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The Aztecs / Mexicas were the native American people who dominated northern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan CORTES in the early 16th century.According to their own legends, they originated from a place called Aztlan, somewhere in north or northwest Mexico.t that time the Aztecs (who referred to themselves as the Mexica or Tenochca) were a small, nomadic, Nahuatl-speaking aggregation of tribal peoples living on the margins of civilized Mesoamerica.
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 According to historical documents, the Aztecs wandered for years in search of a new homeland before locating the capital city for their empire at TenochtitlaÂ¡tenochtitlÃ£ n in. 1325