They did not erect temples and disseminate cultural traditions across the countryside as the ancient Romans or Inca did. Instead, the Aztec maintained what some scholars call "a cheap empire," one ...

The Inca didn’t use freeze-drying solely for ... but modern chewing gum has its roots, literally, in the Aztec Empire and the sapodilla tree, native to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean.

In the time of the Aztec Empire, Yohualli Coatl – a young Aztec boy – experiences tragedy when his father and village leader, Toltecatzin, is murdered by Spanish Conquistadors. Yohualli ...

The Inca used a number of common plants to treat ... from Nahuatl to Latin to English with a grain of salt.) The Aztec empire’s reputation for violence is exaggerated but not unwarranted ...