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Aug 23, 2024 · The exact history of the Aztecs isn’t entirely clear. However, we can trace their origins to the early 1300s when a small tribe of nomadic people arrived in modern-day central Mexico. These travelers left their ancestral home toward the north, called Aztlan, hence the name Aztecs.
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Sep 8, 2024 · With this enormously expanded tax base, the central government became internally complex. The Spaniards described the palace of Montezuma II as containing 300 rooms grouped around three courts. Land titles dating from after the conquest give it an area of 10 acres.
Sep 8, 2024 · At the time of the Spanish conquest the dominant people of Meso-America were the Aztec. This description is based primarily on written documents from the 16th century but also includes some archaeological data.
3 days ago · This concise introduction to Mexica (Aztec) laws and legal system was written for Mexicolore by Zoe Saadia, for over ten years an independent researcher and writer on ‘pre-contact’ North American cultures.
3 days ago · Teotihuacan is known today as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas, namely the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. Although close to Mexico City, Teotihuacan was not a Mexica (i.e. Aztec) city, and it predates the Mexica Empire by many centuries.
3 days ago · Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec. Unlike other indigenous Mexican societies, these civilizations (except the politically fragmented Maya) extended their political and cultural reach across Mexico and beyond.
Sep 8, 2024 · Pre-Columbian civilizations - Mesoamerica, Aztec, Maya: The term Mesoamerica denotes the part of Mexico and Central America that was civilized in pre-Spanish times. In many respects, the American Indians who inhabited Mesoamerica were the most advanced native peoples in the Western Hemisphere.
