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The Aztec people built thier capitol on a small swampy Island in Lake Texcoco and called it Tenochtitlan.
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The Aztecs build causeways with canals in their city
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The Religious ruler of Mexica, Tenoch, dies 1370
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The first King of Tinochtitlan begins his rule
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The third King of Tinochtitlan, Chimalpopoca, dies early into his reign. He was assasinated by the Tepaneca.
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The Aztecs go to war with their enemies the Tepaneca, and claim the title of the ruling Mexica clan
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There is a large famine in Tichnotitlan
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The Great Temple was dedicated in Tichnotitlan
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A crew of Spaniards led by Hernando Cortez landed on the shores of the Gulf Coast in the Spring of 1519.
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The Spaniards allied with a rival of the Aztecs and arrived at their gates on November the 8th.
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As the Spaniards and their allies became increasingly unwelcome and dangerous guests in the Aztec capitol city, in June of 1520 the tensicons culminated into the massacre of the Great Temple and the death of the Aztec's fearless leader Moctezuma II.
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The Spanish and her allies fled the city on July 1st, a night knows as La Noche Triste.
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The Spanish returned to the city with their native allies in the spring of 1521 to lay siege to Technotitlan and the battle ended in the dictruction of the city on August 13, 1521
