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Aztec Empire

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Also known as Triple Alliance, Mexica Empire

former Mesoamerican empire

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Within Vinony's link graph, Aztec Empire is referenced by 1,342 other articles, and connects out to Itzpapalotl, Tlaloc and Xochipilli.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1428 establishments in North America, 1521 disestablishments in North America and 1521 in Mexico.

Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

1520
220,000 km (85,000 sq mi)
Capital
Mexico-Tenochtitlan ( de facto ), 19°26′N 99°8′W / 19.433°N 99.133°W / 19.433; -99.133
Common languages
Classical Nahuatl ( lingua franca ) , many others
Religion
Aztec religion
Demonyms
Aztec, Tenochcan, Culhua-Mexica
Government
Hegemonic confederation
1427 1440
Itzcoatl ( Alliance founder )
1520 1521
Cuauhtémoc ( last )
1431 1440
Nezahualcoyotl ( Alliance founder )
1516 1520
Cacamatzin ( last )
1400 1430
Totoquihuaztli I ( Alliance founder )
1519 1524
Tetlepanquetzaltin ( last )
Historical era
Pre-Columbian era , Age of Discovery
Spanish conquest
13 August 1521
Early 16th century
6 million
Currency
Quachtli commodity money system by cotton cloth quantity and traditionally also cocoa beans

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān
Population
6000000
Area
300000
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1521-08-13
start time
1367-00-00
inception
1325-00-00
native label
Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part ofMexico Full list of monarchs near bottom of page.

The Aztec Empire, also known as the Triple Alliance (Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) or historiographically as the Tenochca Empire but most accurately known as the Mexica, was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan. These three city-states ruled that area in and around the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until the combined forces of the Spanish conquistadores and their native allies who ruled under Hernán Cortés defeated them in 1521. Its people and civil society are historiographically referred to as the Aztecs or the Culhua-Mexica.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aztec Empire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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