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  1. Make sure you read all the posts in a given link, even ones deep into seemingly irrelevant comment chains: Some of the best and must informative comments are there.
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  3. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2mp6jh/repost_in_the_old_days_it_seems_like_dissident/
  4. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3as1tv/how_did_aztec_society_measure_wealth/csfj68o/ make sure you read the follow up posts here, not just the first one
  5. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/248jre/were_the_aztecs_incapable_of_conquering_the/
  6. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1coe7f/siege_warfare_in_precolombus_americas_how/
  7. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/sipwy/how_were_crimes_investigated_in_the_past/
  8. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1jywzy/what_were_the_aztecs_overall_cultural_attitudes/?st=j5vp3a0j&sh=d2d6efc1
  9. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/732q6g/what_do_we_know_about_aztec_parties/?st=jcj18ubk&sh=c8d624f6
  10. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3or1nf/aztec_warfare_who_were_the_elite_warriors_known/?sort=top&st=jcnhi57r&sh=8a27c4d0
  11. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1o54yd/were_human_sacrafices_in_mesoamerican_societies/?sort=top&st=jcnhfkg7&sh=aa9f78a0
  12. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/745crd/did_native_american_warriors_have_a_specific/?st=jcjdf7p4&sh=b1fc5828
  13. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7lx2l1/how_did_herman_cortez_unite_many_of_the/?st=jeohcolx&sh=6dfda248
  14. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7hvw59/how_was_homosexuality_generally_viewed_by_native/?st=jcj1h33r&sh=5a9cb061
  15. https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalWhatIf/comments/us8k5/if_columbus_hadnt_discovered_the_new_world_and/c4y57ea/ (I disagree with 400-rabbit's assertion though that the Aztecs weren't an actual empire: They were mere a hedgemonic one, a la the mongols, rather then an imperial one_
  16. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zhu71/what_were_aztec_sacrifices_actually_like/?sort=top&st=jcnhgsnk&sh=09a27561 (reading all the posts and not just the main one is especially important here, though you should be doing that anyways)
  17. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/745crd/did_native_american_warriors_have_a_specific/dnw53yy/
  18. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7pwrf8/friday_freeforall_january_12_2018/dsl4z3e/?st=jcckcecj&sh=0ab636fb (he links to a lot of even better, previous posts on mesoamerican cuisuine here)
  19. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/22eyh2/how_were_the_borders_arranged_in_precolonized/
  20. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/43zn01/we_often_hear_about_aztec_kingship_and_moctezuma/czna3zv/?st=j5vpbcu9&sh=4888afc2
  21. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7ma58r/did_the_spanish_see_the_aztecs_as_racially/?st=jeohen26&sh=2a3b9726
  22. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/wep7v/how_did_combatants_tell_each_other_apart_in_most/?sort=top&st=jcnho5ev&sh=0fabdec9
  23. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1z6skp/did_the_aztecsincas_or_maya_ever_try_to_adapt/cfrfod0/
  24. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1aguy5/is_there_any_idea_of_when_human_sacrifice_became/?st=jclgw6qb&sh=49d4986c
  25. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2g82cl/i_am_dr_christopher_beekman_ama_about_formative/
  26. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5sfepz/how_effective_was_native_american_weaponry_and/ddfqnnh/
  27. http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalWhatIf/comments/19h5ld/what_if_cortes_was_defeated_by_the_aztecs/c8o9dmt
  28. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/82eymt/on_his_way_to_tenochtitlan_cortez_passed_20/
  29. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/487of5/how_did_the_aztecs_manage_to_create_beautiful/?st=jetjqumb&sh=1e1c8f3a
  30. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2t8dcr/were_the_tarascans_still_a_military_power_in_1520/?st=jeognwvg&sh=651d4b8d
  31. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5iwmg7/is_this_map_of_mesoamerica_accurate_if_so_what/?st=jeogokfo&sh=e6fbcfd5
  32. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/58ib0x/we_know_that_the_tarascans_controlled_a_powerful/?st=jeogp5bv&sh=f05091af
  33. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5hdqh7/what_was_the_tarascan_government_like/?st=jeogpg9m&sh=a46bc2a2
  34. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5e7c20/was_there_ever_a_state_in_west_mexico_before_the/?st=jeogpptd&sh=99f84daa
  35. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/56dzyp/how_validaccepted_is_the_theory_that_the/?st=jeogq8n9&sh=85aa637d
  36. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4evhja/native_american_revolt_rebellion_and_resistance/?utm_content=comments&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=AskHistorians
  37. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2pa7hf/civilizations_of_the_precolumbian_americas/
  38. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7wo8uv/not_sure_if_sfwhow_much_of_a_factor_was_rape_and/du2pfph/?st=jeogt8qd&sh=3052b9a3
  39. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6p3t48/was_moctezuma_weak_misguided_deluded_cautios_or/
  40. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/71vyx1/what_was_montezuma_ii_of_the_aztecs_actually/?st=jeoh48rr&sh=3c3fdb4a
  41. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ee1h9/wednesday_ama_mesoamerica/
  42. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/45uf6s/in_his_book_1491_charles_c_mann_talks_about_the/?utm_content=comments&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=AskHistorians
  43. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3irkqy/how_were_battles_fought_during_the_flowery_wars/?st=jeogwtpx&sh=512cb91a
  44. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1pmwda/why_did_the_aztecs_lose_the_battle_of_otumba/
  45. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7rfbiz/has_there_ever_been_a_three_way_battle_where_each/?st=jem4gqbg&sh=fcc8844c
  46. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1qufnq/what_exactly_happened_at_cholula_when_cortes_rode/
  47. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1r9kqj/what_were_the_fortifications_of_tenochtitlan/?st=jeoh4ymb&sh=ada31354
  48. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2dok46/aztec_warfare/?st=jeoh58p8&sh=7945553d
  49. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/591x5l/good_sources_on_the_zapotecs/
  50. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3rl76x/what_factors_made_uniting_upland_and_lowland/?st=jeoht38f&sh=a5ab1b35
  51. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1vbfy2/why_did_mixtec_leaders_travel_to_cholula_to_be/?st=jeohu3cn&sh=84e2fddb
  52. https://www.reddit.com/r/mesoamerica/comments/63n1az/the_triple_alliance_never_existed_meet_the/dfz0mr0/
  53. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1sq4qp/at_the_time_of_the_conquest_what_cultural_aspects/?st=jeonktjx&sh=20ca1f1f
  54. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/17qe55/why_didnt_native_americans_develop_bronze_iron_or/?sort=top&st=jetjsx9b&sh=69991887 (moreso for the responses to the top comment/other chains then the top comment itself)
  55. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/256w3b/is_there_any_reason_why_the_native_american/?sort=top&st=jetjqt79&sh=81ed1321
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  57. Pretty much anything here https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/nativeamerican and on the mesoamerica sub page, and the warefare sub page
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