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Aztecs

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1. A Native American people who ruled Mexico and neighboring areas before the Spaniards conquered the region in the sixteenth century. Starting in the twelfth century, they built up an advanced civilization and empire. (See Hernando Cortés and Montezuma.)

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The advanced terrace system made the Aztecs self-sufficient in food, he says, “allowing them to create their empire.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The historical invisibility of the Aztecs began to be reversed in the 1920s, thanks to artists like Diego Rivera and his wife, Frida Kahlo, who celebrated pre-Hispanic culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Teotihuacán is an ancient city, home to massive pyramids, and predates the Aztecs.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

While her birthplace was not in the Aztec domain, it was an area where Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, was spoken, along with regional tongues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

The Aztecs had monumental architecture, elaborate record-keeping, exquisite art and an astronomical calendar superior to that of any in Europe.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan