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The Mexica travel from their northern homeland of Aztlan. These early dates, and the existence and location of Aztlan are hotly debated.
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Mexica settle near Lake Texcoco, in Chapultepec, though they are soon expelled by the Tepanecs
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Mexica settle in Tizapan, by permission of the Culhuacan ruler Cocoxtli.
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Tenochtitlán is settled by the Mexica
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Building of causeways with canals
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Death of Tenoch, religious ruler of the Mexica
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Original construction of Templo Mayor beings in Tenochtitlán
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The first king* of Tenochtitlán, Acamapichitli, rules
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The second king of Tenochtitlán, Huitzilihuitzli, rules. An alliance with the Tepaneca is created.
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Chimalpopoca, has his relatively short reign. He is assasinated by the Tepaneca.
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War with the Tepaneca. Up to this point the Tepaneca had been dominant in central Mexico, ruling from Azcapotzalco and taking tribute from the Mexica.
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Tenochtitlán's fourth king, Itzcoatl, reigns
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Reign of the fifth king, Moctezuma I, who is also referred to as Montezuma I
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Reign of the fifth king, Moctezuma I, who is also referred to as Montezuma I
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Reign of Tizoc, the seventh king of Tenochtitlán
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(Christopher Columbus's landing at Santa Domingo)
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Rule of Ahuitzotl, eighth king of the city
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Landing of Hernan Cortes on the Yucatan penninsula
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Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlán
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Cuauhetemoc is hung by the Spaniards