By going through my Virtual Museum Exhibit you will have read about the time before the Spaniards and Aztecs had first contact, once they did what its effects were, and the negative and positive effects after their contact between each other.
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This is the capital city of the Aztec Empire called Tenochtitlan and had a core population of roughly 5-6 million at the time of this photo, at this time the Aztec Empire were a very loosely structured state. They could easily conquered by anyone and people who were conquered were required to regularly deliver to their Aztec rulers impressive amounts of resources.
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