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NoWayNotThisAgain t1_j8gsfsi wrote

Reply to comment by histprofdave in [OC] New Mexico Now Produces More Oil Than Mexico & Venezuela by latinometrics

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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