they rose in 1495 till 1550
in what year did the aztecs rise up and throw the spanish out of their city?
The rise of the Aztec empire really began in 1150 with the fall of the Toltec empire.
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the Aztecs sacrificed people to make the sun god happy so the sun would rise every day.
Aztecs believed that if they make a sacrifice each day to the sun of god, the sun will rise the next day.
the key factors are war tribute and trade
Huitzilopochtli, the main god of the Aztecs and the god of war, was bloodthirsty and he needed sacrifices to sustain him in his journey throughout the day. The Aztecs believed that if they didn't sacrifice a human then the sun would not rise the next day.
The Aztecs were a very violent people, they would sacrifice a person every day, they believed that if they did not do this the sun would not rise. They ruled during the 1400's.
around 1200 A.D
An eagle on a cactus
The Aztecs officially were founded in 1325.
The Aztecs belived that for the sun to continue to rise it needed a human sacrifice everyday. So the Aztecs gathered raiding parties to raid nearby tribes and take prisoners for sacrifices. Those actions made them alot of enemies.