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The Epic History of the Aztec Empire
How the Aztec Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan grew from a lake-island city into a tribute empire in central Mexico before 1521.
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Aztec Empire and Conquest
The Aztec Triple Alliance, its religion and its fall.
The Ancient Civilization of the Aztecs: A Culture of Human Sacrifice
What sources and archaeology say about Aztec human sacrifice, its religious meaning, and why the large numbers in Spanish accounts are debated by historians.
The Epic Story of the Conquest of the Aztec Empire
How Hernan Cortes, Indigenous allies such as Tlaxcala, a smallpox epidemic and a long siege brought down Tenochtitlan in the war of 1519 to 1521.
The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire
From the legendary migration out of Aztlan and the founding of Tenochtitlan around 1325 to Moctezuma II and the fall of the Mexica capital in 1521.
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