Tenochtitlan
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Mexico Tenochtitlan | |||||||
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| 1325–1428 | |||||||
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 Model o the temple destrict o Tenochtitlan at the Naitional Museum o Anthropology | |||||||
| Caipital | Tenochtitlan | ||||||
| Common leids | Nahuatl | ||||||
| Releegion | Mexica releegion | ||||||
| Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||
| Historical era | Pre-Columbian | ||||||
• Established | 1325 | ||||||
• Formation o the Aztec Empire | 1428 | ||||||
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Tenochtitlan (Clessical Nahuatl: Tenochtitlan [tenotʃˈtitɬan]) wis an Aztec altepetl (ceety-state) locatit on an island in Loch Texcoco, in the Valley o Mexico. Foondit in 1325, it acame the caipital o the expandin Mexica Empire in the 15t century,[1] till captured bi the Spainyie in 1521. At its peak, it wis the laorgest ceety in the Pre-Columbian Americas. When paired wi Mexico, the name is a reference tae Mexica, forby kent as "Aztecs" altho thay referred tae themselves as Mexica. It subsequently acame a cabecera o the Viceroyalty o New Spain. The day the ruins o Tenochtitlan are locatit in the central pairt o Mexico Ceety.
References
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