The capital of the [[Aztec]] empire, built on an island in [[Lake Texcoco]]. The lake was largely drained and modern day [[Mexico City]] is built on the remains of the former Aztec city.
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'''Tenochtitlan''' was the capital of the [[Aztec]] empire, built on an island in [[Lake Texcoco]]. The lake was largely drained and modern day [[Mexico City]] is built on the remains of the former Aztec city.
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It's population was probably about 150,000 at the time of the Spanish conquest.<ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref>