Mexico City's original name was Tenochtitlan.
big and beautiful
Teotihuacan.
Mexico city
Tenochtitlan and the Aztecs are not the exact same thing. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec empire. The Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan in the location where Mexico City is currently located.
After conquering the Aztecs, Cortes renamed the city of Tenochtitlan to Mexico City.
it was gray and ugly
The city that the Spaniards built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan was named Mexico City.
they built mounds of packed earth like a bridge
Present-day Mexico city is located atop the ruins of ancient Tenochtitlan.
That is the correct spelling of the proper noun Tenochtitlan, the Aztec city now Mexico City.
i was doing a crossword of the aztecs so i noticed that the greatest city oh tenochtitlan is new york city.