Their capital, Tenochtitlan, was built on marshy islands and featured advanced agricultural techniques, including floating gardens. The Aztecs engaged in trade, bartering goods like corn ...

Around Mexico-Tenochtitlan lived many other peoples in ... the 500 years of darkness that plagued Mexico from the fall of its capital would conclude, ushering in 500 years of light.

In addition to Cuitláhuac, thousands of Mexicas died due to the disease, which was one of the factors that helped the fall of Tenochtitlan. When Cortes arrived in Veracruz in 1519, he was lord of ...

From its foundation, until its fall, there were tlatoanis who led society. The first tlatoani of the great Tenochtitlan was Acamapichtli, and the last was Cuauhtémoc. Other names also stand out ...