the same year as the nearby twin city of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire. The Spanish razed Tenochtitlan in 1521 to found Mexico City, conquering the Aztecs. The pyramid newly ...

And of course Mexico City itself—the nerve center of ... To begin with, the mighty Aztec sustained their empire—the triple alliance of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan—for less than ...

“I found that this city is like a snapshot of how people ... “It is often said that the Aztec Empire expanded almost without resistance across Mesoamerica during the 15th century; however ...

Between 1345 and 1521 C.E., the Aztec Empire flourished in what is now central ... They provided the Aztec capital and other major city-states with luxury items and exotic goods from faraway ...

The main park in Mexico City, Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Forest) was once the temporary home of the Aztec empire after its citizens migrated to modern-day Mexico City in the 13th century.

It’s also one of the world’s largest city squares. It contains a giant Mexican flag at its center and has been the centerpiece of public gatherings since the days of the Aztec empire (it was ...