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1 American Empires Aztecs

2 Aztecs (1325-1521) Located in Mexico
City of Tenochtitlan, built on a lake Empire built by war and conquest

3 Aztecs Important Leader = Moctezuma

4 Aztecs Practiced human sacrifice
Tens of thousands were killed each year in sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli

5 Aztecs Calendar Writing Engineering

6 Aztecs Built aqueducts, canals, dams, irrigation, chinampas

7 Aztecs Grew and traded Corn/ maize beans squash peppers tomatoes

8 Aztecs Died by the thousands of smallpox
Conquered by Spanish—Hernan Cortez, Died by the thousands of smallpox

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