GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Aztecs
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Mayan
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Olmec
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Zapotec
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each empire believed that the foundation of its capital-Tenochtitlan for the Aztecs and Cuzco for the Incas-was supernaturally ordained. At the center of each capital lay the sacred precinct: the Templo Mayor (main or great temple) in Tenochtitlan and the Coricancha (golden enclosure) in Cuzco.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was unusual about Tenochtitlan is that it was built in the middle of a lake in a swampy and generally inhospitable area. The Aztecs chose the site because they saw an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, which they had been told by their sun god would be the sign for where to build their new home.