- Aztec | Calendar, Empire, Gods, History, Facts, Location . . .
The Aztec are a Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico The ninth emperor, Montezuma II, was taken prisoner by Hernan Cortes and died in custody His successors were unable to stave off Cortes, and the empire came to an end in 1521
- Aztec Civilization - World History Encyclopedia
The empire was kept together through the appointment of officials from the Aztec culture's heartland, inter-marriages, gift-giving, invitations to important ceremonies, the building of monuments and artworks which promoted Aztec imperial ideology, and most importantly of all, the ever-present threat of military intervention
- Aztecs: Empire, Culture Facts - HISTORY
The Aztecs, who probably originated as a nomadic tribe in northern Mexico, arrived in Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the
- Aztec Empire - Wikipedia
The word Aztec in modern usage would not have been used by the people themselves It has variously been used to refer to the Aztecs or Triple Alliance, the Nahuatl-speaking people of central Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest, or specifically the Mexica ethnicity of the Nahuatl-speaking tribes (from tlaca) [10]
- Aztec Civilization - National Geographic Society
The legendary origin of the Aztec people has them migrating from a homeland called Aztlan to what would become modern-day Mexico While it is not clear where Aztlan was, a number of scholars believe that the Mexica—as the Aztec referred to themselves— migrated south to central Mexico in the 13th century
- The Aztecs: A Civilization of Grandeur, Ritual, and Conquest
The impact of the Spanish conquest on the Aztec population was catastrophic Within just 10 months of the arrival of the first Spanish slave infected with smallpox, an estimated 8 million Aztecs had perished, a staggering death toll that decimated the once-mighty empire
- Aztèques — Wikipédia
La vallée de Mexico à l'arrivée des conquistadors, au début du XVI e siècle Les Aztèques, ou Mexicas (du nom de leur capitale, Mexico-Tenochtitlan), sont un ancien peuple amérindien du groupe nahua, c'est-à-dire de langue nahuatl
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