They consulted with Native American cultural advisors to update the Native American civilizations. They've changed the names of the Sioux and Iroquois to Lakota and Haudenosaunee, replaced the Fire Pit with a Community Plaza, and replaced gold mining with the fur trade. Wish they'd give the Asian civs some similar love TBH...
This is related to CIV6 since after Humankind's and AoE3: DE's Haudenosaunee if "Iroquois" come back to CIV they would be for sure Haudenosaunee (so a "new" civ on the serie like Phoenicians or Gauls
).
I am 100% OK with proper names but we dont need to look far away to found civs that need better representation, "Aztecs" is also a wrong name for either the Triple Alliance or the Mexicas, since:
- Mexicas came from Aztlán, but not all the nahua peoples that came from Aztlán were part of the Triple Alliance, some of the fiercest enemies of the Mexicas were technically also "Aztecs".
- The history of Mexicas emphasize that they rejected being Aztecs after leave Aztlán and turned to be called Mexicas since.
- Everybody from nahuas to europeans until middle 19th century named based on Mexica not on Aztec. In colonial spanish land Mexicanos was of common use to reffer to all the nahuas, and of course this is the reason Mexico city and country have this name. I am sure most people have seen 16th-18th century map referring North America as "Mexican America".
So name the Mexicas "Aztecs" is kind like name English "Germans" and also like name Americans "British". By the way yes the name "Aztecs" is a blob/umbrella term like design on-game Venice and name it "Italians".
If people feel Mexica dont include the whole Triple Alliance so name them
Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān and we all can be happy. All these reminds me of why Byzantines and not
Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn.
Extra note, if everybody want to keep the Aztec blob so why not Nezahualcóyotl as aztec leader? I want my refugee, avenger, liberator, poet and garden builder Texcoco king. A culture+builder Aztecs with the Calmecac as unique building.
ANOTHER EDIT:
Also should not Aztec civ being about city states? The empire core was a alliance of city states, their empires was more a net of bullied vassals than a proper empire like the Incas! And save the widespread Tachtli for Zapotecs and give Aztecs Chinampas. People what so much potential for Aztec design, the only thing that I like about CIV6 Aztecs are the captive mechanic, but there are so many things that can be.