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The Aztecs or the Mexica possessed a very fascinating history. Difficult for its lack of simple written languages matched with mixing with m...

They say childhood shapes an individual and the same could be said of a culture or a society. Its foundational myths set a people’s mindset,...

The Tepanec War served as the Aztec Empire’s debut as a major player in Mesoamerican politics. It eliminated its rival that created a void w...

The Tepanec War transformed the Aztecs into a major player in the politics of Lake Texcoco then throughout Central America. The War brought ...

Messengers from a nascent city of Tenochtitlan arrived in the sumptuous palace of Tezozomoc in the city of Azcapotzalco, the great power tha...

32,000 Voldemort-like looking people, without a nose and only a hole in the middle of the face thanks to a “jest” by a Nahuatl-King. Such wa...

Behind the blood curdling stories of sacrifice by the Aztecs lies a story of beating the odds, a rags to riches story. Here are 10 things to...

What do you search for a date in Tinder? Is it the face, the body, or hobbies and interest. The 2nd leader of the Aztecs looked beyond this ...

A childhood defines an adult and the same could be said on states, countries and empires. In the case of the Aztec Empire, their early tribu...

The chinampas brings out captivation and the poster child for Aztec "ingenuity". Here are 8 things to know about this agricultural...

An ingenuity born out of resourcefulness of the Mesoamericans. The Chinampas sustained Mesoamericans for centuries even before the Aztecs r...

They make the cruel Assyrians and Genghis Khan look like human rights activists. The Aztecs conjure up words of blood lust, human sacrifice,...

They make the cruel Assyrians and Genghis Khan look like human rights activists. The Aztecs conjure up words of blood lust, human sacrifice,...

Looking at the basic history of the world, why are we reading about the Aztec and not the other people? In other words, how did the Aztec ac...

The Florentine Codex in its Book 8 titled Kings and Lords listed the names and a summary of events of the 11 rulers of the Aztecs. Below are...

A powerful and feared civilization in Mesoamerica that faced the Conquistadors, the Aztec earned their place in the annals of history for th...

The Nahuatl-speaking people of Aztecs, also called Tenochca or Mexica, overcame challenges that let them built one of the greatest Empire ...

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1853) The initial years of independence of Mexico saw chaos and turbulence. Emperor Agustin I had been cr...

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna From a military man to a political leader of volatile nation. Never such a man had the ambitions and dri...

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna From a military man to a political leader of volatile nation. Never such a man had the ambitions and drive...