The Aztec people ruled much of what is now Mexico from about 1427 until 1521, which was when the Spaniards conquered the empire. The empire was at its highest point since it had begun more than a century earlier. At the height of their power, the Aztec’s controlled a region stretching from central Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and also in parts of Guatemala. The Aztec’s built great cities and developed a complex social, …showed first 75 words of 1289 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1289 total…Native American civilizations that had existed in Mesoamerica since the first human settlement of the region. On the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the Spaniards built Mexico City. The city’s present-day cathedral rises over the ruins of an Aztec temple, and the palace of the Mexican president stands on the site of the palace of Montezuma. Today there are only a few genuine full-blooded Aztec people, however their art and culture still remains throughout Central America.