The Triple Alliance . . .

  After  a hundred  sixty  years  of war with surrounding  states  and tribes in the valley  of  Mexico 
Under  the rule of ( Itzcóatl ) - Tlatoni - He who  speaks,  of the ( Mexica - Aztec ) form the Great Triple  Alliance  in 1427 with the city states of ( Tlacopán  & Texcoan  ) and crushed there long time enemy
( Azcapotzalco  of Maxtla ) through  this  alliance  changed the fate and face of the people  of Mexico. 
    To keep the alliance  intact  they organized a tribute from the states and Allied tribe witch they ruled over distributed  3 tribes  equally  and a Temple  was erected with arranged marriages to aline  them as family. . . 
    In the picture  above  I depicted  figures of this alliance  from right to left like in ancient writing. 
 ( Netzahualcoyotl the young prince ) - Ruler of city state of Texcoan, a Scribe  recording  the affair  of the construction  & tribute, ( the Lord of Tepanec )  ruler of the Tlacopán speaking  to ( Itzcóatl )  ruler of the city state Tenochtitlan   ( Mexica - Aztec ) capital. 

 This piece  is a look into  the  past  back in college  I was kinda a pre-Columbian history  buff. spent  most  of  my  time  in research  and trying  to bring  to life the great stories of the Mexica  people - Aztec. 
   His was done  for the school  paper  at that time Mecha  at East  Los  Angeles  college.  The article  by and old friend  Richard  Romos on the Triple  Alliance. 

It was done with  Micro Felt pens point  1.0 on Bristol  flat 11 x  14  - 1993