Tenochtitlan

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Mexico Tenochtitlan

1325?1428
Glyph o Tenochtitlan
Glyph
Model o the temple destrict o Tenochtitlan at the Naitional Museum o Anthropology
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
Succeedit bi
Aztec Empire

Tenochtitlan ( Clessical Nahuatl : Tenochtitlan [tenot??tit?an] ) 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 .

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  1. "Tenochtitlan, la capital azteca" . www.historiang.com . Retrieved 8 Apryle 2011 . Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help )