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"They drained the swampy land, chinampas on which they planted gardens and established foundations of their capital city."
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The Aztecs formed a triple alliance with two other groups to defeat their most powerful rivals for control of their region and conquer the capital.
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Moctezuma took over.
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"Tenochititlan had become a city of about 300,000 citizens and the Aztec Empire itself ruled over about 80,00 square miles of territory."
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Invaders led by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés overthrew the Aztec Empire by force and captured Tenochtitlan
