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To rise: they were a very resourceful civilization, which rapidly expanded from humble beginnings into a large empire that spanned most of central Mexico.

To fall: they were destroyed by Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century. The reason behind such destruction was that Aztecs didn't have resistance to disease - specially smallpox - brought by Europeans.

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