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Prehispanic Mexican cultures smelted bronze for ritual items, domestic tools & some weapons While decrying sacrifices, Cortes and others praised their cities, art and societies; comparing them to ones from Renaissance Italy, Spain and Ancient Greece/Rome https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/the-history-of-the-americas/the-conquest-of-mexico/letters-from-hernan-cortes/cortes-describes-tenochtitlan https://www.google.com/books/edition/Letters_from_Mexico/4_2JuxPFXkEC?gbpv=1&bsq=%22The%20city%20is%20so%20big%22%20%22remarkable%22%20%22larger%20than%20Granada%22%20%22much%20stronger%22%20%22many%20more%20people%22%20%22as%20well%20laid%20out%20as%20in%20any%22%20%22marketplace%20in%20the%20world%22%20%22as%20good%20as%20the%20best%20in%20Spain%22 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Five_Letters_1519_1526/sHE-AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Finally,%20good%20order%20and%20an%20efficient%20police%20system%20are%20maintained%22%20%22they%20behave%20as%20people%20of%20sense%20and%20reason%22%20%22government%20so%20far%20observed%22%20%22resembles%20very%20much%20the%20republics%20of%20Venice%22 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cultures_of_Collecting/N3QlY_U-fFUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22perfection%20of%20Aztec%20gold%22%20%22the%20best%20of%20their%20painters%22%20%22compared%20with%20those%20of%20Greece,%20Italy,%20and%20Spain%22%20%22such%20magnificent%20painters%20and%20carvers%22%20%22Michelangelo%22%20%22they%20would%20be%20counted%20in%20the%20same%20rank%22 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_Conquest_of_New_Spain/-Rs_bpln5lIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22entered%20the%20city%20of%20Iztapalapa%22%20%22the%20palaces%22%20%22spacious%20and%20well%20built%22%20%22beautiful%20stonework%22%20%22sweet-scented%20trees%22%20%22great%20rooms%20and%20courts,%20wonderful%20to%20behold%22%20%22garden,%20which%20was%22%20%22a%20wonderful%20thing%20to%20see%20and%20walk%20in%22 https://www.quora.com/Did-the-Aztecs-know-metallurgy/answer/Jonathan-Hall-6 http://etzakutarakua.colmich.edu.mx/proyectos/relaciondemichoacan/rm/indiceRM2.asp?id=51&mostrar=2#:~:text=Y%0Allevaban%20estas%20varas%20los%20valientes%20hombres%20y%20toda%20la%20gente%20lle%2D%0Avaba%20unas%20porras%20de%20encina.%20Otros%2C%20en%20las%20cabezas%20de%20aquellas%20porras%2C%0Apon%C3%ADan%20muchas%20puyas%20de%20cobre%2C%20agudas. https://mapas.wired-humanities.org/xico/elements/xico10/000#overlay=xico/elements/xico10/016
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