aztecs founded tenochtitlan in 1325 to 1350 a.d. today tenochtitlan is known as mexico city.
aztecs founded tenochtitlan in 1325 to 1350 a.d. today tenochtitlan is known as mexico city.
aztecs founded tenochtitlan in 1325 to 1350 a.d. today tenochtitlan is known as?
mexico city
cortés founded the spanish capital of mexico city on the ruins of tenochtitlan. despite the extensive damage to the built environment, the site retained symbolic power and legitimacy as the capital of the aztec empire, which cortés sought to appropriate. for a time this , the highest rank in the spanish hierarchy of settlement designation, was called mexico–tenochtitlan. charles gibson devotes the final chapter of his classic work, "the aztecs under spanish rule", to what he called "the city," with later historians building on his work. the spaniards established a or town council, which had jurisdiction over the spanish residents. the spanish established a europeans-only zone in the center of the city, an area of 13 blocks in each direction of the central plaza, which was the . although many native residents died during the siege of tenochtitlan, the indigenous still had a strong presence in the city, and were settled in two main areas of the island, designated san juan tenochtitlan and santiago tlatelolco, each with a municipal council that functioned the entire colonial period. san juan tenochtitlan was a spanish administrative creation, which amalgamated four indigenous sections, with each losing territory to the spanish . the spanish laid out the streets of the in a checker board pattern, with straight streets and plazas at intervals, whereas the indigenous portions of the city were irregular in layout and built of modest materials. in the colonial period both san juan tenochtitlan and santiago tlatelolco retained jurisdiction over settlements on the mainland that they could draw on for labor and tribute demanded by the spanish, but increasingly those subordinate settlements () were able to gain their autonomy with their own rulers and separate relationship with the spanish rulers. concern about the health of the indigenous population in early post-conquest mexico–tenochtitlan led to the founding of a royal hospital for indigenous residents.
tenochtitlan
according to aztec legend, in 1323, the mexica were shown a vision of an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, eating a snake. the vision indicated the location where they were to build their settlement. the mexica founded tenochtitlan on a small swampy island in lake texcoco, the inland lake of the basin of mexico. the year of foundation is usually given as 1325. in 1376 the mexica royal dynasty was founded when acamapichtli, son of a mexica father and a colhua mother, was elected as the first "huey tlatoani" of tenochtitlan.









































section::::history.:early mexica rulers.
aztecs