The Aztec empire:
The Aztec empire is known of one of the most intriguing and unique empires to ever have been established. . This was a relatively short lived empire, though, only lasting just under 100 years.
The beginnings of the Aztec empire actually go back to the early 1200s, when people who called themselves the "Mexicas" migrated to the Mexico valley, which was ruled by several different city states. Then in 1325 they build the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco, which became the Aztec capital. From there, eventually the Aztec Triple Alliance formed, between 3 rulers: Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. They dominated the region for 100 years. They used a method of warfare where instead of killing the enemies and destroying their villages, they would capture the community and turn them into Aztecs. They would however usually burn down the temples, and they created their own places of worship. With this method, their empire grew very large.
The Aztec......
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