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The Fall of Tenochtitlan , the capital of the Aztec Empire, came about in 1521 through the manipulation of local factions and divisions by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. Though numerous battl...
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The Aztecs built their capital city, called Tenochtitlan, in the center of enormous Lake Texcoco. The Aztecs believed they were the “chosen people” of Huitzilopochtli and did everything that he desired of them. "During the fourteenth century, Huitzilopochtli told the Aztec chieftain that their new homeland would...
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On arriving in Tenochtitlan, the Spaniards were deeply impressed by the beauty, order and cleanliness of this city with between 150,000 and 300,000 inhabitants, one of the biggest metropolises in the world at the time. "This great city of Tenochtitlán is built on the salt lake , and no matter by what road you travel...
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Thus was founded the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan on June 8th 1325. The intense activity of the Mexica and their contacts with numerous local peoples led to their rapid assimilation of knowledge and cultural expression.
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This is the site of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, ancient capital of the Aztecs. Excavations were begun in 1978, when workmen discovered the Coyolzauhqui stone disc, weighing eight tonnes and marking the foot of the stairs of the temple.
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At the time of the Spanish conquest in 1521, the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was among the largest cities in the world, with perhaps as many as 200,000 inhabitants.
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An island city, five miles square, Tenochtitlan was surrounded by Lake Texcoco, one of the five lakes in the Valley of Mexico. Three great earth bridges, or causeways, led into the city. Canals were used as streets and people traveled everywhere by canoe.
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