Auítzotl (sometimes rendered as Ahuitzotl or Axayacatl) was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Chief Speaker, of the city of Tenochtitlán. He was responsible for the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after a weak performance by his predecessor. He took power as Tlatoani in 1486, after his predecessor Tízoc was poisoned. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Plan of Tenochtitlan (Dr Atl) Mexico City statue commemorating the foundation of Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan (pronounced ) or, alternatively, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was the capital of the Aztec empire, which was built on an island in Lake Texcoco in what is now central Mexico. ... A tlatoani was a member of the Aztec nobility. ... Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. ... Tízoc was the Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of the city of Tenochtitlán. ...

Perhaps the greatest known military leader of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Auítzotl began his reign by suppressing a Huastec rebellion, and then swiftly more than doubled the size of lands under Aztec dominance. He conquered the Mixtec, Zapotec, and other peoples from Mexico's Pacific coast down to the western part of Guatemala. Auitzotl also supervised a major rebuilding of Tenochtitlán on a grander scale including the expansion of the Great Pyramid or Templo Mayor. He ordered over 20,000 people to be sacrificed in the dedication of the Great Pyramid. The term Pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the New World in the era before significant European influence. ... Mesoamerica is the region extending from central Mexico south to the northwestern border of Costa Rica that gave rise to a group of stratified, culturally related agrarian civilizations spanning an approximately 3,000-year period before the African discovery of the New World by Columbus. ... The Huastec, also rendered as Huaxtec and Huastecos, are an indigenous people of Mexico, historically based in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas concentrated along the route of the Panuco river and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. ... Codex Zouche-Nuttall, a pre-Columbian piece of Mixtec writing, now in the British Museum The Mixtec (or Mixteca) are a Native American people centered in the Oaxaca state of Mexico. ... Zapotec refers to a native people of Mexico, their language family consisting of more than 15 languages, and their historic culture and traditions. ... The Great Pyramid or Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City). ...

Auitzotl was the third son of Lord Moctezuma I (also found as Motecuhzome and Ilhuicamina), who was the fifth Chief Speaker. He was succeeded in 1502 by his son, Moctezuma II (the famous "Montezuma" humiliated by Cortés). A second son, Cuitláhuac, was the tenth true Chief Speaker. The first great leader of the Aztecs, Moctezuma Ilhuicamina, or Moctezuma I (the surname meaning solitary one who shoots an arrow into the sky) was born from a noble named Huitzilihuitl. ... Events January 1 - Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro May 9 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World. May 21 - Portuguese discover island of St Helena. ... Moctezuma II (also Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin) (1466–1520) was an Aztec ruler or huey tlatoani, c. ... Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (1485–December 2, 1547) (who was known as Hernando or Fernando Cortés during his lifetime and signed all his letters Fernán Cortés) was the conquistador who conquered Mexico for Spain. ... Cuitláhuac was the Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of the city of Tenochtitlán from June to October 1520. ...

The Aztec king Ahuitzotl took the Ahuitzotl as his mascot, but it appears the Aztecs thought of it as a creature in its own right, and not merely a mythical beast representing the king. Auítzotl (sometimes rendered as Ahuitzotl) was the Aztec ruler of the city of Tenochtitlán. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, FL. A mascot is something, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common identity, such as a school, professional sports team, or corporation. ...

Tízoc was the Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of the city of Tenochtitlán. ... Huey Tlatoani (Nahuatl great speaker, also spelt Uei Tlatoani or Hueyi Tlahtoani; plural Huey Tlatoque) was the Nahuatl title used for the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec). ... Moctezuma II (also Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin) (1466–1520) was an Aztec ruler or huey tlatoani, c. ...