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       The Aztecs Civilization
   DIR By: Clay Death
       Date: September 25, 2016, 11:18 pm
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       The Aztecs came in the scenario pretty much around the time when
       the Incas were appearing as the powerful contenders in South
       America. Around the 1200s and early 1300s, the people in present
       day Mexico used to live in three big rival cities –
       Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan. Around 1325, these rivals
       created an alliance and thus the new state was brought under the
       rule of the Valley of Mexico. Back then, the people preferred
       the name Mexica than to the Aztecs. The rise of the Aztecs was
       within a century of the fall of another influential civilization
       in Mexico and Central America – the Mayans.
       The city of Tenochtitlan was the military power, which
       spearheaded the conquest of new territory. But the Aztec emperor
       didn’t rule every city, state directly. Local governments would
       remain in place, but was forced to pay varying amounts of
       tribute to the Triple Alliance. In the early 1500s, the Aztec
       civilization was indeed at the height of its power. But then,
       Spanish arrived with their expansion plans. This eventually led
       to a huge battle between the Incas and the alliance of Spanish
       conquistadors and the native allies they had assembled led by
       the famous (or rather infamous) Hernan Cortes in 1521. A defeat
       in this decisive battle eventually led to the fall of once
       famous Aztec empire.
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