The Aztecs Location: Moder-day Mexico.

They settled on the banks of LAKE TEXCOCO here they created a city called TE!OC"TL#TLA! in the year $%&'. #nfor(ation: Ca(e fro( a ")ntin*+ no(adic ,eo,le. They by the Teotih)acan and Toltec. ere in infl)enced

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1They created a syste( called the 2LA2"#!/ A!5 LO//#!/. The C"#!AM-A2 ere (an-(ade islands )sed as *ardens that ere b)ilt and then ,laced on the lake bed )sin* tree tr)nks. 1The land as fertilized ith nat)ral fertilizers s)ch as /3A!O. The (ain cro,s ere TOMATOE2+CO.!+COCOA+C"#LL# -E--E.2. 1T.A5E: :as r)n by the (erchants. Co((ercial acti>ities Markets. ere done in

T"E A0TEC2 /O52 1At the be*innin* there created = *ods: as ?)st one *od called OMETEC3"TL#. Then he

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as the *od of the ni*ht sky and in>entor of fire.

"e created the calendar+ the arts+ ind)stry and cocoa :as the *od of ar.

T"E 2OLA. CALE!5A. 1The s)n calendar stone sho ned the a*ric)lt)ral year and the seasons 1The year as di>ided in $B (onths ith =' days and C days in hich ,eo,le li>e ith only so(e thin*s 4harsh conditions and did not lea>e ho(e9 1#n total there ere %DC days. The (oon calendar had =D' days.