In the fall of 1993, Michael Jordan â often regarded as the greatest player ever to shoot a basketball â shocked the sports world by announcing he was retiring from the NBA. Then he stunned fans again by deciding to pursue his long-held dream of playing pro baseball.
Aztecs. In KS2 history one of the topics explored is the culture of the Aztec Empire found in Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest. This is the first of two quizzes on the subject and it focusses in particular on the Spanish conquest, but also looks at everyday life in the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs were American Indians who settled by Lake Texcoco in Mexico. Lake Texcoco was swampy and not the best place to settle, but the Aztecs adapted to the land and made it suitable for growing crops. Their capital city flourished and at its height was one of the largest cities in the world-much larger than most cities in Europe at the time.
The Origins of the Aztecs. The Aztecs, or Mexica as they called themselves, were not originally from the Valley of Mexico, but rather migrated from the north, from a mythical island called Aztlan, The Place of Herons..enochtitlan is an archaeological ruin located under the streets of modern Mexico City in the Valley of Mexico. According to historical documents, the Aztecs wandered for years in search of a new homeland before locating the capital city for their empire at TenochtitlaÂ¡tenochtitlÃ£ n in. 1325