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Aztecs

Aztec pyramid at Acatitlan, Mexico State
The Aztec Sun Stone, also known as the Aztec Calendar Stone, at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

The Aztecs were Native American people who lived in Mesoamerica. They ruled the Aztec Empire from the 14th century to the 16th century.[1]

The name "Aztec" comes from the phrase "people from Aztlan". Legends say that Aztlan was the first place the Aztecs ever lived. "Aztlan" means "place of the herons" in the Nahuatl language.[2]p. 8

Often the term "Aztec" refers just to the people of Tenochtitlan. This was a city on an island in Lake Texcoco. These people called themselves the Mexica which is why the country is called Mexico, or the Nahua which is why their language is called Nahuatl.[3]

  1. ↑ Berdan, Frances (1982). "The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society." Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. ISBN 0-03-055736-4.
  2. ↑ Somervill, Barbara A. (2009). Great Empires of the Past: Empire of the Aztecs. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1604131499.
  3. ↑ Hansen, Valerie; & Curtis, Kenneth R. (2015). Voyages in World History, Volume I. Centgage Learning. p. 326. ISBN 978-1305537712.
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