The people were called the Mexica. There was a prophecy that foretold that when they finally reached the land they should settle in, there would be an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. They supposedly encountered this sign after years of wandering and so settled there.
His name was Quetzalcoatl.
The Aztecs & Incas lost there land & the Spanish took over.
These Native Americans were located in South America, not North America
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The Aztecs settled on a swampy island in Lake Texcoco because the land was taken then the Aztecs themselves the Mexica and then built the land. And then they called themselves the Aztecs.
The Aztecs settled in the Valley of Mexico, which was surrounded by mountains and had a system of interconnected lakes. The area provided fertile land for agriculture and natural defenses against invaders. The Aztecs built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.
The Aztecs believed in a story about an eagle on a cactus eating a snake and they thought that was a sight from the gods that you are going to settle. So when the Aztecs were looking for a place to build there city the say the eagle , snake and a cactus and settled on lake Texcoco.
The Aztecs settled in the central part of what is present day Mexico.
The Aztecs settled in the valley of Mexico
No they settled in Mexico.
We can speculate all we want but, in actuality no one really knows where the Aztec people come from. Legend says that they emerged from seven caves,and embarked in their journey to "Aztlan." This mystical voyage to find their sacred land took them nearly two hundred years. They finally settled in the valley of Mexico.
The Maya settled before there were aztecs and the aztecs were more like warriors.
The Maya settled before there were aztecs and the aztecs were more like warriors.
The Aztecs adapted to their land by Chinampas, Building Bridges, and Hunting animals
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There settled where they did because they got a sign from their god.