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Aztecs

The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries. The Nahuatl words aztecatl mean "people from Aztlan", a mythological place for the Nahuatl-speaking culture of the time, and later adopted as the word to define the Mexica people. Often the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan (now the location of Mexico City), situated on an island in Lake Texcoco, who referred to themselves as Mexica Tenochca. From the 13th century, the Valley of Mexico was the heart of Aztec civilization: here the capital of the Aztec Triple Alliance, the city of Tenochtitlan, was built upon raised islets in Lake Texcoco.

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The Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures
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Aztec
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries
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Mesoamerican pyramids
Most Ancient Mesoamerican civilisations built pyramid-shaped structures..
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Under The Aztec Sun
Lesson plans, activities and research ideas with Crayola.
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Aztec Mythology
This is the age of the fifth sun. After the destruction of the fourth sun, the gods gathered together to decide who would become the next sun.
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THE COMING OF QUETZALCOATL
In the migrant Aztec group here represented as symbolic of the origin of American civilization
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Aztec Calendar Dates Converter
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Nahuatl Home Page
This site is dedicated to the Aztec Calendar.
www2.potsdam.edu/schwaljf/Nahuatl/gateway.h...

Aztec Calendar
The Aztec Calendar. Shows you the current date according to the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar. Gives a reading of the significance of the day and the relevant gods.
azteccalendar.com/azteccalendar.html

Aztecs
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Cluedoku
Using Aztec symbols, play a suduko style game and line up the symbols for the time runs out.
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Aztec culture
Overview of Aztec culture/history, resources.
aztec-indians.com/aztec-culture.html

Quetzalcoatl Papers
Quetzalcoatl brief introduction
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Phenomenon - the Civilization pages - The Aztec Civilization
The Aztecs roamed a territory in South-America feveral hundreds of years ago. Learn more about this facinating civilization
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The Aztec Culture
Information about the Aztec culture and dress.
angelfire.com/az/atid410/

Mystery Of Aztec & Maya Civilization
National Geographic Documentary Mystery Of Aztec & Maya Civilization Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KsDoMPrkY4

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