photography and Mexico's image environment, LibroThe capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban...
Discover Mexico City’s first incarnation – as the center of the Aztec empire – at these fascinating sites all over town.
See how the city's residents sought out chinampas, human-built islands that once fed several hundred thousand people, for sustenance and solace during COVID-19.
The sheer number of specimens gives us cause to wonder how the Aztec empire managed to collect and transport these animals more than 300km, from the coast to the imperial capital of Tenochtitlan. Starfish die shortly after being pulled out of the water, so the logistics for transportation had...
Excerpts from Geo-Mexicoon El Camino Real or Royal Road, the spine of the colonial road system in New Spain (Mexico) Aug042010 By the start of the 16th century, the Aztec Empire had a well developed system of “roads”. However the Aztecs had neither wheels nor beasts of burden to tran...
500 years after Aztec rule, Mexico confronts a complicated anniversary Read Who were the Aztec, really? It’s complicated. Who were the Aztec, really? It’s complicated. Read History & Culture Every year millions of miracle-seeking pilgrims visit Mexico City ...
Xochimilco, district of Mexico City and delegación (legation), central Distrito Federal (Federal District), central Mexico. It lies at 7,461 feet (2,274 metres) above sea level in the Valley of Mexico, on Lake Xochimilco. The name Xochimilco is a combin
This Triple Alliance was to rule the Valley of Mexico until the Spanish arrived. However, over time one city become the most powerful - Tenochtitlan. It would become the heart of the Aztec civilization. Essentially, the history of the empire is a history of city-states. As the empire ...
conquered Tenochtitlan and defeated the Aztec Triple Alliance under the leadership of Hueyi Tlatoani Moctezuma II; In the series of events often referred to as "The Fall of the Aztec Empire". Subsequently the Spanish founded the new settlement of Mexico City on the site of the ruined Aztec cap...
1.A member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. 2.The Nahuatl language of the Aztecs. adj.alsoAz·tec·an(-tĕk′ən) Of or relating to the Aztecs or their language, culture, or empire....