“Francisco López de Gómara never set foot in America, nor had he ever encountered Mexica culture. However, as a Spanish humanist historian endorsed by the Catholic Church, he enjoyed writing chronicles and official records about the discoveries his country’s conquerors had made in the New World.”
Andrea Fischer, Writer
The long-held idea that the Mexica thought Hernán Cortés and his Spanish soldiers were gods is simply not true. In fact, the story was a Spanish invention.
A shocking number of words in the Spanish language have Arabic origins: 4,000 in all. Lydia Leija examines the Arabic influence in Mexico, from language to food.
The ancient Aztec and Mexica cultures were related, but the terms should not be used interchangeably.
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