People tend to forget that, aside from the ritual sacrifices, the Aztecs - and a lot of other American societies - were WAY more advanced than those of the Europeans "discovering" them. Ulises Silva delves into this here.
The Aztecs had a major city, clean, using nature instead of subverting it. Of course it was buried in mud and made into what is now Mexico City. So much for beauty or cleanliness.
The Iroquois inspired our nation's founders. Except for the parts involving peaceful resolution to disputes and giving women power.
The Inca fitted together dozens of disparate tribes over a large variety of terrain in ways seemingly impossible.
But they were all savages and deserved to be wiped out, right?
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