This group of people is said to have originated in "the place of seven caverns" and took its name from itsfirst city, an island town whose name translates as "place of the heron."
This group of people is said to have originated in "the place of seven caverns" and took its name from itsfirst city, an island town whose name translates as "place of the heron." Their rise to power began rapidly after the creation of the Triple Alliance among Tacuba, Texcoco, and their empire's major city. In the mid 15th century, this empire began the Wars of the Flowers began with Tlaxcala to get more human sacrifices for deities such as Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli. For ten points, identify this people of central Mexico ruled by Montezuma and conquered by Cortes.
This group of people is said to have originated in "the place of seven caverns" and took its name from itsfirst city, an island town whose name translates as "place of the heron."
{Aztecs} or {Azteca} (prompt on {Nahua} or {Mexica})