Aztec civilization

Aztec Definition
The word "Aztec" means "someone
who comes from Aztlán", an unknown
location north of Mexico.
The Aztec also referred to themselves
as the Mehika or Meshika or Mexica,
the origin of the name "Mexico".

Aztec Government
The Aztec government was similar to a monarchy where an Emperor or
King was the primary ruler. They called their ruler the Huey Tlatoani. The
Huey Tlatoani was the ultimate power in the land. They felt that he was
appointed by the gods and had the divine right to rule.

Aztec History
The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico
in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. The capital of the Aztec Empire was
Tenochtitlan. During the empire, the city was built on a raised island in Lake
Angels

Aztec Origin
Aztec. Aztec, self name Culhua-Mexica, Nahuatl-speaking people who in
the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central
and southern Mexico. The Aztecs are so called from Aztlán (“White Land”),
an allusion to their origins, probably in northern Mexico.

Aztec People
The Aztecs were a pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican people of Central Mexico
in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
They called themselves Mexica.