Inside All About History 121: How a series of tribes in Central America built a superpower of the age in the Aztec Empire
In All About History issue 121 , on sale now, you can explore the rise of the Aztec Empire, from its simple origins to the massive Central American superpower that it became. Learn about how its society was structured, how its military dominated the region and how people lived their daily lives.
Rise of the Aztec EmpireAt their height, around A.D. 1500, the Aztecs controlled a large amount of territory in central Mexico. They grew their empire through military conquest."According to their own histories, military power [was] the main advantage they had," Davide Domenici, an anthropology professor at the University of Bologna, told All About History.
Defining who exactly the Aztecs were can be complicated. The word"Aztec" comes from the Nahuatl language and means"people from Aztlan". David Carrasco, author of"The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction" , describes Aztlan as the"revered place of origin of the various ethnic groups who eventually dominated central Mexico in the century before the arrival of Europeans.
The people whom we call Aztecs didn't use that word to describe themselves. They would sometimes use words linked to various ethnic groups that they belonged to such as the Mexica, who were based around the city of Tenochtitlán and became the most powerful Aztec group.
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