The Mexica were an indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico, founders of the great city of Tenochtitlan. They formed the core and dominant power of the Aztec Empire that shaped much of Mesoamerica before the Spanish conquest.
The Mexica were an indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico, founders of the great city of Tenochtitlan. They formed the core and dominant power of the Aztec Empire that shaped much of Mesoamerica before the Spanish conquest.