The Aztec empire was a group of
people that came from a town called
Aztlan. They came from the north
trying to find a place to settle in and
be able to build a society
Chapultepec
Chapultepec was the place were the
Aztecs first settled. They were there
for a few yeas, and learned a lot about
agriculture, and architecture.
Eagle, Cactus, and
Huitzilopochtli
The god Huitzilopochtli, told the aztec people to
move, and find a special sign. That sign would
be were they should settle, and it would be,
where they saw an eagle eating a snake in a a
cactus. They found this scene in the middle of a
lake. This is where they would build
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan was the city built
over the lake Texcoco, where
the Aztecs found the eagle.
Tenochtitlan was the center of
the empire, and all the other
cities payed tax to the ruler in
Tenochtitlan. This city was
were where the Ruler of the
empire lived, and the nobles
came to attend him
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II, was the ninth ruler of
the Aztec whose reign was from 1502
to 1520. During his reign, the Aztec
Empire maximized its size. Through
war and conquest, he expanded the
territory of the Aztecs all the way to
Chiapas and Tehuantepec.
Tributes to the Mexicas
The towns owned by the Aztec
empire payed tribute to the ruler
and the city of Tenochtitlan. This
tributes were often beans, squash,
corn, crafts, etc. The amount that
each city had to pay of something,
varied depending on what the main
source of income of that city was.