Before their defeat by the Spanish in 1521, the triple alliance ruled Mesoamerica through complex trade networks—and warfare. HISTORY MAGAZINE It’s complicated.

The Aztecs were big fans of obsidian, and often used the razor-sharp volcanic glass to slice through the chests of human sacrifices in order to extract the still-beating heart. Such was their love ...

Álvaro Enrigue's new novel, "You Dreamed of Empires," recounts the fateful meeting of Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma that doomed the Aztec civilizations.

An artistic rendering of the retreat of Hernán Cortés from Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital, in 1520. The Spanish conquistador led an expedition to present-day Mexico, landing in 1519.

How The Aztec Empire Was Built By Spies. Season 2 Episode 8 | 7m 43s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A network of traveling merchant-spies were essential to the expansion of the Aztec Empire.

“It is well documented that for hundreds of years, there was trade contact between the American Southwest and the Aztec Triple Alliance Empire areas of Mexico.” “This is a very special year for us,” ...

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The town was the seat of the Tepanec dominion until the Aztec Triple Alliance overthrew it, dividing it into two autonomous settlements - Mexicapan and Tepanecapan.

In 1428, several of these city states joined together to form the Triple Alliance, which spread and became the Aztec empire. Xaltocan in central Mexico was among the city states that were assimilated.

Mystery of the gruesome Aztec skull masks solved: Decorated remains found outside Mexican temple belong to slain warriors. Human skull masks were made to be worn over the face or in a headdress ...