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Aztec: Tenochtitlán

Aztec: Tenochtitlán

The Aztec built their capital of Tenochtitlán on islands in Lake Texcoco. Spanish conquerors destroyed the city in the 1500s and later built Mexico City, Mexico, on the same site.
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