The Aztecs were the Native American people who dominated northern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. A nomadic culture, the Aztecs eventually settled on several small islands in Lake Texcoco where, in 1325, they founded the town of Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City.

Where did the Aztec civilization live?

Aztec, self name Culhua-Mexica, Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico.

Did the Aztecs live in the desert?

Before establishing the city, the Aztec people are said to have come from the desert areas of northwest Mexico, such as the Sonora Desert. … They didn’t settle again until reaching central Mexico and Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico.