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Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Urban System (c. 1325–1521 CE)

Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Urban System (c. 1325–1521 CE)

  1. Mexica found Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco

    Labels: Tenochtitlan, Mexica, Lake Texcoco

  2. Tlatelolco founded as a sister Mexica altepetl

    Labels: Tlatelolco, Mexico-Tlatelolco, marketplace

  3. Acamapichtli chosen as first dynastic tlatoani

    Labels: Acamapichtli, Tlatoani, dynasty

  4. Triple Alliance formed, launching imperial expansion

    Labels: Triple Alliance, Tenochtitlan, Texcoco

  5. Chapultepec aqueduct project begins

    Labels: Chapultepec aqueduct, Chapultepec, water-management

  6. Chapultepec aqueduct opened into Tenochtitlan

    Labels: Chapultepec aqueduct, Tenochtitlan, engineering

  7. Battle of Tlatelolco subordinates the sister city

    Labels: Battle of, Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco

  8. Templo Mayor rededication under Ahuitzotl

    Labels: Templo Mayor, Ahuitzotl, ceremonial-center

  9. Moctezuma II becomes tlatoani of Tenochtitlan

    Labels: Moctezuma II, Tlatoani, Tenochtitlan

  10. Cortés enters Tenochtitlan and meets Moctezuma

    Labels: Hern n, Moctezuma II, Tenochtitlan

  11. La Noche Triste: Spaniards driven from the city

    Labels: La Noche, Spaniards, Tenochtitlan

  12. Smallpox outbreak devastates Tenochtitlan

    Labels: Smallpox, Basin of, epidemic

  13. Cuauhtémoc crowned as final tlatoani

    Labels: Cuauht moc, Tlatoani, military-leader

  14. Siege and fall of Tenochtitlan

    Labels: Siege of, Cuauht moc, Spanish-Indigenous coalition