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600
First Nahuatl speaking humans begin to settle in Mexico.
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Period: 600 to 1325
Foundation of a new empire.
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1100
Mexica travel south from their northern homeland to find a new place to settle.
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1300
The Mexica settle in Tizapan
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1325
Tenochtitlán is settled.
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Period: 1350 to 1454
Expanding the empire.
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1376
First Huey Tlatcani, Acamapichitli, rules.
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1390
Construction of Templo Mayor begins in Tenochtitlán.
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1395
The second Huey Tlatcani, Huitzilihuitzli, rules.
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1417
The third Huey Tlatcani, Chimalpopoca, rules.
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1427
War against the Tepeneca, who have dominated central Mexico, begins.
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1427
The fourth Huey Tlatcani, Itzcoatl, rules.
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1430
The Tepeneca are conquered.
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1431
The Triple Alliance is established.
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1440
The fifth Huey Tlatcani, Montezuma I, rules.
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1452
Tenochtitlán is severely damaged in a flood.
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1469
The sixth Huey Tlatcani, Azayactl, rules.
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Period: 1469 to 1510
Height of the empire.
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1481
The seventh Huey Tlatcani, Tizoc, rules.
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1486
The eighth Huey Tlatcani, Ahuitzotl, reigns.
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1487
Dedication of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlán.
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1492
Christopher Columbus lands in Santa Domingo
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1502
Reign of famous Huey Tlatcani, Moctezuma II, the ninth of the Aztec kings.
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Period: 1517 to 1525
Collapse of the empire.
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Mar 4, 1519
Hernan Cortez lands on the peninsula of Yucatan.
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Nov 8, 1519
Hernan Cortez arrives in Tenochtitlán.
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1520
The tenth Huey Tlatcani, Cuitahauc, rules but dies of smallpox within the same year.
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1520
Hernan Cortez sides with the Tlaxcala, enemies of the Aztecs, and begins assault on the Aztec empire.
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1520
Cuauhetemoc, the eleventh and last Huey Tlatcani, rules.
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1521
Fall of Tenochtitlán. Cuauhetemoc surrenders to Hernan Cortez.
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1522
Tenochtitlán begins reconstruction as Mexico City, the capital of New Spain.
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1525
Cuauhetemoc is hung by the Spanish.