EL IMPERIO AZTECA

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  • 1100

    1100

    1100
    The Aztecs leave their land of Aztlan in northern Mexico and begin their journey south. Over the next 225 years the Aztecs will move many times until they finally settle in the city of Tenochitlan.
  • 1200

    1200

    1200
    The Aztecs arrive in the valley of Mexico
  • 1250

    1250

    They settle in Chapultepec, but are forced to leave by the Culhuacán tribe.
  • 1325

    1325

    1325
    The city of Tenochtitlan is founded. It will become the capital of the Aztec Empire. The location is
    chosen by the priests because they saw the predicted sign of an eagle with a snake while standing on a nopal (cactus).
  • 1350

    1350

    The Aztecs begin to build causeways and canals around Tenochtitlan.
  • 1375

    1375

    1375
    The first dominant king of the Aztecs, Acamapichtli, comes to power. They call him their ruler of the Tlatoani which means "speaker" (orator).
  • 1427

    1427

    Itzcoatl becomes the fourth ruler of the Aztecs. He founded the Aztec Empire.
  • 1428

    1428

    1428
    The Aztec Empire is formed with a triple ulianza between the Aztecs, the Tezcocanos, and the Tacubans. The
    Aztecs defeat the Tepanecas.
  • 1440

    1440

    1440
    Montezuma I becomes the fifth leader of the Aztecs. His rule will mark the summit of the Empire
    Aztec.
  • 1440

    1440-1469

    Montezuma I is the king and greatly expands the empire.
  • 1452

    1452

    1452
    The city of Tenochtitlan suffers a great flood. In the coming years they are filled with hunger and starvation (famine).
  • 1487

    1487

    1487
    The Templo Mayor (Templo Mayor de Tenochtitlan) has ended. It is dedicated to the gods with thousands of
    human sacrifices.
  • 1502

    1502

    1502
    Montezuma II becomes ruler of the Aztec Empire. He is the ninth of the Aztec kings
  • 1517

    1517

    1517
    Aztec priests mark the sighting of a comet in the night sky. They believe the comet was a sign of impending death.
  • 1519

    1519

    1519
    Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrives in Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs treat him as a guest of honor, but Cortez takes prisoner of Montezuma II. Cortes are expelled from the city, but Moctezuma II is killed.
  • 1520

    1520

    1520
    Cuauhtémoc becomes the tenth emperor of the Aztecs.
  • 1520

    1520

    Cortes forms an alliance with tlaxcala and begins attacking the Aztecs.
  • 1522

    1522

    1522
    The Spanish begin to rebuild the city of Tenochtitlan. It will be called Mexico City and will be the
    capital of New Spain.