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Also Known As Mexica • Culhua-Mexica • Tenochca

Did You Know?

  • Jade was the most important material to the Mesoamerican peoples but could only be found in Guatemalan mines.
  • The Mexica was an alternative name for the Aztecs and is where the word Mexico' is from.
  • Chili, chocolate, ocelot, guacamole, avocado, and coyote are all Aztec words from their language, Nahuatl.

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Aztec round dance
Tlatelolco
“Siguense veynte y seis addiciones desta postilla”
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Page from the Codex Mendoza (begun 1541) depicting Aztec education of boys and girls.
engraving of an Aztec with cocoa beans and chocolate beverage
temple of Tenochtitlán
Great City of Tenochtitlán
Aztec sacrifice
Aztec: Stone of the Sun
Examine the history of Mexico City, from the Aztecs to the conquistadores
Aztec: Tenochtitlán
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Ixtlilxóchitl
Aztec chieftain
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