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Tenochtitlan

1325-1521 CE · Mexico

An island capital organized causeways, canals, markets, temples and intensive chinampa agriculture.

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How the setting appeared

White-plastered temples and palaces rose above gridded canals and low houses; causeways crossed Lake Texcoco and canoes crowded the water.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-TENOCHTITLANCIT-CORE001-TENOCHTITLAN-INAHCIT-CORE001-NAHUATL-INALI Setting and material context · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Neighborhood households, schools, markets and chinampa farms linked city residents to lake ecology.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-TENOCHTITLANCIT-CORE001-TENOCHTITLAN-INAHCIT-CORE001-NAHUATL-INALI Lifeways and community · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Farmers, canoe carriers, merchants, artisans, soldiers and tribute administrators sustained the metropolis.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-TENOCHTITLANCIT-CORE001-TENOCHTITLAN-INAHCIT-CORE001-NAHUATL-INALI Work, tools and exchange · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

The Templo Mayor and neighborhood shrines organized calendrical offerings, processions and state ritual, including human sacrifice.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-TENOCHTITLANCIT-CORE001-TENOCHTITLAN-INAHCIT-CORE001-NAHUATL-INALI Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Connected medieval worlds
Region: North America · Mexico
Languages and scripts: Nahuatl; Aztec pictorial and glyphic writing
Important people: Itzcoatl; Ahuitzotl; Motecuhzoma II; Cuauhtemoc
Events and changes: Mexica settlers founded Tenochtitlan in 1325 CE.; Itzcoatl helped establish the Triple Alliance in 1428 CE.; The Templo Mayor precinct was repeatedly enlarged during the 15th century CE, including under Ahuitzotl.; Spanish and allied Indigenous forces captured Tenochtitlan on 13 August 1521 CE after a prolonged siege; Cuauhtemoc was taken prisoner.
Evidence confidence: REC-A for causeways, canals and ceremonial core; REC-B for color, dress and street activity.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-TENOCHTITLANCIT-CORE001-TENOCHTITLAN-INAHCIT-CORE001-NAHUATL-INALI Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-TENOCHTITLANCIT-CORE001-TENOCHTITLAN-INAHCIT-CORE001-NAHUATL-INALI Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-CORE-TENOCHTITLAN

Tenochtitlan: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/412/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE001-TENOCHTITLAN-INAH

Templo Mayor archaeological zone

https://inah.gob.mx/zonas/zona-arqueologica-templo-mayor

Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico

CIT-CORE001-NAHUATL-INALI

Catalog of Mexico's National Indigenous Languages

https://www.inali.gob.mx/sitios/clin-inali/

Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas, Mexico

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