The Aztecs who would later be kiled by Cortes and his Spanish Army
Tenochtitlan, now Mexico city.
Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
because there was no place and Mexico is small
because there was no place and Mexico is small
The Aztecs built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. Today, the modern city of Mexico City is built on top of the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire until. Today, the ruins of Tenochtitlan are in the historic center of Mexico City.
It was customary for Spanish conquistadors to settle on conquered cities. One such example is Mexico City, which was formerly known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire.
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.
=It took about 1000 people adding the slaves they used.=
That area is called today Mexico City. Before, it was a lake called Texcoco
The city of Tenochtitlan was built on a series of swampy islands in the middle of the Lake Texcoco, in central Mexico by the Aztec people on March 13, 1325. The site is the location of present-day Mexico City.