# data[].attributes.body
King Itzcoatl takes over in 1428 CE, officially beginning the Aztec Empire. According to the legend, the Toltec Empire came before the Aztecs.

# data[].attributes.body
Itzcoatl joined to neighboring empires to make the triple alliance. They decided not to fight each other and not to fight over the local cities. They defeated tepanec empire who previously controlled the Aztecs. They payed special taxes called tribute to help increase resources available to Itzcoatl.

# data[].attributes.body
Itzcoatl became very wealthy from tribute. The tribute was making him gain tons of power. Every 6 months he would receive gifts from his people. The empire continued to expand and so did Itzcoatl's power. He wanted all history of the Aztecs destroyed. He thought it contained lies. He added a new history that had legends and such within it.

# data[].attributes.body
They believed the world was 4 places and they were called suns three of them were destroyed before the new world they live in and they are polytheistic. The priest had a major roll by pleasing the gods and holding ceremonies for them.

# data[].attributes.body
Itzcoatl had allies and gave them land to protect and those lands got conquered. It effected there daily lives alot. Then they split classes more and more the older the empire got there was nobles and wealthy. The lower class couldn't enter the palace. The boys were trained as warriors and the girls learned how to do housing work.

The higher class boys were still warriors but learned how to do writing medcine and how to dance.

# data[].attributes.body
The Aztec empire became immense in size and with size came power. The poor classes didn't like how the Itzcoatl was placing rules they had to follow. No one wanted to be a part of the empire anymore. While the people were paying tribute the people would lose resources for themselves. They often fought with the empire and threatened leaving.

# data[].attributes.body
They were a powerful empire that had lots of allies and different religions also had good leaders and a strong army.