The Maya and Aztec Empires were located in the region known as Mesoamerica while the Inca Empire was located along the Andes mountain range of South America and Mesoamerica refers to the area between modern-day Mexico in the north and Costa Rica in the South
the Maya came first, and settled in modern-day Mexico ., They were followed by the Inca in modern-day Peru, and finally the Aztecs, also in modern-day Mexico.
They had different ways of life and unique languages, political agendas, religious views and ways to provide for their people., the similarity between the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas is that all had control of massive empires that eventually ceased to exist.