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=== The Americas ===
* Outside of a few offhand references, there isn't a whole lot of mention of the Aztec civilization; or them actually being conquered. (Naturally, you can bet they'd all forget that if Cortes actually had his way, the Aztecs and Tlaxcalans would have been treated as Spanish Nobility). See [[Mayincatec]] for examples, of various levels of historical accuracy.
* Native Americans before the coming of the Europeans.<ref>And by 'Europeans", we mean empire-builders. Nobody but [[Farley Mowat]] cares about the Norsemen's presence in North America a half-millennium before Columbus, despite the archaeological evidence that they lived in Newfoundland and Inuit stories that they made it further into the continent.</ref> To be fair not much is known about ancient North America, due to a general lack of ancient ruins or written history to examine.
** Even better, when there ''[http://www.philipcoppens.com/egyptiancanyon.html are]'' some, they ''must be'' from ancient Egypt. Because according to [[Hollywood History]] everyone else only sucked their thumbs and waited for the Europeans' arrival.
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** ''[[Apocalypto]]'' is about the Maya and it is terribly inaccurate, but does have dialogue ''entirely in Mayan''. For starters, the Mayans are portrayed in warrior-like terms closer to the Aztec and the end has serious Unfortunate Implications, but ah well.
** ''[[Aztec]]'' is one of the most notable examples of a novel about the Aztec before Cortez, even if he appears at the end.
** ''[[The Emperor's
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