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The Aztecs were (are) quite an interesting civilization due to the fact that they started out as nothing and grew to one of the greatest civilizations that has ever been found.
The Aztecs believed that they came from northern Mexico as wanderers. They wandered around for quite some time. (The Aztecs were actually briefly nomads in the 13th century).
Eventually, the leader claimed that he had had a vision in which the gods had instructed him to build a great city where they found an eagle eating a snake on a rock. After wandering around for quite some time, they did indeed find what the chief had prophesized.
Only problem was, it was in the middle of a lake. Eventually, to solve this problem, the Aztecs constructed several large bridges across the lake and built a city in its center. As the population grew bigger, the Aztecs expanded their boundaries. Living on the lake had several desirable functions; it kept the enemies out...