Aztec View of History
Aztec history was not a single, edited view of history but was instead a multiplicity. It contained different perspectives and stories of the same events, often looping back over itself to show a panoply of views.
European conquerers overwrote these dense stories with a single, monolythic narrative.
- I learnt this from How Aztecs told history by Camilla Townsend, a fascinating article on Aeon.
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History-is-Always-Edited
Because [[Everything-is-a-Story]] and [[History-is-Written-by-the-Winners]], it is always edited and cut down, especially in the West which believes in a monolithic...