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Legend has it that the Aztec people
migrated from a northern land called
Aztlan, hence their name Aztec.
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They settled the area around what is now
Mexico City in the 1200's AD.
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They suffered the Spanish conquest in
1520-21AD.
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They invented their own calendar of a
365 day year. (18 months of 20 days plus
5 days)
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They recorded events in the form of
pictographs.
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Their form of agriculture involved
planting corn, tomatoes, cotton, cacao,
avocados, beans, squash and sweet
potatoes.
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All goods were carried by people. They
did not use the wheel. They did not use
pack animals.
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Their spoke language was called "Nahuatl".
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Religion played an important part in
daily life. It involved human sacrifice.
