Part one of term paper
were the Native American people who dominated northern Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan Cortes in the early 16th century. According to their own myths and legends, they originated from a place called Aztlan, somewhere in north or northwest Mexico. At that time , who referred to themselves as the Mexica or Tenochc ...

Part two of term paper
... alliances, finally found refuge on small islands in Lake Texcoco where, in 1325, they founded the town of Tenochtitlan, which is modern day Mexico City. The term Aztec, originally associated with the migrant Mexica, is today a collective name applied to all the peoples linked by trade, custom, religion, and language to these founders. Fearless warriors and pragmatic builders, ruthlessly created an empire during the 15th century that was surpassed in size in the Americas only by that of the In ...