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Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire before it was conquered by Hernando Cortez, and became what we know today as Mexico City.
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SteveMexico City is built atop the ruins of the ancient city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
Actual Mexico City is stablished in the territory of ancient Mexico-Tenochtitlán, Tlatelolco, Tetzcoco and Tlacopan. Cities of the Mexica people also known as Aztecs.
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What is the name of the Aztec capital today?
The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan is located in present-day Mexico City in Mexico.
What was the name of Aztec's capital city?
Tenochtitlan
What is the name of the aztec capital city?
Tenochtitlan
What is the name of the capital city of Aztec Emprire?
Tikal
What was the name for the capital of the Aztec empire?
Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire. Today, the ruins of Tenochtitlan are in the historic center of Mexico City.
How did Mexico get its capital name Mexico City?
it came from a Aztec city named Mexico
What was the name of the Aztec capital what was the present day name for this area?
Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire. Today, the ruins of Tenochtitlan are in the historic center of Mexico City.
What was the name of the ancient Aztec capital?
The Aztec capital was called Tenochtitlan.
What was the name of the Aztec capital city What was its geographical setting?
Tenochtitlán, in the central valley of Mexico.
What is the name of the Aztec capital?
The name of the Aztec capital was Tenochtitlan, located in present-day Mexico City. It was founded in 1325 and was a major cultural and political center of the Aztec civilization.
What name did Cortes give to the city he plundered and rebuild?
Cortés gave the city of Tenochtitlán the name Mexico City after he conquered it in 1521. The city was rebuilt on the ruins of the Aztec capital and became the capital of New Spain.
Who was the Aztec Native American ruler taken prisoner by Cortes?
The name of the Aztec ruler captured by Hernando Cortes was Montezuma ll. He was captured in the capital of the Aztec Empire in the city called Tenochtitlan. The city was near what is now Veracruz, Mexico and not far from the location of Mexico's capital of Mexico City.
