020_College lectures; Page 17

(civil dimensions for a long time prevented
any external conquest) They
established a reputation for courage as well
as cruelty in war. Nearly a hundred
years from the foundation of the
city, an event took place which
created an entire revolution in the
circumstances, and to some extent, in
the character of the Aztecs. This was
the [subversion?] of the Tepaneca
monarchy by the Tepanecs.
[The Mexicans leagued with the
Tepaneca then conquered
the Tepanecs, and the territory so
acquired was given to Mexico]
[The treaty? made ^between there & [?] was offensive &
defensive. In the distribution
of spoil [I?] was to go to [?] and
the rest should go to the other two powers
in what proportion is uncertain.