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Other articles where Itzcóatl is discussed: Aztec: Establishment of the Aztec empire: Under the ruler Itzcóatl (1428–40), Tenochtitlán formed alliances with the neighbouring states of Texcoco and Tlacopan and became the dominant power in central Mexico. Later, by commerce and conquest, Tenochtitlán came to rule an empire of 400 to 500 small states, comprising by 1519 some 5,000,000 to ...

Itzcoatl became the leader of the Aztec in 1427 and became the fourth tlatoani of the Aztec people. He was the brother of Huitzilíhuitl and the son of Acamapichti. Itzcoatl reigned over the Aztec Empire from 1427 until 1440, and is best remembered as the leader who saw the Aztecs become the most powerful Mesoamerican society in the Valley of ...

Itzcoatl – the fourth ruler of Tenochtitlan. His name was Itzcoatl, which meant Obsidian Serpent – izt (li) =obsidian, coatl =serpent – and he came to succeed his nephew, the Third Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, in 1428 or One Flint Knife/ Ce Tecpatl. Most sources agree with this date, even though a few claims vary from as early as 1425 to as ...

The serpent played a crucial role in the mythology of ancient Mexico, identified with the sun’s rays (‘fire serpents’), forked lightning and with driving rain, which resembles water-snakes falling from the sky during heavy storms. Cihuacóatl represented the creative female force of the earth. Picture sources:-.

Sahagún was a Franciscan missionary who arrived in Mexico in 1529. The manuscript, commonly referred to as the Florentine Codex, consists of twelve books that cover a range of different topics. The twelfth book focuses on the Spanish conquest of Mexico between 1519 and 1521. Around 1553-55, Sahagún gathered accounts from indigenous elders who ...