Daily Life Of Télpochcalli Students Of The Aztec Empire Was A Challenge

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Why the Aztecs migrated to the Mexican Valley can be debated, but once they reached the place it didn’t take long before they became the most powerful Mesoamerican kingdom of all time.

“The Nahuatl word aztecatl means “people from Aztlan”. Aztlan is most likely a mythological region that is regarded to have been the origin not only for the Aztecs but for seven different city states in Mesoamerica, of which the Aztecs are but one example.

Historians have traced possible locations for this city – from islands in the South Pacific to Northwestern Mexico and to the South West of the United States.

Before the Aztecs could become warriors they had to be trained properly. Image source

Most of these take as their basis in apocryphal Aztec sayings, which were recorded by Spanish imperials. Thus the true location of Aztlan will probably always remain a matter of contention. Interestingly, there is no known meaning of the word Aztlan in Nahuatl. The Aztecs themselves had rejected the word Aztec – preferring to call themselves “Mexica”.

It was the 19th century European archaeologists that began using the word Aztec to differ them from other Mesoamerican cultures.” ¹

By the early 16th century, the Aztecs ruled over up to 500 small states, and between 5 to 6 million people. Their empire was huge and prosperous.

The Aztec Empire was undoubtedly strong and powerful, but the success of their famous warriors demanded extremely hard training and discipline.

The Aztec Eagle Warriors and Jaguar Warriors struck fear in their enemy, but before they were allowed to fight, they had to be properly trained.

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