But from the 13th century until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century, the whole of Mexico was ruled by the Aztec empire (see chronology, p. 11).
而從十三世紀到十六世紀西班牙人入侵前，整個墨西哥則是由阿茲特克人的帝國所統領。（詳見文化史年表）