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The Aztecs/Mexicas were the native American people who dominated northern México at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan Cortes in the early 16th century.
According to their own legends, they originated from a place called Aztlan, somewhere in north or northwest Mexico. At that time the Aztecs (who referred to themselves as the Mexica or Tenochca) were a small, nomadic, Nahuatl-speaking aggregation of tribal peoples living on the margins of civilized Mesoamerica. Sometime in the 12th century they embarked on a period of wandering and in the 13th century settled in the central basin of México.
Continually dislodged, Aztecs finally found shelter in Lake Texcoco where, in 1325, they founded the town of TENOCHTITLAN (modern-day Mexico City).
The term Aztec, originally associated with the migrant Mexica, is today a collective term, applied to all the peoples linked by trade, custom, religion, and language to these founders.
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http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agobecause the Aztec were moving from place to place looking for the sign of the gods for the proper place to settle.
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When did the Aztecs give up their nomadic way of life?
The Aztecs gave up their nomadic way of life because, they saw an eagle eating a snake atop of a cactus.
Why did the Aztecs first work for local rulers as soldiers -for-hire?
The Aztecs were poor nomadic people in need of recources, so they searched for work.
Where the Aztecs nomadic or did they live in a fixed settlement?
they were definately not nomadic, they settle in tenotchitlan for a long period of time
How did the Aztecs make it to the city of tenochtitlan?
They were a nomadic people; their origin can be traced to the southwestern US.
What does a nomadic tribe in Aztecs mean?
Nomadic means they were a community of people who moved from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location.
How do the Aztecs teepeas look like?
The Aztecs didn't live in teepees because they weren't nomadic. They built cities and farmed in addition to trading with other Native Americans.
Were the Aztecs nomadic or did thwy live in a fixed settlement?
They lived in fixed area, they were farmers, though being very clever people I strongly suspect that they practised crop rotation
How did the Aztec go from being poor nomadic people to being wealthy empire builders?
The Aztecs got strong ties with the Tepaneca (the strongest city during the time) when they were nomadic. Once they learned what other cities knew and Tenochtitlan grew, they overthrew the Tepaneca and then became the stronger city state.
Why did the Mexican culture leave their homeland?
It depends on what you mean by "Mexican culture". Aztecs? They were a nomadic people until 1325 when they founded their first city in the location of present-day Mexico City.
Was the Sioux tribe nomadic or semi nomadic?
they were nomadic!!
What the nomadic?
The Indians were nomadic.
What was the importance of nomadic people on the silk road?
the importace of the nomadic people are they are nomadic
