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The rise of the Aztec empire really began in 1150 with the fall of the Toltec empire.
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tenochtitlan was founded in 1325 and served as the Aztec capital. this city was built on the lake of texcoco.
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The Triple Alliance is formed consisting of Tenochtitlan and neighbouring Tetzcoco and Tlacopan
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Rule of Moctezuma I (great-grandfather of Moctezuma II). He expands the Mexica empire as far as the Gulf Coast in the east and Oaxaca in the south
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Invaders led by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes overthrew the Aztecs by force and captured Tenochtitlan in 1521, bringing an end to Mesoamerica's last great native civilization.
