Tenochtitlan
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Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a vast and sophisticated metropolis built on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico.
Observed surface forms (5)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Texcoco
ⓘ
Tlacopan polity ⓘ
surface form:
Tlacopan
|
| builtOn |
artificially expanded island
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Hernán Cortés
ⓘ
Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| conquestDate | 1521 ⓘ |
| country | Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| dedicatedToDeity |
Huitzilopochtli
ⓘ
Tlaloc ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | 1521 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Mexica
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztecs
Mexica ⓘ |
| foundingCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1325 ⓘ |
| governedBy | tlatoani ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex canal system
ⓘ
large marketplaces ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Nahuan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nahuatl
|
| locatedIn |
Lake Texcoco
ⓘ
Valley of Mexico ⓘ central Mexico ⓘ |
| mainEthnicGroup | Mexica ⓘ |
| majorMarketplace |
Tlatelolco
ⓘ
surface form:
Tlatelolco market
|
| majorTemple | Templo Mayor ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Ahuitzotl
ⓘ
Itzcoatl ⓘ Moctezuma II ⓘ |
| partOf | Triple Alliance ⓘ |
| populationEstimate |
200000
ⓘ
250000 ⓘ |
| populationEstimateTime | early 16th century ⓘ |
| presentDayCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Mexico City ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Mexico City ⓘ |
| servedAs |
economic center of the Aztec Empire
ⓘ
political center of the Aztec Empire ⓘ religious center of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| urbanFeature |
ceremonial precinct
ⓘ
palaces ⓘ pyramidal temples ⓘ |
| usedAgriculturalSystem | chinampas ⓘ |
| usedInfrastructure |
aqueducts
ⓘ
canals ⓘ causeways ⓘ |
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Former Lake Zumpango
this entity surface form:
Aztec capital Tenochtitlan