 The Aztec empire in 1519 during the reign of Moctezuma Xocoyotzin or Moctezuma II Image by Aldan-2, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
The AztecsAztecs Aztecs Ethnic group of central Mexico and its civilization This article is about the Aztec people and culture. For the polity they established, see Aztec Empire. For other uses, see Aztec (disambiguation). "Aztec" redirects here; not to be confused with Astec. The Aztecs[a] (/ˈæztɛks/ AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Aztec culture was organized into city-states (altepetl), some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires. The Aztec Empire was a confederation of… (Source: Wikipedia)
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