The Aztecs

The Aztecs were a wandering ( nomadic) from northern Mexico. They were one of the the last great native Mexican civilizations.

Aztecs lived in a area now today known as Mexico.

The word `Aztecs` means  `someone who comes from Aztlan` . Also referred to themselves as the Mehika or Meshika or Mexica, the origin of the word Mexico.

The Aztecs were famous for their agriculture, cultivating all available land.  They created a form of writing , a complex form of a calendar and famous pyramids and temples.

LEGEND SAYS THEY SEARCHED FOR MANY YEARS FOR A SIGN, AN EAGLE AND A SERPENT FIGHTING ON A CACTUS. THIS SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND THEIR NEW LAND.