USA HISTORY

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: -Tenochtitlan: Aztec capital (Ducksters, n.d.) Tenochtitlan was the capital city and centre of the Aztec Empire. It was founded in 1325 and served as the capital until the Aztecs were conquered by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1520.

Detailed explanation-3: -Secondly, the inhabitants of Tenochtitlan – and the Aztecs in the narrowest sense – are usually called Tenochca ‘those of Tenochco, ’ which implies that the original settlement was later renamed, just as the northerly one was.

Detailed explanation-4: -After a three-month siege, Spanish forces under Hernán Cortés capture Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec empire. Cortés’ men leveled the city and captured Cuauhtémoc, the Aztec emperor.