They did not erect temples and disseminate cultural traditions across the countryside as the ancient Romans or Inca did. Instead, the Aztec maintained what some scholars call "a cheap empire," one ...

Five hundred years have passed since the death of Cuauhtémoc, the last ruler of the Aztec Empire. To commemorate this ...

Throughout ancient Mexico, ceremonies dedicated to ... was the capital of the Aztec empire and the site of the Templo Mayor, a temple dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, in addition to Tlaloc, the rain ...

Created in an ancient drainage project, they were the economic foundation of the Aztec empire They are highly productive farm plots surrounded on at least three sides by canals.