Texcoco
State · 1202–1428 CE · at its largest around 1202 CE
Acolhua city-state on the eastern shore of Lake Texcoco in central Mexico, later famed under the poet-king Nezahualcoyotl as a partner in the Aztec Triple Alliance.
On its lands while it lasted
- Tenochtitlan (1325–1521 CE): Mexica (Aztec) capital founded on an island in Lake Texcoco; with causeways, canals and chinampa gardens it became one of the largest cities in the world.
- Aztec Triple Alliance formed (1428 CE): Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan allied to defeat Azcapotzalco, founding the Aztec Empire that came to dominate central Mexico.
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