'''Aztec''' is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl_language Nahuatl language] and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology. | '''Aztec''' is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl_language Nahuatl language] and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology. |