The Aztecs Practiced "Flower Warfare" ... Corts organized alliances with Aztec enemies, a plentiful population given the ...

The Aztec "Flower Wars" Were Way Less Pleasant Than The Name Suggests ... The Flower Wars were therefore held from the 1450s until the Spanish conquistadores defeated the Aztecs some 70 years later.

When Aztec high priests cut out the hearts of enemies and slaves, it was to honor and feed the hummingbird god. (If Huitzilopochtli was happy and fed, the Aztecs would be triumphant in war and ...