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Tlacopán (meaning "florid plant on flat ground"), also called Tacuba, was a http://www.answers.com/topic/pre-columbian http://www.answers.com/topic/mesoamerica city-state situated on the western shore of http://www.answers.com/topic/lake-texcoco. Founded by Tlacomatzin, Tlacopan was a http://www.answers.com/topic/tepanec kingdom subordinate to nearby http://www.answers.com/topic/azcapotzalco. Tlacopan sided with http://www.answers.com/topic/tenochtitlan and http://www.answers.com/topic/texcoco-altepetl in their conquest of Azcapotzalco, becoming a member of the http://www.answers.com/topic/aztec-triple-alliance which formed the nucleus of the http://www.answers.com/topic/aztec Empire. The ruler of Tlacopan, Totoquihuaztli, then took the title Tepaneca tecuhtli, "Lord of the Tepanecs" (probably taken from the rulers of Atzcapotzalco). Tlacopan was to remain a junior partner in the alliance, receiving only a fifth of the tribute gained from joint campaigns with its more powerful allies.

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