# Ahuitzotl — WHE Definition Discussion
**URL:** https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ahuitzotl-whe-definition-discussion/5597
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**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ahuitzotl-whe-definition-discussion/5597 "2016-07-12T13:01:40Z")
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### Author:  [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ahuitzotl-whe-definition-discussion/5597/1 "2016-07-12T13:01:40Z")
Ahuitzotl (Auitzotl) was an Aztec ruler who reigned between 1486 and 1502 CE. He was one of the greatest generals of the ancient Americas and he left to his nephew, Montezuma, an enlarged and consolidated empire which had been ruthlessly terrorised into submissive acceptance of Aztec rule. With huge building projects and victories celebrated by mass sacrifices of captured enemies to honour the gods, the reign of Ahuitzotl was the Aztec Golden Age.
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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Ahuitzotl/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ahuitzotl/)._
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### Author:  [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ahuitzotl-whe-definition-discussion/5597/2 "2026-07-29T01:10:00Z")