of TexcocoOverview: Techotlalatzin (or Techotlala, removing the Classical Nahuatl honorific -tzin) was the ruler (tlatoani) of the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco from 1357 or 1377 until his death in 1409 ...Date of death: 1409 0
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Mixtec
ethnic group
Overview: The Mixtecs, or Mixtecos, are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state ... 0
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Cacique
Tribal leader
Overview: A cacique, sometimes spelled as cazique (feminine form: cacica), was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, who were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser ... 0
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Yax Nuun Ayiin I
Ajaw of Tikal
Overview: Yax Nuun Ahiin I, also known as Curl Snout and Curl Nose (died June 17, 404?), was a 4th-century ruler of the Maya city of Tikal. His name when transcribed is YAX-?-AH:N, translated "First ? Crocodile" ...Date of death: 411Occupation: Royalty 0
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