The Aztec Triple Alliance, also known as The Aztec Empire, was an alliance of three Aztec city-states: Tenochtitlán; Texcoco; and Tlacopán. These city-states ruled the area in and around the Valley of Mexico from 1428 until they were defeated the Spanish conquistadors and Hernán Cortés in 1521. The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries who built an extensive empire in the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology. ... 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. ... Texcoco is a city in México State, Mexico, located to the east of Mexico City at 19. ... Tlacopán (meaning florid plant on flat ground) also called Tacuba, was a Mesoamerican city-state of the prehispanic age, situated on the western shore of Lake Texcoco. ... The Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Distrito Federal and the eastern half of Estado de Mexico. ... Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. ... Conquistador (Spanish: kōn-kÄ“-stŏ-dōr) (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 17th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement... Hernán(do) Cortés, Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (1485–December 2, 1547) was the conquistador who became famous for leading the military expedition that initiated the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ...

The Aztec Triple Alliance was formed by Itzcoatl of Tenochtitlán, Nezahualcoyotl of Texcoco, and the smaller city-state of Tlacopán in 1428. Despite the name, Tenochtitlán was the dominant partner, and Tlacopán the weakest. Tenochtitlán and Texcoco each received 2/5 of all tribute, and Tlacopán received 1/5. By the time the Spanish arrived in 1520, Tlacopán had nearly disappeared as a separate city-state, and the lands of the Alliance were ruled from Tenochtitlán. Itzcóatl was the leader of the Tenochcas or Aztec from 1427/1428 to 1440. ... This article is about the Texcocan philosopher-king. ... Tlacopán (meaning florid plant on flat ground) also called Tacuba, was a Mesoamerican city-state of the prehispanic age, situated on the western shore of Lake Texcoco. ...

At its height, the Alliance controlled most of central Mexico from coast to coast, except for a small area southeast of Tenochtitlán: the Kingdom of the Tlaxcalteca, the present state of Tlaxcala. It was the Tlaxcalans who allied with Cortés in 1521 to ultimately destroy the Alliance. Picture from the History of Tlaxcala showing Cortés meeting with the Tlaxcallan messengers. ... Tlaxcaltec leader speaking to conquistador as depicted in History of Tlaxcala by Diego Muñoz Camargo, published in 1590 The Tlaxcaltecs or Tlacullos were an indigenous group of the Nahuatl culture that inhabited the area in Meso-America that approximates the territory currently known as the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. ... Tlaxcala is the name of both a state of Mexico and of that states capital city. ...

Middle section of page 34 of Codex Osuna, from 1565, showing the pictorial symbols for Texcoco, Tenochtitlan (Mexico), and Tlacopán.

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (838x535, 82 KB) Middle section of page 34 of Codex Osuna, from 1565, showing the pictorial symbols for Texcoco, Tenochtitlan (Mexico), and Tlacopán. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (838x535, 82 KB) Middle section of page 34 of Codex Osuna, from 1565, showing the pictorial symbols for Texcoco, Tenochtitlan (Mexico), and Tlacopán. ... Aztec codices (singular codex) are books written by pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial era Aztecs. ...

See also

• Spanish conquest of Mexico
• Flower war