Mesoamericans

Mesoamericans **The Aztecs**  [|Mesoamericans.pptx] media type="file" key="Aztec Long Migration Movie - YouTube.flv" width="360" height="270" align="center"
 * A.D. 1200, bands of nomadic people from the North migrated into the **Valley of Mexico.**
 * They identified themselves as **Mexica**.
 * 1325 A.D. The Aztecs founded their Capital City **Tenochtitlan**.
 * Lake Texcoco is where they started their Capital Colonies**.**
 * Empire Expands from Gulf of Mexico in the East to the Pacific Ocean in the West.
 * By 1517 The Aztecs empire numbered an estimated five to six millions people.


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