Whose Capital Is Tenochtitlan?

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Tenochtitlan, the Capital of the Aztec Empire Aztec Empire Originally, the Aztec Empire Was a Loose Alliance Between Three Cities: Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and...

Whose Capital Is Tenochtitlan?

Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire

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Originally, the Aztec empire was a loose alliance between three cities: Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and the most junior partner, Tlacopan. As such, they were known as the 'Triple Alliance.' This political form was very common in Mesoamerica, where alliances of city-states were ever fluctuating.
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, was founded by the Aztec or Mexica people around 1325 C.E. According to legend, the Mexica founded Tenochtitlan after leaving their homeland of Aztlan at the direction of their god, Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli
In the Aztec religion, Huitzilopochtli (Classical Nahuatl: Huītzilōpōchtli [wiːt͡siloːˈpoːt͡ʃt͡ɬi], modern Nahuatl pronunciation (help·info)) is a deity of war, sun, human sacrifice, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.
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Was Tenochtitlan the Inca capital?

The imperialists to the south are known as the Incas. Each empire believed that the foundation of its capital—Tenochtitlan for the Aztecs and Cuzco for the Incas—was supernaturally ordained. ... The Aztec and Inca imperial governments controlled areas extending for thousands of miles in each direction.

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During the Aztec period, Mexico City was initially built over a lake, the Lago de Texcoco. Aztecs built an artificial island by dumping soil into the lagoon. Later, the Spaniards erected a second Mexico City atop the ruins of Tenochtitlán.

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