how did the Aztec become so powerful
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http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b690/Curriculum/socialstudies/ourworldview-8/ss_ourwvs8/Attachments/a_student_text/SS8SB249.pdf
"How Did the Aztec Emperors
Become the Most Powerful
Rulers in the Valley of Mexico?
While the Spanish were struggling to unify their kingdoms, the Aztec
were establishing an empire. By the time the Spanish arrived in the
early 1500s, there were few independent territories left in MesoAmerica
that were not controlled by the Aztec.
The Aztec Rise to Power
Societies who could claim a direct lineage to the earlier civilization of
the Toltec were the most respected and held the greatest power in
the Valley of Mexico. Although the Aztec became skilled in dealing
with their neighbours, they knew that they would never be respected
unless the other Meso-American societies believed the Aztec were the
noble descendants of the Toltec.
Aztec emperors increased their power by creating alliances with
other powerful rulers, often through arranged marriages, a common
practice of European rulers as well.
In 1376, Acamapichtli (ah-cah-mah-PEECH-tlee), the son of an
Aztec nobleman and a Culhua princess, became the leader of the
Aztec. The fact that Acamapichtli’s mother was Culhua was very
important to the Aztec because the Culhua were considered to be
direct descendants of the Toltec. To reinforce Aztec ties to the Toltec,
Acamapichtli chose the daughter of a Culhua royal as his wife. From
this point, all Aztec emperors could claim they were direct descendants
of the Toltec.
During the next 50 years, the Aztec gained power and
respect in the Valley. Around 1428, the Aztec ruler, Itzcoatl,
formed a Triple Alliance of the city-states of Texcoco,
Tlacopan, and Tenochtitlan to fight the rival Tepanec. Over
time, the Aztec became the most powerful partner of the
Triple Alliance. Within four years, most of the region from
the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico was under the control of
the Alliance except for the powerful Tlaxcalan, in an area
southeast of Tenochtitlan, and some southern areas. By
1465, all these areas were finally conquered except for the
Tlaxcalan. The Tlaxcalan republic was a federation of
groups that included Tlaxcala itself, Huexotzinco (way-shoTSEEN-coh),
and Cholula. The Aztec remained in constant
conflict with the Tlaxcalan republic."
-- from the above web site