The Aztec Empire History The center of the Aztec civilization was the Valley of Mexico, a huge, oval basin about 7,500 feet above sea level. The Aztecs were formed after the Toltec civilization occurred when hundreds of civilians came towards Lake Texcoco. In the swamplands there was only one piece of land to farm on and it was totally surrounded by more marshes. The Aztec families somehow converted these disadvantages to a mighty empire known as …showed first 75 words of 1274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1274 total…and their own mathematical system. Their scholars were also very intelligent, they had developed their own system of time measurement and a calendar system that was very accurate. Bibliography References: 1) Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Version 7.0.5 CD-ROM Grolier Inc.1995 2) Microsoft Encarta 96 CD-ROM Microsoft, 1996 3) Internet Addresses: http://www.mexicana.com/english/community/29nf- aztec.shtml http://udgftp.cencar.udg.mx/ingles/Precolombina/Azteca/mexintro.h tml http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/wickham/topics/aztecs/aztecs. html