Editing Moctezuma I (section)

=== Flower War ===
[[File:War_between_Tenochtitlan_and_Chalco.jpg|thumb|War between Tenochtitlan and Chalco<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/moctezuma-ilhuicamina-el-que-se-muestra-enojado-el-que-flecha-al-cielo-1440-1469|title=Moctezuma Ilhuicamina, "El que se muestra enojado, el que flecha al cielo" (1440-1469)|date=2016-07-05|work=Arqueología Mexicana|access-date=2018-04-08|language=es}}</ref>]]
After the famine ravaged through Aztec agricultural resources, a series of conflicts, known as the [[Flower war|Flower War]], involved the Triple Alliance and the city-states of Huejotzingo, Tlaxcala, Cholula, in the Tlaxcala-Pueblan Valley of central Mexico. Believing the famine to have occurred due to their gods' anger, Moctezuma supported the order for an increase of human sacrifices to please them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/aztec-and-maya-law|title=Tarlton Law Library: Exhibit - Aztec and Maya Law: Introduction|last=Hilkin|first=Liz|website=tarlton.law.utexas.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref> Thus began the war to accumulate as many victims as possible for sacrifice. The war lasted until the Spanish arrived and recruited enemies of the Triple Alliance to conquer all of Mexico. In preparation for the war, Moctezuma would issue three declarations of war and provide weapons to the enemy region. If the last declaration was not accepted by the enemy region, then within 20 days the Aztecs would attack.