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  2. Tenochtitlan - Wikipedia

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    Tenochtitlan, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city.

  3. Tenochtitlan - National Geographic Society

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    Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded by the Aztec or Mexica people around 1325 C.E. According to legend, the Mexica founded Tenochtitlan after leaving their homeland of Aztlan at the direction of their god, Huitzilopochtli. Huitzilopochtli directed them to build where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus, eating a snake.

  4. Tenochtitlan | History, Population, Significance, & Facts

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    Tenochtitlán, ancient capital of the Aztec empire. Located at the site of modern Mexico City, it was founded c. 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco. It formed a confederacy with Texcoco and Tlacopán and was the Aztec capital by the late 15th century.

  5. Tenochtitlan - World History Encyclopedia

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    Tenochtitlan (also spelled Tenochtitlán), located on an island near the western shore of Lake Texcoco in central Mexico, was the capital city and religious centre of the Aztec civilization. The traditional founding date of the city was 1345 CE and it remained the most important Aztec centre until its destruction at the hands of the conquering ...

  6. Battle of Tenochtitlan | Summary & Fall of the Aztec Empire

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    Battle of Tenochtitlán, (May 22–August 13, 1521), military engagement between the Aztecs and a coalition of Spanish and indigenous combatants. Spanish conquistadores commanded by Hernán Cortés allied with local tribes to conquer the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán.

  7. Aztec Civilization - National Geographic Society

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    ENCYCLOPEDIC ENTRY Aztec Civilization In just a century, the Aztec built an empire in the area now called central Mexico. The arrival of the Spanish conquistadors brought it to a sudden end. Grades 5 - 8 Subjects Anthropology, Archaeology, Sociology, Social Studies, Ancient Civilizations, World History, Storytelling Image Pyramid of the Sun

  8. Tenochtitlán: History of Aztec Capital | Live Science

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    Tenochtitlán was an Aztec city that flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521. Built on an island on Lake Texcoco, it had a system of canals and causeways that supplied the hundreds of thousands of...

  9. Tenochtitlan Timeline - World History Encyclopedia

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    Chimalpopoca reigns as leader of the Aztec Empire . The Sun Stone depicting the ages of the five suns of Aztec mythology is carved and set up at Tenochtitlan . Itzcoatl reigns as leader of the Aztec Empire . The Triple Alliance is formed between Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan.

  10. Capital City of Tenochtitlan - ThoughtCo

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    Tenochtitlán, located in the heart of what is now Mexico City, was the largest city and capital of the Aztec Empire. Today, Mexico City is still one of the largest cities in the world, despite its unusual setting. It sits on a swampy island in the middle of Lake Texcoco in the Basin of Mexico, a strange place for any capital, ancient or modern.

  11. A Guide To Mexico’s Aztec Ruins - Culture Trip

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    Modern Mexico City is built atop the sinking lake and ruins that once formed part of the Aztec Empire’s principal city; Tenochtitlán.