To begin with, I was hundreds of miles from Mexico City, the former Aztec capital.

The Spanish had to flee the Aztec capital and reach Tlaxcalan, where they would find allies.

This arrangement stayed intact until the fall of Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521.

In 1519, he was called back to the Aztec capital to help defend it against the Spanish.

The burial dates back to the 1480s and lies at the foot of the main temple in the sacred ceremonial precinct of the Aztec capital.

The wards of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, were also known as calpulli.

By August 1521 the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had fallen to the Spanish.

The city was once an Aztec capital on an island surrounded by a shallow lake.

Tenochtitlan Aztec capital and site of modern-day Mexico City.

The Huastec had no choice but to give in and pay tribute to the Aztec capital.