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The famous "Star Wars" between largest Classical Maya Kingdoms, headed by Tikal & Calakmul, are often mentioned as causing political instability that alongside other factors, led to the Classical Maya Collapse. However, their conflict occurred in 695, many decades before the Collapse. So did it?	16	AskHistorians
In "Aztec Warfare" Ross Hassig notes that one advantage to a State acquiescing to Aztec dominion would be "participation in the Aztec trading network". Presumbly, however, trade still occured between Aztec-controlled and foreign cities, so what does this mean, exactly? Were there any other benefits?	12	AskHistorians
Today, we know of various subgroups of the Nahuas, who were the culture that composed most of the core cities in the Aztec Empire; as well as various Maya groups. Did other Mesoamerican cultures and civilizations have their own subgroups? + other questions about Mesoamerican cultural "taxonomy"	12	AskHistorians
How did the logistics/administration of tribute function in the Aztec Empire, and how does goods/"money" from tribute intersect with trade from the Pochteca to form the overall Aztec economy?	10	AskHistorians
What Tyrannosaurs do we know of other then Rex? Tyrannosaurus was a genus, Rex was only a individual species in it, right?	9	askscience
Do we have any reasonably accurate estimate as to how many indivuals the Aztec Triple Alliance sacfiriced per year?	9	AskHistorians
In Civilization 6, the Tenochtitlan Templo Mayor structure is included in the game as a wonder under the name "Huey Teocalli". What is the origin of that name historically, if any, or is it an entirely made up term?	7	AskHistorians
In Hassig's "Aztec Warfare" it is stated that a benefit states ceding to the Aztec Empire would get is "participation in the Aztec trading network". However, my understanding is that trade still occurred between Aztec affilated and foreign states, so what trade benefits were gained via submission?	6	AskHistorians
Can an organism be both venomous and poisonous with the same substance, and if so, what is the correct way to refer to that?	4	askscience
I recall hearing of a Conquistador account where an Aztec spear pierced a Spainish breastplate and the wearer was only left uninjuried due to it being stopped by the underpadding. Where is this account from, and do we have an idea if it meant an Atlatl dart vs, say, a Tepoztopilli?	3	AskHistorians

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