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The Totonacs had recently come under the imperial authority of the Mexica, a people later referred to as the Aztecs.
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“He arrives in the lands of the Totonacs, who had recently been incorporated into the imperial orbit of a people who call themselves the Mecca,”
“hence Mecca as we know it, but have come down to history based on their mythical origins in a land called Aslan as the Aztecs, so simplicity's sake, that's what we'll refer to them as.”Play from 4:39Report a misattribution
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