The Aztec Empire was one of the most powerful civilizations in Central America. Its capital city stunned Spanish conquistadors with its size, organization, and engineering. Yet its religious rituals ...

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...

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What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

Celebrity historian Raffi Andonian reveals how the fall of the Aztec capital reshaped the Americas and paved the way for Spanish Texas.

When Aztec emissaries arrived in 1520 to Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Tarascan Kingdom in what is now the Mexican state of Michoacán, they carried a warning from the Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc.