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  1. Aztec Empire

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    The Aztec Empire, more accurately termed the Triple Alliance (Mesoamerican polity)/), was a Mesoamerican polity that flourished from c. 1428 until its conquest by Spanish forces in 1521. Dominated successively by the Nahua city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, the empire rapidly expanded its tributary network across central Mexico. Its political struct…
  2. William Of Orange The Silent

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    The Compromise of Nobles and Edict of Pacification
    Initially, William advocated for redress through legal and aristocratic channels. His involvement in the Compromise of Nobles (c. 1565) signaled an organized aristocratic opposition to the centralizing policies. When the Duke of Alba arrived with punitive Spanish forces, William initially retreated to his ancestral lands in Nassau.
    His return to the provinces in 1568 mark…