In about 1325 some young Aztec men (1) were getting (2) (see) an eagle. It (3) is sitting (are getting) food for their people when they (is sitting) on a plant which (is growing) on a rock in the middle of a lake called Texcoco. They (5) think (is growing) (decide) to build their city there. (think) it (6) is (is) a special sign and they (7)
The Aztecs (8) are (are) great engineers. They (9) take (take) the water away from the lake to make the island bigger. They (10) build (build) canals so people (11) can (can) move around the city by boat, and bridges which they (12) call (call) their city Tenochtitlan and it (13) become (become) one of the biggest and most important cities in the world at that time. (14) The Aztecs (15) are (are) very rich because they (16) have (have) land, farms, markets and shops. They (17) use (use) the Mayan number system and calendar and they (18) study (study) the stars and the night sky carefully. Like the Ancient Egyptians, they (19) write (write) with pictures on a kind of paper. The name of the Aztec people at the time (20) is (is) 'the Mexica'.