aztecs
n. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈæzˌtɛks// aztecs
n. a group of people who lived in central Mexico in the 1400s and 1500s. They built a powerful city called Tenochtitlan and had a complex society with many gods and rituals.
n. a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico from the 14th to the 16th century. The term refers to both the people and the empire they established, which was eventually conquered by the Spanish in 1521.
The Aztecs built a massive city on a lake.
Historians study the Aztecs to understand how a complex society managed to thrive without modern technology.
The Aztecs maintained a highly sophisticated agricultural system, including chinampas, which allowed them to produce enough food to support a large urban population in the capital.