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Realm · 1429–1520

Aztec Triple Alliance

Aztec Triple Alliance appears on the map from 1429 to 1520. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1502, it covered about 211,714 km².

One of the realms of Aztec Empire (Triple Alliance). The Mexica, a people who claimed to have migrated from a homeland called Aztlan, founded Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco around 1325. At first vassals of the Tepanec city of Azcapotzalco, in 1428 they formed the Triple Alliance with Texcoco and Tlacopan and overthrew their overlords.

See Aztec Triple Alliance on the map in 1502

Reference map: Territorial Organization of the Aztec Empire 1519
Reference map: Territorial Organization of the Aztec Empire 1519 Giggette · CC BY-SA 3.0
On the map
1429–1520
Greatest extent
1502, about 211,714 km²
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Wikipedia: Aztec Empire · Wikidata Q2608489

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1429–14395,759 km²
1440–144915,136 km²
1450–145254,171 km²
1453–145869,428 km²
1459–1474102,283 km²
1475–1481120,241 km²
1482–1486147,325 km²
1487–1491148,950 km²
1492–1496153,220 km²
1497–1501177,091 km²
1502–1518211,714 km²
1519–1520211,714 km²

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