The Great Ones · Mesoamerica
Nezahualcoyotl
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Nezahualcoyotl

1402–1472

Poet-king and engineer of Texcoco; philosopher and lawgiver.

Nezahualcoyotl (1402–1472) endures among the great of Mesoamerica. Poet-king and engineer of Texcoco; philosopher and lawgiver.

Across the early modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.