The Aztec Empire

By Timuriskool
  • 1325

    Tenochtitlan is Built

    Tenochtitlan is Built
    The Aztecs were looking for a place to build a city, and they saw an eagle on a cactus eating a snake, so they decided it was a sign from the gods and they built their city where the cactus was.
  • 1428

    The Founding of the Aztec Empire

    The Founding of the Aztec Empire
    The Aztec Empire was founded when the Aztecs made an alliance with the Texacoco and the Tacubans.
  • 1440

    Change of Power in the Aztec Empire

    Change of Power in the Aztec Empire
    Montezuma became the king of the Aztecs when Itzcoatl was deemed unfit to continue.
  • 1517

    The discovery of the Aztecs to the Europeans

    Francisco Cordoba landed in the Yucatan Peninsula with about 100 men and discovered the Aztecs.
  • 1519

    Cortés lands in Mexico

    Cortés lands in Mexico
    The Spanish conquistador Hernán Corés lands in Tabasco and founds the city of Veracruz, where he trained his army of 400 men, to storm the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
  • Aug 13, 1521

    The Fall of Tenochtitlan

    The Fall of Tenochtitlan
    Cortés, with the help of the natives, finally conquered Tenochtitlan. The main factors in the fall of the Aztecs were diseases, like smallpox and the flu, to which the natives had no resistance to. The conquistadors and natives who opposed the Aztecs killed many people as well. In total 240,000 people had been killed in the fighting for Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was raised shortly after it's capture, and Mexico was constructed on top of it.