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1520 BCE
Cuahtemoc becomes the tenth emperor of the Aztecs.
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1519 BCE
Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan
The Aztecs treat him as an honored guest, but Cortez takes Moctezuma II, prisoner. Cortez is driven from the city, but Moctezuma is killed. -
1502 BCE
Montezuma II
Becomes the ruler of the Aztec Empire. He is the ninth of the Aztec kings. -
Period: 1440 BCE to 1469 BCE
Moctezuma I rueles and greatly expans the empire
Moxtexuma I becomes the fifth leader of the Aztecs. His rule will mak the height on the Aztec Empire -
1325 BCE
The city of Tenochtitlan is founded.
It will become the capital of the Aztec Empire. The location is picked by the priest because it is where they see the foretold sign of an eagle holding a snake while standing on a cactus. -
1200 BCE
The aztects arrive in the valley of Mexico
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1100 BCE
The aztecs levave their homeland of Aztlan in northern Mexico and begin their journey shouth.
Over the next 225 years, the Aztecs will move many times until they finally settle down at the city of Tenochtitlan -
1375
The first dominant ruler of the Aztecs.
Acamapichtli, comes into power. they call their ruler the tlatoani which means "speaker" -
1428
The aztec Empire alliance
The Aztec empire is formed with a tripe alliance between the Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans, The Aztecs defeat the Tepanecs -
1520
Cortes froms an alliance with the Tlaxcala and begins to the attack the Aztecs.
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1521
Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the city of tenochtitlan.
