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Extreme drought conditions affected at least 3 percent of the global land area in every month of 2017, an extent that had only been observed in just a few prior years: 1984, 1985, and 2016.
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The cultural area that I choose to prepare a time capsule is the Mesoamerican Empire of the Aztecs. I have a lot of interest in this fascinating culture.
The characteristics of the culture I choose are the following.
The Aztecs were one of the greatest empires during the Mesoamerica times. They traveled from faraway places to reach the region of the Texcoco Lake, where they founded the capital city of the empire: the great Tenochtitlan (modern-day downtown México City).
The Aztecs spoke a language called "Nahuatl," which still subsist until these days in some regions of central México.
Aztecs were known to be fierce warriors that conquered other lands and enslaved the people. They forced them to pay tribute. Aztecs were polytheists, had many gods such as Tlaloc, the god of rain, or Huitzilopochtli, the god of war.
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They hear all the cases not specifically selected for federal courts. Just as the federal courts interpret federal laws, state courts interpret state laws. Each state gets to make and interpret its own laws.
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the central highlands, Pacific lowlands, eastern Caribbean lowlands, and northern coastal plains and mountains.
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