freeeYou OP t1_j9ibtf5 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:16 AM

Reply to comment by IDoPokeSmot in TIL an indigenous empire called the Purépechas (Tarascan Empire) denied an alliance request from their rivals, the Aztecs, when Hernan Cortez first arrived in present-day Mexico City. by freeeYou

I hope ur gma is resting well. Look up La Malinche. She was a huge contributing factor to his conquest schematics.

It’s crazy to think what the world would look like if they did form the alliance. Would Latin American countries be speaking Portuguese? French? English?

TheCloudFestival t1_j9koc6i wrote on February 22, 2023 at 6:02 PM

All of the Aztecs neighbours hated the Aztecs for very good reasons.

They'd never form an alliance, and the Aztecs only proposed alliances when they were personally endangered but otherwise spent their whole existence beating and murdering the ever-living crap out of their neighbours.