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Events relating to the aztecs
The Aztecs begin to move south from their original home, which they call Aztlan, somewhere in northern Mexico
The Aztecs settle on an uninhabited island in a lake, which they name Tenochtitlan — the site of the modern Mexico City
The rulers of Tenochtitlan join with two other neighbouring kingdoms to form the Aztec Triple Alliance
When the enlarged pyramid at Tenochtitlan is dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec sacrifice of human victims lasts for four days
Montezuma welcomes Hernan Cortes to his capital, Tenochtitlan, under the impression that he is the returning god-king Quetzalcoatl
The Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes lands on the coast of Mexico with 600 men, 16 horses and about 20 guns
Cortes and his tiny force capture Montezuma, ruler of the mighty Aztec empire, in his palace at Tenochtitlan
Cortes loses control of Tenochtitlan and has to escape in haste with his men during 'the Sorrowful Night'
After a little more than a year Cortes recaptures Tenochtitlan and finally establishes Spanish control over Mexico
The Aztec Virgin of Guadalupe appears to an Indian near Mexico City and tells him she is 'one of his kind'