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What did Herman Cortes build over Tenochtitlan?
The conquistador Hernán Cortés built the city of Mexico City (proper name "Ciudad de México) in order to erase all traces of the Aztec rule.
What city was built over Tenochtitlan?
That would be Mexico City.
What current city is over the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?
Mexico city
What city did hernan Cortes build over tenochititlan?
Hernan Cortes built the city of Mexico City over the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. He destroyed much of the original city during the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century and began rebuilding it in 1521.
What city is the site of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
Mexico City is the site of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. The Spanish conquistadors conquered Tenochtitlan in 1521 and built Mexico City over the ruins of the Aztec capital. Today, Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico.
Before the spanish took over what was the name of the city that was there before Mexico city?
Mexico-Tenochtitlan
Which lake did the Aztecs build their capital city?
The Aztecs capital city, Tenochititan, was built over Texcoco Lake.
Why did Montezuma allow Cortez to stay in Tenochtitlan?
Because Cortez promised to give a very little amount of gold and other riches to Montezuma to allow him to stay.
How did the Aztecs know where to build their new city of Tenochtitlan?
The Aztecs built their city of Tenochtitlan based on a prophecy that directed them to find an eagle perched on a cactus, devouring a serpent. This vision led them to the marshy islands in Lake Texcoco, where they saw the sign and established their city in 1325. The location also provided strategic advantages, such as access to water and resources, as well as natural defenses against potential enemies. Over time, Tenochtitlan grew into a powerful city-state and the capital of the Aztec Empire.
What place was Mexico was built on the remains of what city?
Mexico City (capital of the country Mexico) was built over the remains of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
Did cortez take over Mexico?
Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521, with the help of more than 200,000 Tlaxcalan allies -- who were bitter enemies of the Aztecs -- and a smallpox epidemic that decimated the Aztec population between 1519 and 1521. After the Fall of Tenochtitlan, central Mexico became part of the Spanish Empire, and Hernan Cortez became its first viceroy.
Montezuma II allowed cortez and his army into the city because he thought Cortez was?
A god.sent from the last god to watch over his city he first heard of cortez when he heard reports of strange boats coming in from the sea and a type of meteorite crashed which in aztec times is a sign of new arrival!!
