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In 1110 AD to 1325 the Mexica leave their homeland Aztlan. They leave to find more ground and build a city. They went to what is now mexico to find a place to settle.
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The Mexica settled in 1325. The place they settled was tenochtitlan. They quickly started building.
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The Aztecs rivaled the Egyptian pyramids. In 2 years the Aztec Empire fell to the ground. After a fight with the spanish conquistador Hernan Cortez.
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The Aztec emperor Montezuma predicted that a god with a beard was going to come to their land and bring them peace. The Aztecs eventually figured out that Hernan Cortes was not a god.
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The Aztec people later captured Montezuma. Later on they killed Montezuma. His brother Cuitlahuac took over to be there current emperor.
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The spanish brought over diseases and illness. Like Smallpox and other sicknesses. The Aztecs were not immune to the diseases and died
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After just one year, Smallpox killed Half of the Aztecs population.The Spanish took advantage of this opportunity. They made the Aztecs there slaves.
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The Spanish took over the Aztec empire. They made it their own capital. The Spanish Queen then ordered that the Aztecs be let go.
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The Aztec empire is now known as Mexico City. The Capital of Mexico.Where lots of people live. Notice how there flag has a bird and a snake.
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Mexico now has a population of 120,286,655 people. They speak spanish. Also their real name is the United Mexican States.
