Aztec Eternals

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-October, and the siege of Ottopan had lasted for a month.

The long rainy season finally showed signs of leaving, and the sky ushered in the long-lost sunny sunshine.

During this time, Shilot and Avit sorted out nearly a thousand commonly used Chinese characters and drew corresponding pictograms. At the same time, Shilot also taught these words to the warriors who followed him.

These words start from things in life, connect with each other in radicals, explain each other's meaning, and then gradually draw out basic abstract concepts. For example, the official official "temple" built with "inch" and "earth", and then the time concept "hour" derived from studying the sun "day" in the "temple".

Afterwards, Shilot had an idea and pulled the craftsman to work together to make the most simple and clear timing device, the sundial. Then he proudly showed it to Avit.

Avit just smiled and told him that this kind of toy was invented by the Mayan ancestors two thousand years ago. It's just that Shilot has not experienced long-term and formal priest education, so little is known about astronomy.

"According to the calendar we learned from the Mayans, a year is twenty months, a month is eighteen days, and each year ends with five bad days, and an extra day every four years."

Three hundred and sixty-five and a quarter days a year. Shiroute thought, I know this too.

The next thing is what Shilott doesn't know.

"The world was created by the gods, and the gods came from the night sky where the seven stars converged, far away from places where I don't know where to go." Avite sang a sacrificial song.

"Twenty years is one card year, and twenty card years is one Berk year. After sixty-four and one-half Berk years, it is the end of the reincarnation of all things, and the sun **** returns to the origin of the seven stars."

An era is 25800 years? Shirlot calculated silently. Gathering of seven stars? Is it the Big Dipper, no, the Mayans should be observing the Pleiades. The sun **** returns to the seven stars? It takes about 25,800 years for the sun to revolve around the Pleiades once!

Xiulott couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead. A civilization with such an advanced calendar actually has no words. This technology tree points.

"The sun is born and the sun dies. There are five eras in a cycle. The protagonists of the first era are giants who eat acorns, and it is the era of the four jaguars. The second era is the era of people, who eat pine nuts, and it is the era of the four winds. People eat lotus seeds, it is the age of the four rains. The fourth era is the age of people who eat water pu, and it is the age of the four waters."

This is what and what. Shirot rubbed his forehead and listened to astronomy and mythology.

"The fifth era is now, the protagonist is still human, eating corn, and it is the era of the Four Movements. At the end of the era, it is the return of all things, the world is destroyed in earthquakes, living beings die in floods, and the sun **** returns to the kingdom of God , that is the end of the world." Avett sang solemnly and mysteriously.

"The end of the world?" Shirot felt inexplicably familiar with the word, "The end of the world for the Mayans? 2012!"

Shilot jumped up excitedly and grabbed Avit, who was immersed in mythology and prophecy: "How many years is it until the end of the world?"

"I'll do the math. Don't worry, the end of the world is still early." Avette smiled, slightly surprised by Shilott's reaction. "It's one Berk year, six card years, and eleven years until the end of the world."

Four hundred plus one hundred and twelve plus eleven, five hundred and thirty one? This year is 1481 AD!

Shilot was moved to tears. He finally knew the current year, and his memory of history (European Wind and Cloud) could finally be linked with this era.

In 1481 AD, it was eleven years before Columbus discovered America, and thirty-eight years before the Spanish invaded Mexico.

In this era, the center of the world is still the Far East and Near East, where there are the most dense population, the most majestic city, the most prosperous market, and the most powerful empire!

In the Far East, the Ming Dynasty is at the height of its glory, and it is still in the prosperous age of Chenghua's new wind. It is breaking through the deserts and northern Mongolia in the north, conquering the Jurchens in the east, and coercing East Asia. , the disaster of the four great warriors opened a wave of partisan disputes; Japan has just experienced the Yingren Rebellion, the Warring States Period has begun, and the troubled times have come;

In Southeast Asia, the Ayutthaya Kingdom was in the prosperous era of the White Elephant King, and a series of reforms began; in the Java Islands, the Hindu Majapahit Empire began to decline, and the Muslim Sultanate of Tammu began to rise.

