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A few years before Cortés reached Mesoamerica, Texcoco’s ruler died, triggering a succession war between his sons, and Moctezuma supported one of them.
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“so two years, three years before Cortes arrived in Mesoamerica,”
“the chief or king of Teshkokko died and his two sons fought a civil war for who would succeed him. Moxizuma stepped in and gave...”
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