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May 15, 2024 · Mexico. Tenochtitlán. Participants: Aztec. Spain. Context: Viceroyalty of New Spain. Key People: Hernán Cortés. Cuauhtémoc. Battle of Tenochtitlán, (May 22–August 13, 1521), military engagement between the Aztecs and a coalition of Spanish and indigenous combatants.
May 10, 2024 · The Aztec's capital city was Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico City). What caused the fall of the Aztec Empire? The Aztec Empire fell due to the Spanish conquest by Hernán Cortés, the diseases his army brought which the Aztec had no immunity to, and the assistance given to the Spaniards by indigenous peoples who resented the Aztec use of force ...
May 18, 2024 · We all know that Tenochtitlan, the Mexica capital city, was one of the largest cities in the world in the early 16th century. Sometimes we struggle to find good facts and figures to demonstrate the size and extent of the ‘Aztec Empire’. Here are a few useful pointers, adapted from David Carrasco’s excellent little book The Aztecs: A Very ...
May 23, 2024 · History of Mexico City. Coordinates: 19°25′59.11″N 99°7′43.84″W. The symbol of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the central image on the Mexican flag since Mexican independence from Spain in 1821.
4 days ago · July – Spanish ships land at Veracruz with large numbers of Spaniards, munitions, and horses. 20–25 July – Battle for Tenochtitlan. 1 August – Spanish-Tlaxcalan-Texcocan forces enter the Plaza Mayor; last stand of the Aztec defenders. 13 August – Surrender of Aztec defenders; capture of Cuauhtemoc.
2 days ago · Mexico City, city and capital of Mexico, synonymous with the Federal District, although the term can also apply to the city’s metropolitan area to the west, north, and east. It was built atop the razed island-capital of Tenochtitlan, the cultural and political center of the Aztec (Mexica) empire.
May 17, 2024 · What sets the architecture of Tenochtitlan apart is its unique location. The Aztecs built their capital city on Lake Texcoco, utilizing two islands as their foundation. They extended the area by creating chinampas, which were small, artificial islands built above the waterline and later consolidated.
