The Aztecs, who flourished from 1428 to 1521, were ruled by an alliance of three groups: Mexica, Acolhua, and Tepaneca, and Tenochtitlan was the city built by Mexica on Lake Texcoco. Tenochtitlan at ...
Modern-day Mexico was formed in 1521, when a 500-strong group of Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cortes, alongside thousands upon thousands of indigenous Mexicans, seized control of the centre of ...