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Templo Mayor

1325 CE – 1521 CE · 196 years

The main temple of Aztec Tenochtitlan, a twin-pyramid dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc at the center of the Aztec capital

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1300 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1400 CE)
  3. Mexihcah (Triple Alliance) (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Aztec Empire (1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. New Spain (1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Vice-Royalty of New Spain (1600 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Mexico (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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1400 CE – 1572 CE

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Aztec Triple Alliance Expansion

1428 CE – 1521 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1325 CE and 1521 CE.

1325 CE Tenochtitlán Market 1400 CE Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau 1400 CE Ingapirca 1400 CE Ollantaytambo 1428 CE Aztec Triple Alliance Expansion

And in the rest of the world

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