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Apr 8, 1168
Looking for Tenochtitlan
The Aztec god Huitzilopochtli commanded that the Aztecs migrate south and told them to look for an eagle perched on a cactus. There they would biuld a great city. -
Apr 10, 1325
Finding Tenochtitlan
The Aztecs spent more than 150 years searching for this land. They travelled over mountain ranges and through river valleys. They arrived at the Valley of Mexico, where many thousands of people livesd. The only unoccupied land the Aztecs could find was a swampy island on Lake Texcoco. There they saw the screaming eagle. They called it Tenochtitlan, and transformed it into a great city. -
Apr 15, 1326
Manipulating the Geography
The Aztecs had to changing their geograpghy to make it suitable for living. To do thisthey build chinqampas, dams, aqueducts, and causeways. This gave them food, fresh water, and security from invaders. They built temples to bring them to the gods. -
Jun 18, 1378
New Fire Ceremony
Every 52 years this ceremony would take place. People would fast and let their fires burn out. They waited one rooftops to see the sacredflame lit near Tenochtitlan. A courier would then carry this flame from house to house to relight fires. -
Apr 17, 1492
Columbus and Cortes in the New World
In Spain Columbus had been trying to get permission to go to the New World. Columbus brought back news of riches in the New World, so Cortes decides he wants to go to the new world. -
Jul 26, 1504
Cortes and the Conquistadors
Cortes and his Spanish Conquistadors arrive at Hispaniola. Cortes was given some land, but he demanded that he came for gold. -
Apr 23, 1519
Fighting the Aztecs
Cortes and his conquistadors decide to fight the Aztecs for control over Tenochtitlan. Cortes and the Conquistandors march into Tenochtitlan. -
Apr 23, 1521
Final conquest of Tenochtitlan
After disease (smallpox) killed a huge portion of Aztecs, the Spanish came back to take over the rest of the Aztecs. -
Oct 26, 1521
An Unequal fight
The Spanish had weapons made of steel. The Aztecs used weapons made of wood and obsidian glass. The Spanish also had horses and huge dogs. The Spanish had a huge advantage over the Aztecs. -
Apr 23, 1522
After the Conquest
The remaining Aztecs were asslimilated to Christianity and made slaves. Their temples were destroyed, as well as their codices. Their customs and religion was destroyed. -
Montezuma
Montezuma was the Emperor of Tenochtitlan. He was killed by his people when he let the conqiustadors in. He performed the sacrifices. -
Hernan Cortes
Cortes was always wanting to go on an adventure. When he heard about the gold Columbus found in the New World, he wanted to get fame and fortune. Cortes set out on an expidition to the New World with 300 or so conquistadors. -
Temples
Aztecs believe that mountains physically brought them closer to the gods. They then built temples to replicate mountains. They performed sacrifices in the temples. -
Churches
Churches were where Christians and Catholics went to worship their only god. They pray in the churches.
