The word Azteca is derived from Aztlán (which can be rendered as "White Land," "Land of White Herons," or "Place of Herons"), which is located somewhere in Mexico's northwestern region, according to Aztec legend. Mexica and Tenochca are other names for the Aztecs. Tenoch, or Tenochca, was a mythological patriarch whose name was given to Tenochtitlán, an Aztec metropolis constructed on an island in Lake Texcoco in Mexico's Valley of Mexico. Mexica became a term that encompassed not only the ancient city of Tenochtitlán, but also the present Mexican country and its people (Mexico, Mexicans).
The Aztec language was Nahuatl (Nahua), which was part of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family, which influenced languages as far north as the Yellowstone River and as far south as Panama at the time of European explorations of America. Nahuatl became the language franca of a region about the size of modern-day Mexico once the Aztecs gained governmental power.
Only the Incas of Peru could match the Aztec empire in the New World, and their civilization's brilliance is equivalent to that of other great ancient societies in America and the Old World. The Aztecs met the highly developed Toltec civilization of central Mexico and its capital, Tula, a magnificent urban center with pyramids, temples, public buildings, sculpture, private dwellings, and ball courts, from Aztec Mythology. The appearance of the Aztecs, on the other hand, is tied to their decline, not to the magnificence of Tula and the Toltec. A massive cultural catastrophe struck at the start of the 12th century CE for reasons that are unknown but likely include internal social, political, and religious strife. Tula, as well as other key Toltec cities, were invaded and destroyed. Hunter-gatherer tribes took advantage of the circumstance and added to the confusion, moving from northern Mexico's arid plateau to the rich, densely populated middle zone. The Acolhua settled in Tenayuca in the 1100s and the Chichimecs in the 1200s; the Otom conquered Xaltocan; the Tepanecs conquered Atzcapotzalco; and the Aztecs conquered Atzcapotzalco. Except for the Otom, everyone spoke Nahuatl.
According to their calendar, their arduous journey came to a conclusion in the year of "two houses" (1325 CE). Elder tribal members noticed the eagle, the cactus, and the serpent on a small island in Lake Texcoco. They established a temple there, as well as the first houses of what would become Tenochtitlán, the great metropolis. The founding narrative of Mexico's capital city would be represented and memorialized on the country's flag five centuries later.
None of the rulers in the Valley of Mexico had claimed the swamp-surrounded island where the Aztecs took sanctuary because it was so uninviting. The Chichimec of Texcoco, the Toltec of Culhuacán, and the Tepanec of Atzcapotzalco occupied the valley's three powers: the Chichimec of Texcoco, the Toltec of Culhuacán, and the Tepanec of Atzcapotzalco. Tenochtitlán was thus located at the edge of the lands occupied by the valley's three powers: the It wasn't long before the Aztecs took advantage of their strategic location by assisting the Tepanec in an expansionist battle against the Toltecs, Chichimecs, and other neighboring peoples. By 1428, Itzcoatl ("Obsidian Snake"), the Aztec king, and Tlacaelel, his primary adviser, had led the Aztecs to victory over their former allies and oppressors. In the 15th century, the Aztecs developed a kingdom that eventually included most of modern-day Mexico, thanks to a succession of ambitious kings.
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