Tenochtitlan

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Sources

1. BookThe Aztecs
2. BookConquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico
3. WebsiteHistoric Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
4. WebsiteTenochtitlan

member of:

• Aztec Triple Alliance1428 O.S. – 13 Aug 1521 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control

located in:

• Lake Texcoco

  Sources: The Aztecs, Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico

location of:

• Templo Mayor

  Sources: The Aztecs, Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco

capital of:

• Aztec Empire1428 O.S. – 13 Aug 1521 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control

founded by:

• Mexica

  Sources: The Aztecs

ruled by:

• Ahuitzotl1486 O.S. – 1502 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control

• Axayacatl1469 O.S. – 1481 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control

• CuauhtémocDec 1520 O.S. – 13 Aug 1521 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

• CuitláhuacSep 1520 O.S. – Dec 1520 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain. Book 12, The Conquest of Mexico

• Itzcoatl1427 O.S. – 1440 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control

• Moctezuma I1440 O.S. – 1469 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control

• Moctezuma II1502 O.S. – Jun 1520 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History

• Tizoc1481 O.S. – 1486 O.S.

  Sources: The Aztecs, Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control

Appears in20 items

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  Pandemics1 item
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    Smallpox in Tenochtitlan1520
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  The Age of Discovery5 items
  • Conquest of the Aztec EmpireApr 1519 O.S.
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    Cortés meets Moctezuma8 Nov 1519 O.S.
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    La Noche Triste30 Jun 1520 O.S.
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    Smallpox in TenochtitlanOct 1520 O.S.
  • 
    Fall of Tenochtitlan13 Aug 1521 O.S.
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  The Aztec and Inca Empires14 items
  • Itzcoatl1427 O.S.
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    The Triple Alliance (Aztec Empire)1428 O.S.
  • The Tepanec War: Azcapotzalco falls1428 O.S.
  • Moctezuma I1440 O.S.
  • Tenochtitlan conquers Tlatelolco1473 O.S.
  • Ahuitzotl1486 O.S.
  • Moctezuma II1502 O.S.
  • Cortés’s march to Tenochtitlan16 Aug 1519 O.S.
  • Cortés meets Moctezuma8 Nov 1519 O.S.
  • 
    Smallpox in central MexicoMay 1520 O.S.
  • 
    La Noche Triste30 Jun 1520 O.S.
  • CuauhtémocDec 1520 O.S.
  • 
    The siege of Tenochtitlan26 May 1521 O.S.
  • 
    Tenochtitlan falls13 Aug 1521 O.S.

Mentioned in1 item

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  Philosophy1 item
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    Nezahualcóyotl rules Texcoco1431 O.S.