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Huitzilopochtli told the Aztec people to migrate south and told them to look for an eagle perching on a cactus. when they found that cactus with the eagle on it, there is where they should build their new city.
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The Aztec people were travelling for more than 150 years. Over mountains and through river valleys.
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They arrived in the Valley of Mexico, a wide plain with fertile land, plentiful water, and a mild climate. But there was already people there living in a city made of stone. The only land that was free was a swampy island at one end of a broad lake. There they saw the eagle sitting on a cactus. They called their new city Tenochtitlan.
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He was known as The Great Speaker. One of many responsiblities was to watch the night sky for signs that might tell the future events and interpret these for his people.
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When Columbus arrived in the Americas, he only found a small amount of gold on the islan of Hispaniola. But he sent a letter to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand and they approved a new voyage immediately.
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Cortes captured Moctezuma and threatened to kill him unless him and his followers would follow him.
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The spanish took over tenochtitlan, and burned all of their history.
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In the last 100 years the city has sunk more then nine metres, the height of a three story building
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Resources and goods come from Spain to make Mexico a better place.
