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Periods, Cultures, Styles > Mexica (Aztec)
The style and culture of the Nahuatl-speaking peoples of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire or Triple Alliance, of late Pre-Columbian central Mexico.
c. 1400–1521
c. 1325–1521
c. 15th–16th century
1325–1521
c. 1500
Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, 900–16th century
Textbook Chapter - Reframing Art History
Early Modern Art Syllabus (c. 1400–1800)
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