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Aztec is a term
used to refer to certain ethnic
groups of central
Mexico, particularly those
groups who spoke the
Nahuatl language and who
achieved political and military
dominance over large parts of
Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th
and 16th centuries, a period
referred to as the Late post-Classic
period in
Mesoamerican chronology.
Often the term "Aztec" refers
exclusively to the people of
Tenochtitlan, situated on an
island in
Lake Texcoco, who called
themselves Mexica Tenochca or
Colhua-Mexica.
Source of quote and
pictures:
Wikipedia
