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1200
The Aztecs settle in the Valley of Mexico.
The Aztecs finally settle after 200 years of wondering once they see the Eagle with a serpent in its mouth sitting on a cactus. -
1345
The Capital city of Tenochtitlan is formed
The Aztecs build a city in the middle of Lake Texcoco and they start to expand. -
1494
Aztec leader Ahuitzotl conquers the central valleys of Oaxaca
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1519
The height of the Aztec empire
The Aztec empire stretches 80,000 square miles across mexico and the yucatan. -
1521
Aztec empire falls to Cortes and his men
After a year of fighting, Cortes beats the Aztecs and pillages Tenochtitlan.
