The Aztecs are a wandering Indian people. This means that the Aztecs are nomads. The Aztecs are one of the three largest Indian peoples native to America. This civilization, which was also a highly developed agricultural society, flourished mainly in the 14th century until 1521. They conquered most of what is now Mexico in the 15th century. The Aztecs were very superstitious. They immediately saw the events as omens. From the moment that, according to legend, the god Quetzalcoatl would return from the east and destroy their empire, the Aztecs saw the end of their empire in sight. This wasn't the only reason they thought so. There had been a fire in the temple of Huitzilopochtli, they had seen a comet in the sky and other 'omens'. To defuse these omens, the Aztecs continued to conquer to gather even more slaves to use as sacrifices. Because of these numerous human sacrifices, even cities that had nothing against the Aztecs turned against this bloodthirsty people. The Aztecs were almost constantly at war. This is because they were very belligerent. Waging war was in their natural nature. The Aztecs had one goal in all these wars, namely to conquer and obtain slaves. This wasn't the only reason. The Aztecs also waged war to obtain raw materials and because their religion allowed it. Tribute was also one of the main reasons for the conquests. It poured into Tenochtitlán from all parts of the empire. Everything a region owned or produced had to be handed over. Products and items arrived every day. These were carried by people or transported in canoes. So...... half of the paper......://home.scarlet.be/an.bloemen/azteken.htm.Schooltv, De Azteken, http://www.schooltv.nl/beeldbank/ clip/20071204_azteken01.Standaard Uitgeverij, one-volume encyclopedia, Utrecht, 2001, p.86.Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs, http://www.oocities.org/stefan_azteken/tenochtitlan/tenochtitlan.htm.The empire of the Aztecs, http://www.mexiko.it/reich-der-azteken.php.Anton, General information Mexico, http://www.vdkleijn.nl/mexico.htm.Montezuma and the Aztecs, http://www. geschichteinchronologie. ch/kol/kol03-4_amerikanischer-holocaust-Mexiko.htm.The American Holocaust in Mexico, http://www.geschichteinchronologie.ch/kol/kol03-4_amerikanischer-holocaust-Mexiko.htm.Roos Salomons, Muriel Janse and Merel Husken, Aztecs, http://mumero.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=39136203. Jan-Wolter Smit, Aztecs, http://www.historieleer.info/blog/?tag=azteken.