Harrekin
Well-Known Member
Sorry my mistake, the Mayans were further in Southern Mexico.There was no Mexico before Spain. The Entire Thing was owned by Spain, save Brazil.
There was an Aztec group called the Mexica. When the Spanish came, they took the name of a City, and just shorted it to Mexico to refer to the conquered land.
Tenochtitlan (Classical Nahuatl: Tenōchtitlan [tenoːtʃˈtitɬan]) was a Nahua altepetl (city-state) located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Founded in 1325, it became the capital of the expanding Mexica Empire in the 15th century,[SUP][1][/SUP] until captured by the Spanish in 1521.
I always thought the Mayans were under appreciated compared to the Aztecs.