Tenochtitlan

What the Show Claims

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What Archaeology Says

Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec Empire, founded in 1325 CE on an island in Lake Texcoco. It was one of the largest cities in the world at the time of Spanish conquest in 1521, with sophisticated urban planning and engineering.