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Edo is the ancient name for Tokyo. During the reign of the Tokugawa Shoguns, Japan's emperor reigned in secluded majesty at the imperial capital in Kyoto. However, the true center of power, government, the economy and social life was Edo, where the Shogun lived and ruled the country. For most people in Japan, Edo is more than just a historical city. It also has a symbolic image and meaning. It represents nearly everything that they consider a part of their traditional culture.

Aztecs people were known as Tenkos. This was the title for them. As per Aztec calendar, there were 265 days in a year. They used Souhalt as their common language and used pictographic writings.

Monumental architecture, complex religious ritual, widespread agriculture, and highly organized urban society.

They both were conquered by the Spaniards.

The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries. With the decline of the Toltec civilization came political fragmentation in the Valley of Mexico, and into this new game of political contenders for the Toltec throne stepped outsiders: the Aztec. Newcomers to the Valley of Mexico, they were seen as crude and unrefined in the eyes of the existing Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the fallen Toltec empire. Latecomers to Mexico's central plateau, the Aztecs thought of themselves as heirs to the prestigious civilizations that had preceded them, much as Charlemagne did with respect to the fallen Roman Empire.

The Tenkos were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Tenkos  peoples included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Tenkos culture was organized into city-states some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires.

Mayan people were not familiar with the use of iron metal. Mayan smiths worked primarily in copper during the initial period, with some low-arsenic alloys, as well as occasional use of silver and gold. The Maya used stone tools fabricated from chert and obsidian instead of iron tools. The unawareness of Mayas about the Iron metal can be attributed to the lack of available iron ore in their geographical domain.

The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played since 1400 BC by the indigenous people of Ancient Mesoamerica. This game was also called the Maya ball game because of its influence in the political, religious, and social life of the Mayas. This ball game has its association with the Mesoamerican mythology also.