AZTECS Definition & Meaning

Aztecs

A Native American people who ruled Mexico and neighboring areas before the Spaniards conquered the region in the sixteenth century. Starting in the twelfth century, they built up an advanced civilization and empire. ( See Hernando ��ǰ��é�� and Montezuma .)

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Chocolate itself first began as Xocolatl, or “bitter water,” a spiced drink made from ground cacao beans, chiles and spices that originated with the Aztecs and Mayans.

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She worked her way up from her college career at Ohio Wesleyan, to becoming a head coach at San Diego State and Ohio State and back to the Aztecs again.

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The Aztecs said they came from a land north of Mexico called Aztlán.

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He played in 15 games with the Aztecs between, though only six were starts.

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We tried not to mix it with the different Indigenous cultures like the Aztecs or Mayan.

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