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Artisan. Made beautiful bowls, masks, jewelry, and ornaments from gold, silver, obsidian, seashells, turquoise, and other metals and stones. codexes. Books of picture writing that recorded the history of the Aztec people and other information. Aztecs. Latecomers to Mexico from Aztlan.
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Artisan Made beautiful bowls, masks, jewelry, and ornaments from gold, silver, obsidian, seashells, turquoise, and other metals and stones
codexes Books of picture writing that recorded the history of the Aztec people and other information
Aztecs Latecomers to Mexico from Aztlan
Moctezuma Emperor of Aztec culture who was captured and killed by Cortes
Cortes Spanish explorer who was mistaken as Quetzalcoatl and defeated the Aztecs
Mayans Indians located in the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula that had their own writing system, calendar wheels, and died out around 900 A.D.