In Central Asia, the empire created by the lame Timur has fallen apart, and Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, is about to emerge to conquer the chaotic Delhi Dynasty in North India; while in the Deccan Plateau in South Asia, history counts down The second Hindu empire, Vijayanagara, was at the end of the first dynasty, and civil strife was coming, losing the last chance to unify southern India.

In the Near East, the protagonist of another world, the radiant Ottoman Empire is about to usher in its heyday. This year, Sultan Mehmed II, the conquistador of Eastern Rome, had just died. He had conquered half of the Balkans, controlled the Khanate of Crimea, and invaded northern Iraq.

In the next hundred years, the expansion of Xingyue will never stop, and the Ottoman Empire will continue to conquer Iraq, Syria, the Holy City of Palestine, Mamluk Egypt, the entire Red Sea coast, until it completely controls the trade between East and West, forcing new shipping routes in Europe exploration and development.

And the wave of the Ottoman Western Conquest moved forward repeatedly, conquering Romania, Wallachia, and the whole of the Balkans. Then they conquered Hungary, invaded Austria, and besieged Vienna, bringing long-lasting fear to Europeans that could not be suppressed.

On the Eastern European grasslands, at this time, the Principality of Moscow had just become independent from the vassals of the Golden Horde, and the Slavic nation finally ushered in the dawn of a new life. After integrating with the culture and blood of the Tatars, the expansion of the Slavs to the east will last for half a thousand years, passing through the endless grass seas of Central Asia, across the endless Siberia, until the cold sea of ​​Japan.

In Central Europe, the Kingdom of Poland was in the "Golden Age" of the Agiel Dynasty. The prosperity of the noble manor was accompanied by the development of the noble parliament, which has maintained the loose and strong kingdom since then; in the Holy Roman Empire, the great Maximilian I Soon to be emperor, he planned a difficult and protracted reform of the empire, and also used a carefully arranged political marriage to open up a broad future for the Habsburg dynasty.

In Western Europe, the Spanish Empire was born from the merger of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, and the devout Catholic Fernando II became the first king. The eight-hundred-year-old Reconquista is coming to an end, and the Moors have been driven back to North Africa. The eyes of the Spaniards, together with Columbus, will come to America, which is primitive and rich and full of future, with infinite greed for gold.

Even with the death of Prince Enrique, the Portuguese exploration is still going on, they are about to discover Congo, cross the Cape of Good Hope, colonize South Africa, establish a commercial station in East Africa, and then meet the Ottomans again in the Red Sea, and finally reach the rich and scattered India, established a colonial empire with a population of only two million.

At this time, under the lifelong efforts of Louis XI the prudent, the Kingdom of France finally annexed the Duchy of Burgundy, completing the hard-won unification. The Spider-King is about to die, leaving behind the rudiments of the French monarchy.

For the English who are far away from the mainland, the 30-year Rose War has not ended, and the reunification of England seems to be still far away. This small island also has Wales, Ireland and Scotland, and no one expected that there would be a future empire here.

In West Africa, after the capture of Timbuktu in Mali, the Songhai finally established an empire in Black Africa along the Niger River, and then met Portuguese explorers for the first time on the coast of West Africa.

In East Africa, the Ethiopians are still under the rule of the Solomon Dynasty, and the long rule will continue for five hundred years, maintaining the only cross in the ocean of stars and moon.

"This year is 1481 A.D., an age when nothing has yet happened, an age full of possibilities!" thought Thulot, "the center of the world is now in the East. The Europeans have not yet acquired the wealth and lands of America, and There is no counter-attack in the Americas, Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and even China. They are not strong yet!"

"I still have 30 years to come to unify Central America and welcome the colonists from far away." Sherault finally let go of his fear of the unknown, and the flames of conquest burned into flames. "Since I am here, I am destined to change everything!"

"Shirot?" Avette looked at Sherlot, who had been standing for a long time, with some doubts.

After a long period of thought, the boy finally returned to reality, then he laughed happily, rushed over and hugged Avette's waist enthusiastically.

Avette's smile froze instantly, and he reached out and touched Shulot's forehead with a look of disgust. Well, he didn't have a fever. "You guy, what happened all of a sudden? That's just a myth, the end of the world won't come."

"Yeah." Shulot put his face on his friend's chest and murmured indistinctly. "The end of the world will not come, we will change all of this..."