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The Aztecs founded the city of Tenochtitlan where they saw an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. Tenochtitlan was located on Lake Texcoco in Northern Mexico.
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The New Fire Ceremony was an event held every 52 years to celebrate and renew the sun and to ensure that the Aztec civilization would not end. This was a ceremony that was celebrated by the whole Aztec civilization. On this day, everyone would break all of their household items to celebrate a new cycle of their calendar.
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The capital, Tenochtitlan, is damaged by flooding and plunges into a state of famine and depression. The crops all die because of all the water and buildings were destroyed and flooded. This lasted from 1452 to 1454.
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Hernan Cortez arrives in Tenochtitlan with his army and begins to ally himself with neighboring tribes and city-states that want to overthrow the rule of the Aztecs because they were forced to pay tribute and taxes to the Aztecs.
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The Aztec Empire is already in chaos and finally, the emperor Cuauhtemoc surrenders to Cortec and his army. The Aztec Empire ends and the city is destroyed.
