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ILLRATEDATBUTT t1_j8fh7xu wrote

Damm old mexico cant keep up

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ACorania t1_j8flp1l wrote

Fun fact: New Mexico is older than the country of Mexico. They were both named after a valley of Mexico down were present day Mexico City is.

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taladrovw t1_j8fw90p wrote

The name is older, not the state itslef

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Bmw-invader t1_j8hdh46 wrote

Ehhh it was named New Mexico when it was literally still part of “old” Mexico (new Spain). It’s not like the American state of New Mexico is older that the country of Mexico. It wasn’t even part of the US yet when it was named.

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waiver t1_j8i788u wrote

The Kingdom of Mexico is older than the province of New Mexico, the country Mexico is older than the state of New Mexico.

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pierced_mirror t1_jabt0ig wrote

Valley of Mexico was so named because of the City State of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. In the colonial period former Aztec empire lands became the Kingdom of Mexico which fell under the Viceroy. It's poor history to say that Mexico is an invention of the 19th century or that New Mexico is older than Mexico.

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histprofdave t1_j8gicrz wrote

Hey what do you know, there's a NEW Mexico!

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NoWayNotThisAgain t1_j8gsfsi wrote

New Mexico was New Mexico before Mexico was Mexico. True story.

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mjvc t1_j8ig411 wrote

So it's relation to the nahuatl language is a lie...

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pierced_mirror t1_jabt6dz wrote

Mexico was the name of the capital of the Mexica empire. Their former possessions then became the Kingdom of Mexico under the viceroy until the 19th century. Please stop lying.

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NoWayNotThisAgain t1_jabuhv0 wrote

You’re wrong lol.

It was the name of a valley in the Aztec empire and New Mexico had the name long before Mexico did.

the name "Mexico" itself derives from Nahuatl, and in that language it originally referred to the heartland of the Empire of the Mexicas (Aztec Empire) in the Valley of Mexico

While there were a number of pre-Colombian civilizations that built cities there, the city in the valley that everyone (well… everyone who is educated) has heard of was called Tenochititlan.

A simple google search could have stopped you from making a fool of yourself lol 😂😂😂

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pierced_mirror t1_jaf33ar wrote

And the capital of the Aztec empire was in the Valley of Mexico. No other STATE called itself Mexico. We are talking about political creations, not the names of Valleys. What does it feel like to not even know how to think clearly and come to logical conclusions, clown?

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Corundrom t1_j8gucaj wrote

Fun fact, new Mexico is older than mexico

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No-Concert4588 t1_j8h69ly wrote

So new mexico is actually old mexico?

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Corundrom t1_j8h764r wrote

Old Mexico is the canyon, New Mexico is new Mexico, and Mexico is new new mexico

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