A 1428 alliance between Tenochtitlán and its neighboring states of Texcoco and Tlacopan cemented the Mexica’s dominance, giving rise to the Aztec Empire. Spanish forces and their Indigenous ...
Yet despite this overwhelming juggernaut, the empire’s expansion was stopped dead in its tracks by three civilizations that still have strong traditions of fierce independence today.
Some maintain that Day of the Dead practices are directly descended from the Aztec empire in Central Mexico ... including a celebration to honor Mixcóatl, the god of war, that was held between ...