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Present-day Mexico City, it was a native tribe's city.
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∙ 9y agoHe landed on eastern Mexico, along the Gulf of Mexico coast. There, he found the city of Veracruz in 1518.
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∙ 13y agoTenochtitlan
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What present day city did Hernando cortez build?
it is Mexico city
What did Cortez build after he conquered the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortez established Mexico City and as the new capital of Mexico- then New Spain.
What explorer conquered the Aztecs and Montezuma to take control of Mexico city?
Hernando Cortez
What city did Cortez build over Tenochtitlan?
Mexico City
Where did Cortez build his capital city Mexico city?
Tenochtitlan
What did Herman Cortes do to the Aztecs?
i thought his name was Hernando cortez.......hmm........but he overtook the Aztecs' capital city, tenochtitlan.
What month did Hernando Cortes find Mexico?
August 13 1521 is when he took Mexico City.
What did hernando cortes rename tenochtitlan?
After conquering the Aztecs, Cortes renamed the city of Tenochtitlan to Mexico City.
Who conquered the Aztecs and how?
Hernando Cortez. He trapped them inside there city walls. cutting off there food and eventually starving them. of course, they surrendered.
Who was hernan Cortes and what did he do -?
Hernando Cortez was a Spanish explorer and Conquistador. He Landed his expedition in the American southwest in search of riches for the Spanish Empire. The expedition eventually made its way to Tenochtitlan where the Aztec capital was located(modern Mexico City). He convinced the Aztecs that he was a god and is responsible for conquering the Aztecs
Who are the Aztecs?
The Aztecs were a native group to the central Mexico and to the northwestern part of Guatemala. They were the largest controlling group in that area. They set their capital up at Tenochtitlan, which today makes up part of Mexico City (Mexico's current capital). They ruled by fear and force and their economy was a barter system (they traded for what they wanted). They were eventually taken over and nearly eliminated by Hernando Cortez, a Spanish conquistador.
What was the old Aztec name for Mexico's capital city?
Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire before it was conquered by Hernando Cortez, and became what we know today as Mexico City.
