Flower war

Flower War
Date	1454 – 1519
Location	Central Mexico
Result	Cholula and Atlixco incorporated into The Mexica Empire ; Tlaxcala and Huejotzingo lose trade routes
Belligerents

A flower war or flowery war (Nahuatl languages: xōchiyāōyōtl, Spanish: guerra florida) was a ritual war fought intermittently between the Aztec Triple Alliance and its enemies on and off for many years in the vicinity and the regions around the ancient and vital city of Tenochtitlan, probably ending with the arrival of the Spaniards in 1519.^[1] Enemies included the city-states of Tlaxcala, Huejotzingo, and Cholula in the Tlaxcala-Pueblan Valley in central Mexico.^[1] In these wars, participants would fight according to a set of conventions.^[2]

During the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Tlaxcala allied with the Spaniards against the Aztecs, being eager to see their longtime flower war enemies overthrown.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Isaac, Barry L. (1983). "The Aztec "Flowery War": A Geopolitical Explanation". Journal of Anthropological Research. 39 (4): 415–432. doi:10.1086/jar.39.4.3629865. JSTOR 3629865. S2CID 55463057.
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^ Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal; Burke, Janet; Homphrey, Ted (7 Sep 2012). The True History of The Conquest of New Spain (orig c. 1568 AD). Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. p. 356. ISBN 978-1603848183. Retrieved 7 December 2017.