Explore: Urban Aztecs

Aztecs (/ˈæztɛks/ AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec

which the Aztecs sought to repay their debt to the gods. Both Sahagún and Toribio de Benavente (also called "Motolinía") observed that the Aztecs gladly

Tetzcoco". It is important to note that since the Aztec Empire was largely built through conquest, the Aztecs had the challenge of incorporating the ethnic

graffiti, Aztec art, and Native American art. Oaklandish described his style as "illustrations which straddle and explore the juncture between urban graffiti

Urban legend (sometimes modern legend, urban myth, or simply legend) is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or humorous

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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. New York, New York: Thames & Hudson. Cohen, Sara E. (March 1972). "How the Aztecs Appraised Montezuma". Society

pp 235–236. Michael E. Smith, The Aztecs, Blackwell (2003), pp 112–114. Jacques Soustelle, Daily Life of the Aztecs, Phoenix Press edition (1995), pp

of Aztec myth. This tradition assumes that much of central Mexico was dominated by a Toltec Empire between the 10th and 12th century AD. The Aztecs referred

[citation needed] What the Aztecs lacked in political power, they made up for with ambition and military skill. In 1428, the Aztecs led a war of liberation