Aztec Empire
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: Latin American History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606)
- Geographical Location: Mexico
- Date: 1425-1521
Article abstract: Military significance: The Aztec conquest state developed into the largest known Mesoamerican empire.
On the eve of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán was the seat of the largest and most powerful empire to dominate pre-Columbian Middle America. Its status was the product of a long history of conquest statecraft in the central highlands of Mexico. With the collapse of the classic period civilization and metropolis of Teotihuacan (250-750), the central highlands were overrun by competing economic...
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