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• plural of Aztec.

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 pictograms in the Codex Boturini narrate the story of the migration of the Aztecs, also known as Mexica, from their ancestral homeland to the shores of Lake Texcoco, where they built Tenochtitlán.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Aztecs continue to inspire Mexico City’s artists today, as I found when I visited the studio of Betsabeé Romero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The panorama tells the story of Mexicans, including the Aztecs, agricultural labor and people driving on freeways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Many were then conquered by the Aztecs who had migrated from northern Mexico.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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