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They built their city in the middle of a lake. This was because their God told them to build where they saw an eagle eating a snake perched atop a cactus
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At its peak, the city is the largest in the Pre-Columbian Americas
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The great Pyramid like temple in Tenochtitlan was completed by the Aztecs
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Christopher Columbus landed on the American continent
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Hernando Cortes (1485-1547) was a Spanish conquistador (soldier and explorer) who would later conquer the vast Aztec empire
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Tenochtitlan was the Aztecs 'capital' or main city
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Montezuma II is stoned to death, Cortes fled Tenochtitlan
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Spanish conquered Tenochtitlan and defeated the Aztecs
