ART 112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Coyolxauhqui, Feathered Serpent, Coatlicue
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The aztecs appeared in mesoamerica as the south-central region of pre-columbian region of. Mexico is known in the early 13th century. Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious and commercial organization that brought many of the regions city-states under their control by the 15th century. Invaders led by the spanish conquistador hernan cortes overthrew the aztecs by force and captured tenochtitlan in 1521, bringing an end to mesoamerica"s last great ancient civilization. The exact origins of the aztec people are uncertain, but they are believed to have begun as a northern tribe of hunter-gatherers whose name came from that of their homeland, aztlan (or. Mesoamerica as the south-central region of pre-columbian mexico is known in the early 13th century. Their arrival came just after, or perhaps helped bring about, the fall of the previously dominant mesoamerican civilization, the toltecs.
