Aztec

aztecs

Aug 1, 750

The city of Teotihuacan is deserted with no trace of life by 750. The city is later called the city of gods by later settlers. The city astonished settlers from Europe.

aztecs

Aug 1, 1200

Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico. The aztecs began as soldiers-for-hire for local rulers after the toltecs rule diminished. The aztecs are told by their sun god,Huitzilopochtli, where to find their new city.

aztecs

Aug 1, 1428

The aztecs join with two other city-states—Texcoco and Tlacopan— to form the triple alliance. This alliance became the leading power in Mexico. It's power soon reached neighboring regions in Central America.

aztecs

Aug 1, 1500

The aztecs controll a vast region of Mesoamerican empire, which stretched from central Mexico to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and south into Oaxaca. The empire was divided into a total of 38 provinces. It had an estimated population of 5 to 15 million people living there.

aztecs

Aug 1, 1500

Tenochtitlan had become very populated, almost over 200,000 people were livin in the city at the time. It was larger than any European capitals of that time. To connect the city to the mainland aztec engineers built three roads onto the mainland.

aztecs

Aug 1, 1502

Montesuma II is crowned emperor and the aztec empire begins to weaken. The new emperor calls for more tributes and more sacrifices to be made across the land. It then began a period of unrest and rebellion which the military put down.

aztecs

Mar 2, 2022

Around 900 a new people ,called the Toltecs, from the south west rose to power. They ruled for three centuries at the heart of Mexico. They built pyramids and statues.