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500
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán had a population between 150,000 and 200,000 people and was a thriving trade center. -
Jan 1, 750
Teotihuacán Abandoned
After years of growth the city abrubtly declined. Historians think this may have been due to an invasion by outside forces or conflict among the ruling classes -
Jan 1, 900
Toltecs
Toltecs rose to power and ruled over Mexico from the city of Tula. -
Jan 1, 1000
Topiltzin ruled
Topiltzin called on the Toltecs to end the practice of human sacrifice. He also encouraged them to worship a different god called Quetzalcoatl. -
Jan 1, 1200
Aztecs arrived in Mexico
The Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico.The valley contained a number of small city-states that had survived the collapse of Toltec rule. -
Jan 1, 1200
Toltec Power Ended
Topiltzin and his followers were forced into exile on the Yucatán Peninsula. After his exile, Toltec power began to decline and by the early 1200s, their reign ended. -
Jan 1, 1325
Tenochtitlán
Aztecs founded a city place on a small island in Lake Texcoco that they called Tenochtitlán -
Jan 1, 1428
Triple Alliance
Tenochtitlán joined with two other city-states—Texcoco and Tlacopan to form an alliance -
Jan 1, 1500
Tenochtitlán Expands
Tenochtitlán became a large urban center with a population of between 200,000 and 400,000 people. It was larger than London or any other European capital of the time. -
Jan 1, 1502
Montezuma crowned Emperor
Montezuma II became rule and under him the Aztec Empire began to weaken. Montezuma called for even more sacrifice than the Aztecs were already giving. This led up to the end of the Aztec empire.
