ABSTRACT
The Aztecs or the Mexicas* were the people Who established the last empire of the entire Mesoamerican history, which lasted for more than three thousand years until the Spanish Conquest in AD 1521. At the time of the Spanish Conquest, the Mexica empire extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and from what is now north-central Mexico to Guatemala. From the capital of Tenochtitlan, the Mexicas ruled over those areas by means of alliance, tribute and trade. In the gaining of their territories, war and sacrifice were considered to be essential.
