Aztec Empire

In considering the Mexican ritual, we cannot forget that this is what remains among a primitive, illiterate people of a practice once widespread throughout the powerful Aztec empire. The ritual does not have the integrative synthetic... 

Under Heman Cort, the Spaniards conquered Mexico or the Aztec empire in 1521 (Prescott 1843). A bloody auto-de-fe in persecution of the native religions ensued, destined to convert the unfortunate Indians to the holy Catholic frith. ... 

Chocolate was introduced to Europe when Christopher Columbus captured a Mayan trading canoe contaiiung cocoa beans in 1502 (Jamieson 2004). Cocoa beans were used as currency in New Spain and were valued as a trading commodity. It was not until twenty years later when the Spanish conquered the Aztec empire that the true value of the beans was realized. Cocoa bean crops date back to the fifth century in the Americas and were maintained on a large scale by the Aztecs. After the Spanish conquered the Aztecs, cocoa drinking became a common practice among the Spanish ehte, especially with women, but did not become popular in London, Paris or Rome until the mid-seventeenth century. 

One of the world s most popular flavors is determined by a physical-chemical composition which starts with the seeds of the plant, Theobroma cacao, and continues with an empirical process discovered and perfected by the Aztecs, or by an earlier society from whom the Aztecs received it. 

The world has been shaped by conquest of one nation by another. The have nots have continually preyed upon the haves. The invention of agriculture and the domestication of animals in the Stone Age led to the formation of tribes tribes. The conquest of Cuba by Diego Velazquez, Hernando Cortez and his hundreds of followers wiped out the entire empire of the Aztecs at the start of the sixteenth century. In 1526 and 1527, Francisco Pizarro and 160 other men brutally conquered the Incan empire in Peru, and stole immense hoards of gold and silver. 

Classification Organic peroxide Empirical C13H26O3 Properties M.w. 230.35 Uses Initiator for vinyl polymerization, bulk/sol n./suspension polymerization, for cure of polyester resins and acrylic syrup Manuf./Distrib. Akzo Nobel http //www.akzonobel.conr, Aztec Peroxides Trade Name Synonyms Aztec TAPEH [Aztec Peroxides] Esperox 570 [Crompton/Olefins Styrenics] Lupersol 575 [Atofina N. Am./Org. Peroxides Atofina SA http //www.atofina.com, Trigonox 121 4tAkzo Nobel http //www.akzonobel.com]-, Trigonox 121-BB75 [Akzo Nobel http //www.akzonobel.com] t-Amylperoxy 2-ethylhexyl carbonate CAS 70833-40-8... 

Uses Polymerization initiator, crosslinking agent for emulsion, bulk, sol n., and suspension polymerization, high temp, cure of polyester, and cure of acrylic syrup Trade Name Synonyms Luperox TAEC [Atofina SA http //www.atofina.com, Atofina http //www.atofinachemicals.com] Trigonox 131 f[Akzo Nobel http //www.akzonobel.com] t-Am yl peroxy neodecan oate CAS 68299-16-1 Empirical C15H30O3 Properties M.w. 258.40 Uses Initiator for vinyl polymerizations Manuf./Distrib. Akzo Nobel http //WWW. akzonobel. com Trade Name Synonyms Aztec TAPND-75-AL [Aztec Peroxides] t-Amylperoxyneoheptanoate Empirical C12H24O3 Properties M.w. 216.32 Uses Initiator for polymerizations... 

Trade Name Synonyms Aztec TBPPI-25-AL [Aztec Peroxides] Perbutyl PV t[NOF http //www.nof.co.jp] t-Butyl peroxy stearyl carbonate CAS 62476-60-6 Empirical C23H46O4 Formula CH3(CH2)i70COOOC(CH3)3 Properties M.w. 386.6 Uses Initiatorfor acrylates, PS Trade Name Synonyms Perkadox BPSC [Akzo Nobel http //www.akzonobei.com]... 

Synonyms Butanoic acid, 3,3-bis ((1,1-dimethylethyl) dioxy)-, ethyl ester Ethyl 3,3-bis (t-butylperoxy) butyrate Ethyl-3,3-di-(t-butylperoxy) butyrate Classification Org. peroxide Empirical C14H28O6 Properties M.w. 292.36 NFPA Health 2, Flammability 2, Reactivity 2 Uses Polymerization initiator initiator for curing elastomers and for polymer modification thermoplastic crosslinking agent Trade Name Synonyms Aztec EBU-40-G t[Aztec Peroxides] Aztec EBU-40-IC f[Aztec Peroxides]... 

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