The Americas · Empire

Mexica-led Triple Alliance

1428-1521 CE · Central Mexico and tributary regions

Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan formed the Triple Alliance, often called the Aztec Empire; Mexica power depended on tribute, warfare, markets and negotiated local rule.

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How the setting appeared

Tenochtitlan's temples, palaces, markets, canals, causeways and aqueducts rose from islands and chinampa districts in Lake Texcoco.

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How people lived

Calpulli neighborhoods organized households, land, schools and obligations while nobles, commoners, migrants and enslaved people held unequal positions.

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How people worked

Farmers, merchants, porters, artisans, scribes, soldiers and tribute officials sustained the capital and a patchwork imperial system.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Public festivals, household rites, offerings and sacrifices addressed many deities and calendrical obligations; colonial accounts require critical reading.

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World-atlas stage: Connected medieval worlds
Region: North America · Central Mexico and tributary regions
Languages and scripts: Nahuatl; Many tributary languages including Mixtec, Zapotec, Totonac and Maya languages
Important people: Itzcoatl; Nezahualcoyotl; Motecuhzoma I; Motecuhzoma II; Tecuichpotzin
Events and changes: Formation of the Triple Alliance; Tributary expansion; Spanish-led invasion and siege of 1519-1521
Evidence confidence: High from archaeology and Indigenous and colonial texts; boundaries and tribute relations changed and were never uniform.

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Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

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Evidence register

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CIT-INAH-TEMPLO-MAYOR-AMERICAS

Templo Mayor archaeological zone

https://lugares.inah.gob.mx/en/node/4463

Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico

CIT-MET-ANCIENT-AMERICAS

Arts of the Ancient Americas

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/arts-of-the-ancient-americas/inside-the-exhibition

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

CIT-LOC-1492

1492: An Ongoing Voyage

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/index.html

Library of Congress

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