 Tlaxcala (Nahua state)

Tlaxcala ( "place of maize tortillas") was a pre-Columbian city and state in central Mexico.During the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Tlaxcala allied with the Spaniards against the Aztecs, supplying a large contingent for – and at times the majority of – the Spanish-led army that eventually destroyed the Aztec empire.