Azcapotzalco (altepetl)

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Azcapotzalco
995 – 1520s →

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Capital Azcapotzalco
Language(s) Nahuatl
Religion Pre-Columbian Nahua religion
Government Monarchy
Historical era Pre-Columbian
 - Established 995
 - Incorporated into New Spain 1520s
This article is about the pre-Columbian polity. For other uses, see Azcapotzalco (disambiguation).

Azcapotzalco was a pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl (state) in the Valley of Mexico, on the western shore of Lake Texcoco.

The name Azcapotzalco means "at the anthill" in Nahuatl. Its inhabitants were called Azcapotzalca.

According to the 17th century annalist Chimalpahin, Azcapotzalco was founded by Chichimecs in the year 995 AD.[1] The most famous ruler (tlatoani) of Azcapotzalco was Tezozomoctli.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol.2, p. 65.

[edit] References

  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997). Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman and London: Oklahoma University Press. 
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