Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 3 months agoCenturies-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanishwww.livescience.commessage-square12arrow-up197arrow-down10
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkCenturies-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanishwww.livescience.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square12
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoAmazing that this survived in private hands. The Spanish burnt all they could find for quite a while for “Christian” reasons. So much knowledge lost forever.
minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilinkEnglish-6•3 months agoDon’t blame religion. They burned them to control the population and wipe out the culture. Religion was just an excuse.
Amazing that this survived in private hands.
The Spanish burnt all they could find for quite a while for “Christian” reasons. So much knowledge lost forever.
Don’t blame religion. They burned them to control the population and wipe out the culture. Religion was just an excuse.