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pire, Montezuma II lived in the capital, Tenochtitlan.
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Do you mean “Empire”? A corrected version would be: “In the Aztec Empire, Montezuma II lived in the capital, Tenochtitlan.”
Brief context:
- Moctezuma II (also spelled Montezuma; c. 1466/1468–1520) was the Aztec emperor from 1502 to 1520.
- Tenochtitlan was the Aztec capital, built on an island in Lake Texcoco where modern Mexico City now stands. It was a large, sophisticated city with temples (including the Templo Mayor), canals, causeways, markets, and a royal palace complex.
- Hernán Cortés arrived in 1519, and interactions between Cortés and Moctezuma—who was eventually taken hostage—helped precipitate the Spanish conquest of the city (1519–1521). Moctezuma’s death in 1520 is disputed (accounts differ whether he was killed by the Spaniards or by his own people).
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Brief context:
- Moctezuma II (also spelled Montezuma; c. 1466/1468–1520) was the Aztec emperor from 1502 to 1520.
- Tenochtitlan was the Aztec capital, built on an island in Lake Texcoco where modern Mexico City now stands. It was a large, sophisticated city with temples (including the Templo Mayor), canals, causeways, markets, and a royal palace complex.
- Hernán Cortés arrived in 1519, and interactions between Cortés and Moctezuma—who was eventually taken hostage—helped precipitate the Spanish conquest of the city (1519–1521). Moctezuma’s death in 1520 is disputed (accounts differ whether he was killed by the Spaniards or by his own people).
Would you like more detail about Moctezuma’s palace, daily life in Tenochtitlan, or the conquest?
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