Five Facts about the Aztecs
- The Aztecs were the last people to dominate Mexico before the arrival of the Spanish.
- They waged continual war to capture prisoners to sacrifice to the gods and to demand tribute from neighboring states.
- Soldiers were rewarded with elaborate costumes to show how many prisoners they had captured.
- The last Aztec ruler was Montezuma. He believed a rumor that the Spanish commander Herman Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl in human form and invited him to his palace.
- Bad mistake-the Spaniards took Montezuma prisoner and conquered his empire.
