9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The History of Tenostitlan
The asheyak efly and its eggs were made up of 60 % pure protein, making them an exceptional dietary sauce as a snack. The mashika also liked one species of aquatic worms they called oquilita, which they toasted with salt. Drinking alcohol was strictly forbidden in meshika society. Punishments for being found drunk in public were severe and could even result in death. They drank something called pulke, a particular kind of milky alcohol brewed from the agave plant.
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