AZTECS AZTECS EMPIREEMPIRE

Maria Fernanda AndradeMaria Fernanda Andrade

From the beginning, in the swamps From the beginning, in the swamps of the lake texcoco, the Aztec city of the lake texcoco, the Aztec city state of Tenochtitlan was an island, state of Tenochtitlan was an island, grew in size and strength.grew in size and strength.

The Aztecs used warfare and The Aztecs used warfare and alliances to increase their power alliances to increase their power within the Valley of Mexico and within the Valley of Mexico and obtain building materials, tools, and obtain building materials, tools, and prisoners to use for human sacrifices. prisoners to use for human sacrifices.

In 1446 in Tenochtitlan In 1446 in Tenochtitlan has expansion of the has expansion of the Aztec empire, so Aztec empire, so Montezuma ordered a Montezuma ordered a great embankment to great embankment to be built to protect the be built to protect the city. Then, several city. Then, several years of bad harvests years of bad harvests caused thousands of caused thousands of people to die of people to die of starvation.starvation.

Two years later, the Two years later, the Aztecs formed an Aztecs formed an alliance with two alliance with two neighboring cities, neighboring cities, Texcoco and Tlacopan. Texcoco and Tlacopan. This "Triple Alliance" This "Triple Alliance" continued to conquer continued to conquer other lands, and by other lands, and by the 16th century they the 16th century they controlled an empire controlled an empire of four million people.of four million people.

When the Spanish When the Spanish come from Mexico, come from Mexico, have much population have much population in tenochtitlanta. in tenochtitlanta. Tenochtitla dazzled the Tenochtitla dazzled the conquistadors. It was conquistadors. It was more beautiful than more beautiful than anything they had ever anything they had ever seen on earth.seen on earth.

Montezuma is a emperor of the Montezuma is a emperor of the Aztecs, lived a life of pure luxury in Aztecs, lived a life of pure luxury in a palace with beautifully decorated a palace with beautifully decorated rooms. At meals , no ordinary rooms. At meals , no ordinary people were allowed to look at him.people were allowed to look at him.

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