Aztlán is the legendary ancestral home of the The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th century. It was a tribe with a rich mythology and cultural heritage. Their capital was Tenochtitlan on the shore of Lake Texcoco – the site of modern-day Mexico City. (The Aztecs is also a... Aztec/Mexica. It is represented as an island in a lake, located in what is now the north of Mexico (or possibly the southwestern The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States), onto which the first Mexica emerged at the beginning of the fourth world. The word Aztek, rarely used by the Mexica to describe themselves, derives from Aztekatl, meaning "from Aztlán." The character of the place itself has less of a role in the legendary histories than the migration that was undertaken by the Mexica after they left Aztlán and before they settled in Tenochtitlan (also an island in a lake, the replica of their original home).

Depiction of the departure from Aztlán in the 16th Century Codex Boturini

The meaning of the word is "Place of Whiteness" or "Place of Herons" ( Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. It was the lingua franca of Mesoamerica for the millennium spanning from the 7th century through the late 16th century of the current era. Also known as Mexican language, it was the language spoken by the people now known as Aztecs and... Nahuatl azta This article is about the long-necked long-legged wading birds. For other uses of this word, see Heron (disambiguation). Genera Ardea Zebrilus Philherodias Tigrisoma Ardeola Bubulcus Egretta Agamia Butorides Tigriornis Tigrisoma Gorsachius Syrigma Zonerodius Nycticorax see also: Bittern Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds... herons/white-plumed birds + tlan(tli) rooted in (as a tooth)/the place of).

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. He had been searching for a new route to the Asian Indies and was convinced he had found it. Columbus was made governor of the new territories and made several more journeys across... Spanish conquest of Mexico, the story of Aztlán gained importance and it was reported by Fray Diego Durán ( Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Russia begins the conquest of Siberia Finland becomes a grand duchy. Births January 4 - James Ussher, Anglo-Irish priest and scholar Deaths... 1581) and others to be a kind of The various meanings of Eden: Garden of Eden Eden programming language Eden is the name of a film. Anthony Eden - British Prime Minister Eden Prairie, Minnesota Eden Project, Cornwall Eden Foundation, Sweden Eden is the name of an Israeli singer Eden is a club in Ibiza Eden is a novel... Eden-like paradise, free of disease and death, which existed somewhere in the far north. These stories helped fuel Spanish expeditions to what is now the Southwestern United States.

Aztlán also gives its name to several Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or relating to a Spanish-speaking culture. According to the US Census Bureau, Hispanics form an... Hispanic political movements in the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States, such as the self-styled Revolutionary Council and Provisional Government of Aztlán and For the Chicano organization, see MEChA. In some works of science fiction, mecha or mechs (singular: mech) are large human-piloted humanoid vehicles. Variants do exist, from ones on treads to animal shapes. The key difference between mecha and robots (in the English usage of these terms) is that a... MEChA, also known as Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán). In this connection, it often refers to Irredentism is claiming a right to territories belonging to another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. The word was coined in Italy from the phrase Italia irredenta (unredeemed Italy). This originally referred to Austro-Hungarian rule over mostly or partly Italian... irredentist ambitions of independence or union with The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by... Mexico for those southwestern US states which Mexico controlled prior to the The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. Under the treaty, Mexico surrendered a vast tract of land (known as the Mexican Cession) to the United States for a sum of USD $15 million. The... Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events Monument for the leaders of the 1848 Matale rebellion, Sri Lanka The Revolution of 1848 (qv.), a series of widespread but failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary. January 24 - California gold... 1848.

External links

• Aztlán article on Laputan Logic (http://www.laputanlogic.com/articles/2004/12/003-0001-9920.html)
• (claimed) Archeological confirmation of Aztlán (http://users.online.be/~kg000407/explorat.htm)
• Aztlán Doctrine (http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/mecha/ElPlandeAztlan.html)