USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Aztecs appeared in Mesoamerica –as the south-central region of pre-Columbian Mexico is known–in the early 13th century. Their arrival came just after, or perhaps helped bring about, the fall of the previously dominant Mesoamerican civilization, the Toltecs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Aztecs (/ˈæztɛks/) were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th century. They were a civilization with a rich mythology and cultural heritage. Their capital was Tenochtitlan on the shore of Lake Texcoco – the site of modern-day Mexico City.

Detailed explanation-4: -Originally Answered: Are mexicans aztecs? No. There is a 300 year span of difference between the fall of Tenochtitlan and the fundation of Mexico. And Aztecs were just one tribe of many in what’s today called Mexico.

Detailed explanation-5: -What were the Aztecs’ true origins? The Aztecs actually called themselves the Mexica (Me-SHEE-ka), and they came from what is today the American Southwest. Because of a common origin, the Mexica language shares features with those of the Hopi and the Utes.