The Aztecs ruled over a large area of Mexico during the 15th and 16th centuries. Their capital was at Tenochtitlán, in what ...

A day earlier, Aztec Emperor Moctezuma was killed, or possibly assassinated, according to the native informants of one Spanish chronicler, which promoted a frenzied battle that forced Cortes, his ...

In the course of the Spanish Conquest, Aztec culture was almost completely ... They had a flourishing culture that produced elaborate works of art which were more precious to them than gold ...