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1325
Making Their Land
"They drained the swampy land, chinampas on which they planted gardens and established foundations of their capital city." -
1428
Triple Alliance
The Aztecs formed a triple alliance with two other groups to defeat their most powerful rivals for control of their region and conquer the capital. -
1440
Father of the Aztec Empire
Moctezuma took over. -
1519
Powerful in Mesoamerica
"Tenochititlan had become a city of about 300,000 citizens and the Aztec Empire itself ruled over about 80,00 square miles of territory." -
1521
Fall of the Aztec Empire
Invaders led by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés overthrew the Aztec Empire by force and captured Tenochtitlan