Aztec Empire Map Print Watercolour Paper

Existing between 1428 and 1521, the Aztec Empire was an alliance made up of three city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan. This alliance was formed from the victorious factions of Azcapotzalco after a civil war. Over the next century, the Aztec Empire would come to establish dominance across central Mexico and smaller territories within Mesoamerica. In 1521, following the Spanish conquest of the Americas, under their ruler Moctezuma II, the Aztec Empire was defeated.