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Mexico Tenochtitlan
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1325?1428
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Caipital
| Tenochtitlan
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Common leids
| Nahuatl
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Releegion
| Mexica releegion
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Govrenment
| Monarchy
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Historical era
| Pre-Columbian
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? Established
| 1325
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| 1428
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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
.