Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s ...

The Aztec Empire is among the most famous Mesoamerican societies that existed before the arrival of Europeans. Formed by ...

The Aztec Empire flourished in the Valley of Mexico between A.D. 1325 and 1519 and was the last great civilization before the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century.

How The Aztec Empire Was Built By Spies. Season 2 Episode 8 | 7m 43s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A network of traveling merchant-spies were essential to the expansion of the Aztec Empire.

Between 1345 and 1521 C.E., the Aztec Empire flourished in what is now central and southern Mexico. The Aztecs were highly advanced in agriculture and trade, largely thanks to an elite group of ...

But after the Aztec Empire defeated the Tepanecs from Azcapotzalco and began imperial expansion in 1430, obsidian types increased, showing how the Mexicas expanded their commercial networks ...

Created in an ancient drainage project, they were the economic foundation of the Aztec empire. Skip to main content. Scientific American. Special Offer: $1 for 90 days. July 1, 1964. 1 min read.

Clash of Empires, the Dark Knight trades his gothic cape for a feathered headdress and the guttural poetry of Náhuatl.

A new analysis of hundreds of obsidian artifacts from the Aztec Empire has revealed the vast trade networks that supplied obsidian, sometimes even from rivals.

Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded in 1325. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images: Public domain and Txllxt TxllxT via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0. As early as ...