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808:Schroeder (2007, pp.3–4). See also the entry for
239:"), autonomous political entities formed by many
34:in general. For the rulers of Tenochtitlan, see
1070:Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine
882:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
554:of Tenochtitlan. Beginning with Itzcoatl, the
306:who would concurrently function as its ruler,
1159:Titles and offices of Native American leaders
1065:"Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique"
27:Ruler of a Mesoamerican āltepētl (city-state)
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1108:: General History of the Things of New Spain
454:), used to designate noblewomen including
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440:and other prominent noblemen, and
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1081:(in French and Nahuatl languages)
703:, omitting the indication of the
334:from a pool of four candidates.
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36:List of tlatoque of Tenochtitlan
1045:(PDF e-book online publication)
1125:New York: Chelsa House, 2010.
272:[ˈweːjiˀt͡ɬaʔtoˈaːniˀ]
1:
768:"pre-Columbian civilizations"
682:The term is commonly spelled
558:of Tenochtitlan was also the
208:, "ruler, sovereign"; plural
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451:[siwaːt͡ɬaʔtoˈaːniˀ]
433:[t͡ɬaʔtoʔkaːˈpilːiˀ]
368:". It takes the plural form
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1025:"The Annals of Chimalpahin"
995:University of Arizona Press
741:"Aztec Political Structure"
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644:Aztec Emperors family tree
279:, an alliance between the
45:17th-century depiction of
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1164:Nahuatl words and phrases
1038:; Stephanie Wood (eds.).
954:Stanford University Press
920:Stanford University Press
878:Aztec Imperial Strategies
876:; Emily Umberger (1996).
659:List of Tlatelolco rulers
495:During times of war, the
246:-speaking peoples in the
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1149:Royalty in South America
1051:Wired Humanities Project
1063:Wimmer, Alexis (2006).
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654:List of Texcoco rulers
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403:("rulership, realm"),
379:[t͡ɬaʔˈtoʔkeʔ]
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220:[t͡ɬaʔˈtoʔkeʔ]
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411:("royal lands"), and
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870:Elizabeth Hill Boone
830:"Aztec and Maya Law"
466:Commanding hierarchy
835:Tarlton Law Library
746:Tarlton Law Library
699:Frequently spelled
491:during times of war
58:Codex Ixtlilxochitl
880:. Washington, DC:
866:Richard E. Blanton
862:Berdan, Frances F.
815:2007-06-08 at the
794:Nahuatl dictionary
727:, in Wimmer (2006)
723:2007-06-14 at the
550:There were eleven
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419:("royal palace").
312:commander-in-chief
252:Postclassic Period
119:First monarch
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1093:Carrasco, David.
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186:Classical Nahuatl
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342:The term
338:Etymology
332:tlahtoāni
328:tlahtoāni
316:tlahtoāni
304:tlahtoāni
281:āltepēmeh
227:āltepēmeh
190:tlahtoāni
181:Tlahtoāni
170:Appointer
160:Residence
152:Abolition
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