the aztecs settled in lake texcoco in 1700 and 1250 bc.
the aztecs settled in lake texcoco in 1700 and 1250 bc.
when did the aztecs settle in lake texcoco?
1700 and 1250 bc
the aztecs were one of the last of the nahuatl-speaking peoples who migrated to this part of the valley of mexico after the fall of the toltec empire. their presence was resisted by the peoples who were already there, but the aztecs were able to establish a city on a small island on the western side of lake texcoco. the aztecs themselves had a story about how their city was founded after being led to the island by their principal god, huitzilopochtli. according to the story, the god indicated their new home with a sign, an eagle perched on a nopal cactus with a snake in its beak. this image appears in codex mendoza, an early post-conquest manuscript, one of many aztec codices, pictorial texts, and since mexico's independence from spain in 1821, the image is in the center of the mexican flag. between 1325 and 1521, tenochtitlan grew in size and strength, eventually dominating the other city-states or altepetl around lake texcoco, and in the valley of mexico. when the spaniards arrived, the aztec empire reached much of mesoamerica, touching both the gulf of mexico and the pacific ocean.
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lake texcoco () was a natural lake within the "anahuac" or valley of mexico. lake texcoco is best known as where the aztecs built the city of tenochtitlan, which was located on an island within the lake. after the spanish conquest of the aztec empire, efforts to control flooding by the spanish led to most of the lake being drained. the entire lake basin is now almost completely occupied by mexico city, the capital of the present-day nation of mexico.









































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