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History of the Aztecs Date Tuesday, Jan 31, 2017 Aztecs were a group of Mexicans who ruled central Mexico in the 1300s Legend is an unverified story handed down generations What else would you call a story that is not real? Non-fiction Legend says that the Aztecs were nomadic hunters until God told them to stop moving when they found an eagle holding a snake in its beak An eagle is a type of …? They saw this eagle on a cactus plant in an island on lake Texcoco, so they built their land right on it called it Tenochtitlan The Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus Huge pyramid shaped temple in the middle of the city What is a temple for? Maze of canals for farming Main roads had water lanes for canoes and rafts and dry land for people on foot Grew corn and other vegetables City had palaces, markets, playgrounds Hernando Cortes of Spain landed in 1519 Spanish said they had never seen anything so big in the world Were the Spanish amazed or disappointed when they saw the Aztec city? Aztec empire was from Pacific Ocean to Gulf of Mexico Many Aztecs died of Spanish diseases or in battle with them INSERT MAP OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE INSERT MAP OF AREA AROUND TEXCOCO