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Portrait of Tenochtitlan is a render of Tenochtitlan and the Valley of Mexico at the start of the 16th century by Dutch programmer Thomas Kole using 3D computer graphics. [1] Drone photograpy by Mexican geomatic engineer Andrés Semo was used to compare the past with present-day Mexico City .
Tenochtitlan in 3D; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
Tenochtitlan, [a] also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, [b] was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [ 3 ]
Short title: Praeclara Ferdinandi Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narr: Image title "De rebus, et insulis nouiter repertis" by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera: leaves i-xii at end.
The Valley of Mexico attracted prehistoric humans because the region was rich in biodiversity and had the capacity of growing substantial crops. [4] Generally speaking, humans in Mesoamerica, including central Mexico, began to leave a hunter-gatherer existence in favor of agriculture sometime between the end of the Pleistocene epoch and the beginning of the Holocene. [11]
This map shows the first movements by the Spanish-Tlaxcalan forces and their allies in the morning hours as they advanced to the market of Tlatelolco, their primary target. Sources for the map of Tenochtitlan: Caso, Alfonso (1956). "Los barrios antiguos de Tenochtitlan y Tlatelolco". Memorias de la Academia Mexicana de la Historia 15 (1): 7–63.
The altepetl (Classical Nahuatl: āltepētl [aːɬ.ˈté.peːt͡ɬ] ⓘ, plural altepeme [1] or altepemeh) was the local, ethnically-based political entity, usually translated into English as "city-state", of pre-Columbian Nahuatl-speaking societies [2] in the Americas.
View of Pyramids B and C at Tula Grande View of Tula Chico View of Building C, the Burnt Palace. The Tula site is important to the history of Mesoamerica, especially the central highlands of Mexico, but it is generally overshadowed by its predecessor Teotihuacan and one of its successors, Tenochtitlan. [1]