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Mexica leave their homeland of Aztlan
Mexica travel throughout what is now Mexico, looking for a place to settle
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Building of causeways with canals
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Rule of Acamapichtli, th first king of Tenochtitlan
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Itzcoatl becomes the fourth ruler of the Aztecs. He will found the Aztec Empire.
The Aztec Empire is formed with a triple alliance between the Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans. The Aztecs defeat the Tepanecs. -
Montezuma I rules and greatly expands the empire.
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The Templo Mayor , also known as the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan is finished. It is dedicated to the gods with thousands of human sacrifices.
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Montezuma II becomes the ninth ruler of the Aztecs.
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Sever flooding in Tenochtitlan
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The Aztec priests mark the sighting of a comet in the night sky. They believe the comet was a sign of impending doom.
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Landing of Hernan Cortes on the Yucatan penninsula
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Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlán. The Aztecs treat him as an honored guest. Cortes takes Montezuma II prisoner. Cortez is driven from the city. Montezuma II is killed.
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Cuauhtémoc becomes the tenth emperor of the Aztecs.
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Cortes forms an alliance with the Tlaxcala and begins to attack the Aztecs.
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Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the city of Tenochtitlán.
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The Spanish begin to rebuild the city of Tenochtitlán. It will be called Mexico City and will be the capital of New Spain.
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Cuauhetemoc is hung by the Spaniards
