Mexico
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Current revision as of 21:25, 18 May 2007
Mexico is the nation directly to the south of the United States. It's a Spanish-speaking nation whose capital is located at Mexico City (or in Spanish, Mexico D.F., meaning Federal District, akin to our own D.C.).
[edit] History etc.
Mexico comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec people. Their leader was Montezuma. In the 16th century, the Spanish conquistadors arrived, led by Hernando Cortes. The Aztecs thought the Spaniards- these white-skinned, armored men with high-tech boats- were gods, like the one they worshipped, Quetzlcoatl, a type of serpent-bird. However, it turned out that they weren't. The Spaniards took advantage of the Aztecs' mistake by slaughtering them, burning their cities, and conquistadoring them. Montezuma was held hostage for a king's ransom, and then killed. Soon Mexico belonged to Spain.
But the conquisting didn't last, and soon Mexico was free. However, then the French came over and installed Emperor Maximilian III. On Cinco de Mayo (May 5th), the Mexicans won the Battle of Puebla, and eventually overthrew the emperor. Free again.
[edit] Trivia
- Bourgeois American minors frequently travel to Mexico during Spring Break to get wasted and party.
- Ambrose Bierce disappeared in Mexico in 1913.
- Leon Trotsky died in Mexico.
- The Yucatan peninsula is located in Mexico.
- Chihuahua is a state in Mexico. It's also a type of dog.
