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How Did The Aztecs Gain Power

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The Aztec Empire was a very successful empire up until it wasn’t. The Aztec empire was established in 1345 and they were the first empire to be established on water. They had very unique ways of gaining, maintaining and consolidating power because of how their empire was set up. One way the Aztecs gained power was that, because they were positioned in the middle of a lake they could control the trading that needed to happen between their location and another location. They maintained power by benefitting from the natural resources around them (fish and freshwater). They consolidated their power by creating items that would only be beneficial to them so they could survive (chinampas; floating gardens that they could grow crops on). Their
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