<P> At its height , just before the Spanish arrived , Tenochtitlan was the center of the vast Aztec Empire , stretching from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts and south towards the Yucatán Peninsula and Oaxaca . With a vast income of tribute , Tenochtitlan grew to become one of the largest and richest urban areas in the world at that time . The city had services and infrastructure that was unheard of in the rest of the world : potable water brought in by aqueducts , drainage systems and wide , paved streets . Their markets boasted of products from nearly every part of Mesoamerica . </P>
<P> At its height , just before the Spanish arrived , Tenochtitlan was the center of the vast Aztec Empire , stretching from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts and south towards the Yucatán Peninsula and Oaxaca . With a vast income of tribute , Tenochtitlan grew to become one of the largest and richest urban areas in the world at that time . The city had services and infrastructure that was unheard of in the rest of the world : potable water brought in by aqueducts , drainage systems and wide , paved streets . Their markets boasted of products from nearly every part of Mesoamerica . </P>
before the spanish took over who owned the land that is now mexico
before the spanish took over who owned the land that is now mexico
Aztec Empire
Aztec Empire