THEY WERE BANISHED TO AN ISLAND AFTER THEY SACRIFICED THE DAUGHTER OF A KING THE AZTECS BUILT ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL EMPIRES IN MESOAMERICA THE AZTEC EMPEROR WAS KNOWN AS THE HUEY TLATOANI OR THE GREAT SPEAKER PERHAPS THE GREATEST AZTEC EMPEROR WAS AHUITZOTL MOST OF THE AZTEC POPULATION WAS WIPED OUT BY DISEASE FOLLOWING THE SPANISH CONQUEST CORTES WAS AIDED IN DEFEATING THE AZTECS BY A NATIVE WOMAN NAMED LA MALINCHE AZTEC RELIGION WAS POLYTHEISTIC AND THEY ADOPTED GODS FROM OTHER CULTURES
