The Florentine Codex is an encyclopedic accounting of life in 16th-century Mexico and an invaluable resource for understanding the exchange between European and Indigenous cultures during the Spanish conquest. #History #FlorentineCodex #AztecCivilization #AztecCulture #Mexico #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25415-en/

Chinampas are human-made islands built in shallow lakebeds that have fed the people of Mesoamerica and shaped local ecosystems for over a thousand years. #History #Chinampas #AztecCivilization #Agriculture #Axolotl #Mexico #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25418-en/

Hummingbirds, called huitzillin ("wee-TZEEL-een") in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, are one of the most recognizable and striking species in the avian world. #History #AztecWarfare #AztecSacrifice #AztecCivilization #AztecReligion #Hummingbird #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2809-en/

La Malinche, or Malintzin, was the primary interpreter in the retinue of Hernán Cortés during his conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century and has become one of the most divisive women in Mexican history. #History #HernanCortes #Conquistador #AztecCivilization #LaMalinche #Mexico #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2796-en/

Xolotl was the dog god of the Mexica people, commonly known as the Aztecs. #History #Xolotl #AztecSacrifice #AztecCivilization #AztecArt #AztecReligion #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-14058-en/

Aztec religion and culture flourished between c. 1345 and 1521 and, at its height, influenced the majority of the people of northern Mesoamerica. #History #Tenochtitlan #AztecCivilization #Mexico #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/233/aztec-religion--culture/

The Aztec culture, centred at the capital of Tenochtitlan, dominated most of Mesoamerica in the 15th-16th centuries. https://www.worldhistory.org/Aztec_Art/ #History #AztecArt #AztecCivilization #Coyolxauhqui

The Aztec Sun Stone (or Calendar Stone) depicts the five consecutive worlds of the sun from Aztec mythology. https://www.worldhistory.org/Sun_Stone/ #History #AztecArt #AztecCivilization #AztecReligion

Pulque is an alcoholic drink which was first drunk by the Maya, Aztecs, Huastecs and other cultures in ancient Mesoamerica. https://www.worldhistory.org/Pulque/ #History #AztecCivilization #Beer #Ehecatl

Texcoco (aka Tezcoco or Tetzcoco), located near the eastern shores of Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico, was the capital of the Acolhua people. https://www.worldhistory.org/Texcoco/ #History #AztecCivilization #Mesoamerica #Tenochtitlan