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  2. History of Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    History of Mexico City. Coordinates: 19°25′59.11″N 99°7′43.84″W. The symbol of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the central image on the Mexican flag since Mexican independence from Spain in 1821. The history of Mexico City stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 CE as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the ...

  3. Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    The city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan was founded by the Mexica people in 1325 or 1327. [46] ... The two main candidates to become the capital were Mexico City and Querétaro.

  4. Tenochtitlan - Wikipedia

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    Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan, [a] also known as Mexico-Tekknotittenland, [b] was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [3] The city was built on an island in ...

  5. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire - Wikipedia

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    The fall of Tenochtitlan marks the beginning of Spanish rule in central Mexico, and they established their capital of Mexico City on the ruins of Tenochtitlan. Cortés made alliances with tributary city-states ( altepetl ) of the Aztec Empire as well as their political rivals, particularly the Tlaxcaltecs and Tetzcocans , a former partner in ...

  6. History of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The city is thought to have been established around 100 BCE and continued to be ... Their forces separately moved on to the capital and captured Mexico City in 1914 ...

  7. New Spain - Wikipedia

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    After the 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, conqueror Hernán Cortés named the territory New Spain, and established the new capital, Mexico City, on the site of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire. Central Mexico became the base of expeditions of exploration and conquest, expanding the territory claimed by the ...

  8. Aztec Empire - Wikipedia

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    e. The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance (Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan. These three city-states ruled that area in and around the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until the combined forces of the ...

  9. Timeline of Mexico City - Wikipedia

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    1521 – City captured and sacked by Spanish forces led by Cortés. [1] 1522 - National Palace (Mexico) construction starts. [1] 1524 – México Tenochtitlán municipality established. 1526 - Santo Domingo (Mexico City) established. [1] 1527 – Spanish Royal Audiencia of Mexico established. 1537 – Mint built.