Dependent. A person whose support and maintenance is contingent upon the aid of another. Conditional. A dependent is someone who is sustained by another person, such as a child supported by his or her parents. In an insurance policy, the term legal dependent generally includes all of those people whom the insured person is under a legal duty to support, such as a spouse and minor children.
The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mexica (pronounced [meËÊikaÊ]). The Republic of Mexico and its capital, Mexico City, derive their names from the word Mexica. The capital of the Aztec empire was Tenochtitlan, built on a raised island in Lake Texcoco. Modern Mexico City is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
There is speculation that in some areas the stones may have been floated on a raft down the local rivers. As early as 1500 b.c.e., urban and ceremonial centers were being built in the Gulf Coast lowlands of Mexico by a people known as the Olmecs. often referred to as the âmother cultureâ of Mesoamerica. In western Mexico around 500 b.c.e., the first true âcitiesâ emerged in the Valley of Oaxaca.