Aztecs

By Kdt6428
  • Nov 3, 1323

    Beginning

    According to Aztec legend, in 1323, the Mexicas were shown a vision of an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, eating a snake.
  • Oct 28, 1345

    Tenochititlan

    Tenochititlan
    the Mexica settle on an island in a marshy region of lake texcoco and founded the city that would become their capital, Tenochtitlan.
  • Nov 2, 1428

    Imperial expansion

    under the rule of itzocatl and motecuzoma I, the Aztecs expanded and advanced against the Oaxaca in southwestern mexico, and slaughtered many of the inhabitants.
  • Nov 3, 1440

    Moctezuma

    Moctezuma I succeeded Itzcoatl as Hueyi Tlatoani in 1440.
  • Nov 2, 1450

    Triple alliance

    Mexica joined forces with two neighboring cities, Texcoco and Tlacopan, to create a triple alliance that guided the Aztec empire
  • Oct 28, 1487

    Bloodletting

    Bloodletting
    A temple at the top of a great pyramid at Tenochtitlan is the location for the sacrifices. When the pyramid was enlarged in 1487, the ceremony of re-dedication involves so much bloodshed that the line of victims stretches far out of the city and the slaughter lasts four days.
  • Nov 2, 1492

    Christopher columbus

    Christopher Columbus ends the isolation of the western hemisphere, and begins interaction between the two hemispheres.
  • Nov 3, 1519

    spanish conquest

    Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1519, the Aztecs dominated central Mexico and as far south as present-day Guatemala