This time, Alix leads us among several peoples, including the Zapotecs and the Toltecs, before discovering the Aztecs, from their creations to their destruction by Cortés in 1521. This Native American people founded a prosperous empire in Mexico by creating the city of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco and eventually merged and became, later: Mexico City. They are also known for their religions, one of which was the ritual practices of human sacrifices and trade which were based mainly on the culture of but.