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BEGINNING OF EXPANSION OF TENOCHTITLÁN FIRST AZTEC

TENOCHTITLÁN SPEAKER
On a marshy Causeways were built 2 Aqueducts were Acamapitchli becomes
to join Tenochtitlán to constructed to supply the
island in Lake Tenochtitlán’s first
3the mainland. city with fresh water
Texcoco, Aztec ‘tlatoani’ or ‘Great
priests see an Speaker’, the first
eagle devouring dominant Aztec ‘Acamapichtli’
The ever-growing city is means ‘hand of
a serpent, while divided up into ruler. He makes arrows’, which is why
perched on a important a hand holding arrows
zones with
cactus. They take political ties to is often shown in
it as sign from 4 20 strengthen the pictures of him
the gods that they should settle here. districts. Aztec capital.
1325 1350 1375-95

AZTEC TRIPLE ALLIANCE THE TEPANEC WAR FIRST

FORMED The Mexica people revolt against the TEMPLE
3 Tlacopan and Texcoco) forms
A united city-states (Tenochtitlán, dominant power of Tepanec city-state STARTED
Azcapotzalo in dispute of
alliance of to fight against the Tepanecs of paying high tributes. The A rudimentary
The war lasts for
Azcapotzalo and win the war.
extortionate
three years. tributes demanded platform is erected
This alliance Alliance leads to the flower wars, by Azcapotzalo were (marked with a
forms the where battles were arranged set as a punishment for hieroglyph) where
basis of specifically to allow for the capture of siding with the wrong the priests saw the
the Aztec heir to the Tepanec
Empire, with throne eagle with the snake.
Tenochtitlán of prisoners It holds a shrine
as the 1,000s for sacrifice. to the Aztec god
dominant
ruler taking Huitzilopochtli and
2/5 of will evolve into the
the booty. Templo Mayor.
1428 1417-27 1390

THE SAD NIGHT FALL OF TENOCHTITLÁN TO SPANISH

Monteczhuma is captured and killed When Tenochtitlán residents
by the Spanish. His brother tales falls there are 200,000 Despite
over and drives the conquistadores conquering
the city, it takes the
from Tenochtitlán, but an outbreak Spanish a further 60
of smallpox, brought with the The colossal city years to establish rule
Spanish, ravages the city. covers an area of over the remnants of the
Aztec Empire, calling
THE SIEGE OF 12km 2 it New Spain
TENOCHTITLÁN

Cortés sides with enemies of the empire A 16km dyke seals
and besieges Tenochtitlán, cutting off food off part of the lake
and water supplies by land and across Lake so the city is in a
Texcoco. The siege only lasts a few months. man-made lagoon

1520 1521 13 AUGUST 1521

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