The Aztecs[a] (/ ˈæztɛks / AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly …

Dec 10, 2025 · 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 …

Feb 26, 2014 · The Aztec Empire (circa 1345 to 1521) covered at its greatest extent most of northern Mesoamerica. Aztec warriors were able to dominate their neighbouring states and permit rulers such …

Oct 27, 2009 · From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious and commercial organization...

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 Mexica founding …

Sep 18, 2025 · The Aztec Empire was both magnificent and terrifying. It was a society of poets and astronomers, artists and engineers, yet also a nation that believed blood was the sustenance of the …

With the help of other local groups who no longer wanted to be ruled by the Aztec, the Spanish conquered Tenochtitlan in 1521, ending the Aztec Empire. However, many Aztec descendants still...

The Aztec civilization was the climax of Pre-Columbian civilization in Central America. Its empire covered most of Mexico.

The Aztec Empire, also known as the Triple Alliance (Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) or historiographically as the Tenochca Empire, [5][6] was an alliance of three Nahua …

Beginning in the 14th century the American Indian people known as the Aztec ruled a large empire based in what is now Mexico City, Mexico. The grandeur of the capital, Tenochtitlan, showed power …