American War History Story

Chapter 3: The Aztec nation is formed

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Around 1428, a group of Aztecs among the Central American Indians, under the leadership of its leader Iznetl, defeated three neighboring tribes and formed a tribal alliance with themselves as the leader.

Soon, with the tribal alliance as the center, it expanded outward and developed into a slavery country that encompassed both inside and outside the Mexico Basin, with its capital in Tenodaran. There were about 6 million people in Mexico at that time.

The Aztecs originally lived on the islands of western Mexico and migrated to the Mexico Basin from the middle of the 11th century. Inspired by their tribal gods, the Aztecs came to Lake Teszkoco in the Mexico Basin in 1325, settled on two small islands in the middle of the lake, and established the city of Tenotira.

After the 15th to 16th centuries, Panodelan has developed into a prosperous city. It crosses the lake and connects to the land through three causeways, and the causeways are heavily fortified with suspension bridges. Most of the buildings in the city are made of stones. There are gardens on the roofs of the noble houses, and there are also floating gardens in the city. There are 40 altar temples in the city, all built on top of the pyramid. The largest pyramid was built in 1487, and there is a temple of tribal gods on the tower, which is magnificent and magnificent.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the urban population was about 300,000. The Aztec country still retains the organization of tribes and clans. The king is the highest military administrative leader. In name, it is democratically elected by the four consuls of the tribal council, but in fact it is hereditary. The king was deified as an object of worship and enjoyed supreme power.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the Aztec country was already quite strong, and had been engaged in a century-long war of conquest, and had deep feuds with neighboring tribes. Therefore, in front of the Spanish invaders, the tribes could not act in a unified manner, and the country was quickly conquered by the Spanish.