The Aztec people dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries, speaking Nahuatl. They formed the Aztec Triple Alliance centered around their capital of Tenochtitlan in the Valley of Mexico in the 13th century. Through alliances and conquests, the Aztecs established a tributary empire that expanded their political influence far beyond the valley. However, in 1521 the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, aided by many Nahuatl allies, conquered Tenochtitlan and defeated the Aztec empire under Emperor Moctezuma II, establishing Mexico City on its ruins.

1. AZTECS

2. AZTECS
 The Aztec people were certain ethnic
groups of central Mexico, particularly
those groups who spoke the Nahuatl
language and who dominated large parts
of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and
16th centuries, a period referred to as
the late post-classic period
in Mesoamerican chronology.

3. AZTECS
 From the 13th century Valley of
Mexico was the core of Aztec
civilization: here the capital of the
Aztec Triple Alliance, the city
of Tenochtitlan, was built in Lake
Texcoco.

4. AZTECS
 TheTriple Alliance formed its
tributary empire expanding its political
hegemony far beyond the Valley of
Mexico, conquering other city states
throughout Mesoamerica. At its pinnacle
Aztec culture had rich and
complex mythological and religious tradi
tions.

5. AZTECS
 In1521, was the the Spanish
colonization of the America, Hernán
Cortés, along with a large number of
Nahuatl speaking indigenous allies,
conquered Tenochtitlan and defeated
the Aztec Triple Alliance under the
leadership of Hueyi Tlatoani Moctezuma
II; It was "The Fall of the Aztec
Empire". Spanish people founded the
new settlement of Mexico City on the
site of the ruined Aztec capital.

6. AZTEC CULTURE
 Aztec culture is the culture of the
people referred to as Aztec. The notion
of "Aztec civilization" is best
understood as a particular horizon of a
general Mesoamerican civilization.
 Aztecs of Tenochtitlan shared with
many other cultures of central Mexico
the agricultural basis of maize
cultivation, the basic social organization
dividing society into classes of
noble pipiltin and macehualli commoners.

7. AZTEC CULTURE
 Thecomplex of religious beliefs and
practices including most of the
pantheon, the calendric system of
axiuhpohualli of 365 days intercalated
with a tonalpohualli of 260 days.
Cultural traits particular to the Aztecs
of Tenochtitlan was the veneration of
the Mexica patron God Huitzilopochtli,
the construction of twin pyramids, and
the ceramic ware known as Aztec.

8. AZTEC EMPIRE
 The Aztec empire was a tribute empire
based in Tenochtitlan, which extended
its power throughout Mesoamerica in
the late postclassic period. It
originated in 1427 as a Triple
alliance between the
citystates Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tl
acopan who allied to defeat
the Tepanec state of Azcapotzalco,
that had previously dominated theBasin
of Mexico.

9. AZTEC EMPIRE
 Soon Texcoco and Tlacopan became
junior partners in the alliance which was
de-facto lead by the Mexica of
Tenochtitlan
 The empire extended its power by a
combination of trade and military
conquest. It was never a true territorial
empire controlling a territory by large
military garrisons in conquered
provinces.

10. AZTEC EMPERORS
 Tenoch (1325-1376)
 Acamapichtli (1376-1395)
 Huitzilíhuitl (1395-1417)
 Chimalpopoca (1397-1427)
 Itzcóatl (1427-1440)
 Moctezuma I (1440-1469)
 Axayacatl (1469-1481) MOCTEZUMA
 Tízoc (1481-1486)
 Ahuitzotl (1486-1502)
 Moctezuma II (1502-1520)
 Cuitláhuac (1520)
 Cuauhtémoc (1520-1521) MOCTEZUMA II

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JESÚS VÁZQUEZ LOBATO
ADRIÁN SALAS TROYA 2º ESO C