The Aztec Empire was
located in the middle of
smaller civilizations, since
the Aztec had a lot of
power this civilizations
had to pay the Aztec in
some way. The things they
payed to the Aztec were
food, jewlery and
resources they could use.
Origins
The Aztec started they
were originally from
Axtlan a mythical island.
Then after two
centuries of migration
from the North they
arrived at the Valley of
Mexico
Eagle Cactus
and
Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli(the god of
the Aztecs) told them that
they would see a signal that
would be where their
civilization would stablish
this signal would be an
eagle standing on a cacus
eating a snake.. This signal
was an island in the middle
of lake Texcoco, it is now
known as Tenochtitlan.
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II was the ninth
emperor of the Aztecs. In
1517 he got the news that
strangers had arrived. It
wasn`t until 1519 that
Cortez and Moctezuma met.
He was imprisioned by the
Spanish and died in 1920 in
a battle against the Spanish.
Chapultepec
Chapultepec is one of
the places where the
Aztec established
before Tenochtitla. The
Aztec fortified the hill
but they were expelled
from the place by
neighbors.
Tenochtitlan
Tecochtitlan was the
center of the Aztec
civilization. It is located
in an island near Lake
Texcoco. At the center
of the city there is a
pyramid that is called
Temple Mayor.