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Aztec Environment. The Aztec livelihood began with the development surrounding their environment, for it provided nourishment from agricultural goods and guidance of seasonal changes for other cultural practices. The Aztec Empire was located in the central and southern regions of present day Mexico. As the Aztec Empire grew in the 15th and 16th centuries, it stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. The empire consisted of city states with three allied capitals in the Basin of Mexico.
Conquering the Aztec Empire. Before we can examine the conquest of the Aztecs, we need to understand who the Aztecs were. The Aztecs. In 1345 the Aztecs travelled south to central Mexico, where they founded a large lakeside city called Tenochtitlan. tenochtitlÃ¡nonquering the Aztec and Inca Empires: The processes of conquest and colonialism. In the mid-fifteenth century, the powerful empires of the Aztecs and Incas dominated large areas of the Americas. There was no trade across the Atlantic Ocean at this stage.