A prophecy in which an eagle sitting on a cactus fed upon a snake was fulfilled near the site of its capital, Tenochtitlan.
One leader of this empire created a means of gathering prisoners by fighting small flower wars with neighboring peoples. This empire became part of a triple alliance with Tlacopan and Texcoco through the work of Itzcoatl. A prophecy in which an eagle sitting on a cactus fed upon a snake was fulfilled near the site of its capital, Tenochtitlan. For 10 points, name this ancient civilization conquered when a man mistaken for Quetzalcoatl, Hernán Cortés, overthrew rulers like Montezuma II.
One leader of this empire created a means of gathering prisoners by fighting small flower wars with neighboring peoples.
{Aztec} Empire