Which of the following was not a significant factor in the aztecs' expansion of their empire? a. the aztecs spread diseases like smallpox to wipe out enemy populations. b. the aztecs grew wealthy by demanding tribute from the people they had conquered. c. the aztecs built a strong military filled with exceptional warriors. d. the aztecs entered into important military alliances with nearby civilizations.

a. the aztecs spread diseases like smallpox to wipe out enemy populations.

Explanation:

Several towns coexisted in the final stage of the Mesoamerican development, known archaeologically as Late Postclassic, which comprised of the VIII to XV centuries. At this time the most complex political entity was Mexico-Tenochtitlan, whose historical origin dates back to a military coalition known as the Triple Alliance, which linked three emerging states: the Mexicas, whose capital city was Mexico-Tenochtitlan, famous city of his time; the Acolhua with Texcoco as a primordial city, considered the cultural center par excellence; and Tlacopan, which brought together the survivors of the old manor that once dominated the Valley of Mexico. The Aztecs astutely imposed their hierarchy on their allies, and extended their dominion to the coasts of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. They acquired wealth and power from the imposition of a strict system of taxation, so that upon the arrival of the Spaniards in the early sixteenth century, its capital was considered the most important and magnificent city of its time. The dominant language among the allies was Nahuatl, which became the "lingua franca" of much of Mesoamerica, used to name the geography of ancient Mexico, replacing even the voices of other ancestral languages. As for the other indigenous state, the Tarascan Empire, also known as Purépecha, whose main city was Tzintzuntzan, which at the end of its historical period functioned as its political capital, imposed its military dominance on a wide area that included the north-center and West of Mexico. The language of this town was porhe or tarasco, fundamentally different from Nahuatl and which is not linked to any other language of ancient Mexico.

The expansion of the Mexicas coincided with the flourishing of an inter-ethnic ideological tradition that linked people who spoke different languages and languages. This artistic language communicated histories, deities and rites in which ancestral myths and traditions coincided.

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