The Aztec Empire was one of the largest and most significant civilizations in all of the New World when European explorers arrived as part of the Age of Exploration.   In fact, the collapse of the Aztec Empire by Hernan Cortés and other Spanish conquistadors is one of the most important and interesting events from the time period. Click below to learn more about specific topics related to the history of the Aztec Empire.

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READINGS & SOURCES

|Acamapichtli
​|Age of Exploration
|Aztec Culture
|Aztec Daily Life
|Aztec Economy
​|Aztec Empire Overview
​|Aztec Gods
|Aztec Government
|Aztec Human Sacrifice
​|Aztec Language
|Aztec Leaders (Tlatoani)
|Aztec Religion
|Aztec Society
|Aztec Triple Alliance
​​|Aztec Warfare

​|Aztec Warriors
|Collapse of the Aztec Empire
|Early Aztec History
​|Final Battle of Tenochtitlan
|Flower Wars
|Impact of Disease on the Aztec Empire
|Inca Empire
|Iztcoatl
|Hernan Cortés
​|How Did the Aztec Control Others?
|How Did the Aztec Empire Expand?
|Huitzilopochtli
​|La Malinche
|Massacre of Aztec in the Great Temple
|Maya

|Mictlantecutli
|Moctezuma I
|Moctezuma II
​|Noche Triste
|Olmec
|Quetzalcoatl
​|Spain in the Age of Exploration
​|Spanish and Aztec Meet
​|Templo Mayor
​|Tenochtitlan
|Teotihuacan
​|Tezcatlipoca
​|Tlaloc
​|Toltec
​|Where did the Aztec Come From?
|Who Influenced the Aztec?

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