Photo of Spanish in Mexico. Questions and answers. Photo of Aztec calendar. Web sites. It's time to take a look at an Aztec timeline to get an overview of what happened during the times of this civilization.
Collectively, the people of the allied Central Mexican and American city states between the 12th century CE (AD) and the 15th century Spanish invasion are commonly referred to as the Aztecs. The Aztec empire was controlled primarily by a political body called the Triple Alliance, made up of the Acolhua people of Texcoco, the Mexica in Tenochtitlán, and the Tepaneca people of Tlacopan.