Latest update reveals: the aztec empire , Mesoamerica’s dominant power in the 15th and early 16th centuries controlled a capital city that was one of the largest in the world.
In just a century, the Aztec built an empire in the area now called central Mexico. As pioneers of complex society in the region, the Olmecs laid the foundation for later civilizations like the Maya and the Aztecs. 13, the Aztecs forged an empire over much of the central Mexican highlands.
The aztec empire was the last of the great Mesoamerican cultures. Between A.D. They wouldn't just destroy them militarily, they would also ally with tribes (who historically hated the Aztecs , that's one of the major reasons why the Aztecs were defeated by the Spaniards), and divide and conquer.
They would do the same as Caesar in Gaul, or during the Macedonian wars. The arrival of the Spanish conquistadors brought it to a sudden end. Eventually the Romans manage to conquer the Aztecs under Trajan.
