Tenochtitlán
Capital of the Mexican Aztecs. It was founded c. 1325 on an island among the lakes that occupied much of the Valley of Mexico, on the site of modern Mexico City. Its population reached about 150,000. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés met Aztec ruler Montezuma here in November 1519. Welcomed as guests, the Spaniards captured Montezuma and forced him to recognize the sovereignty of Charles V. Cortés destroyed Tenochtitlán in 1521 and rebuilt it as a Spanish colonial city.
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