Ahuitzotl

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Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl Ahuitzotl in the Codex Mendoza.
8^th Tlatoani of Mexico Tenochtitlan
7 Rabbit (1486) – 10 Rabbit (1502)
Preceded by	Tizoc
Succeeded by	Moctezuma II

Died	10 Rabbit (1502)
Father	Tezozomoc
Mother	Atotoztli

The glyph of Ahuitzotl, from a temple at Tepoztlan.

Ahuitzotl (Nahuatl: āhuitzotl, pronounced [aːˈwitsotɬ];) was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Hueyi Tlatoani, of the city of Tenochtitlan. He was responsible for much of the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after a weak performance by his predecessor. He took power as Tlatoani in the year 7 Rabbit (1486), after the death of his predecessor Tízoc.

Perhaps the greatest known military leader of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Ahuitzotl began his reign by suppressing a Huastec rebellion, and then swiftly more than doubled the size of lands under Aztec dominance. He conquered the Mixtec, Zapotec, and other peoples from Mexico's Pacific coast down to the western part of Guatemala. Ahuitzotl also supervised a major rebuilding of Tenochtitlan on a grander scale including the expansion of the Great Pyramid or Templo Mayor in the year 8 Reed (1487). According to some sources, he ordered over 20,000 people to be sacrificed in the dedication of the Great Pyramid.

Ahuitzotl died in the year 10 Rabbit (1502) and was succeeded by his nephew, Moctezuma II.

Ahuitzotl took his name from the animal Ahuitzotl, but it appears the Aztecs thought of it as a creature in its own right, and not merely a mythical beast representing the king.

Map

Map showing the expansion of the Aztec empire showing the areas conquered by the Aztec rulers. The conquests of Ahuitzotl is marked by the colour yellow. ^[1]

Tomb

On 3 August, 2007, Mexican archaeologists announced discovery of what is believed to be the tomb of Ahuitzotl beneath a sculpture of Tlaltecuhtli near the Zócalo in Mexico City. [1] [2]

Notes

1. ^ Based on the maps by Ross Hassig in "Aztec Warfare"

References

Townsend, Richard F. (2000) The Aztecs. revised ed. Thames and Hudson, New York.
Hassig, Ross (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Weaver, Muriel Porter (1993). The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica, 3rd ed., San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 0012639990.

Preceded by Tizoc	Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan 7 Rabbit (1486) – 10 Rabbit (1502)	Succeeded by Moctezuma II

Ahuizotl may refer to:

Ahuitzotl, the eighth Aztec emperor
Ahuizotl (creature), a legendary creature
Ahuizotl (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional creature in the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

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The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, created about twenty years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico with the intent that it be seen by Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain.
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This is a list of the tlatoque of Mexico Tenochtitlan, often referred to as "Aztec emperors".

Pre-Hispanic rulers

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Acamapichtli Tizaapan
son of Opochtli Iztahuatzin and Atotoztli of Culhuacan
Huitzilihuitl
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Tizoc
Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan

Tizoc in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
Reign 1481 – 1486
Titles Tlacateccatl
Died 1486
Predecessor Axayacatl
Successor Ahuitzotl
Father Tezozomoc
Mother
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Moctezuma II
Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan
Reign c. 1502-1520
Born c. 1466
Died June 1520
Predecessor Ahuitzotl
Successor Cuitláhuac

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For other persons of the same name, see Tezozomoc.

Tezozomoc was a son of Itzcoatl, the fourth Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan. Although he never became ruler himself, he was married to Atotoztli, daughter of Moctezuma I (the fifth ruler),
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Atotoztli or Huitzilxochtzin was a daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and Chichimecacihuatzin, the daughter of Cuauhtototzin, the ruler of Cuauhnahuac.
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Hueyi Tlatoani (Nahuatl "great speaker", also spelt Uei Tlatoani or Huey Tlahtoani; plural Hueyi Tlatoque) was the Nahuatl title used for the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec).
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Tenochtitlan or Mexico-Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec civilization, built on an island in Lake Texcoco in what is now the Distrito Federal in central Mexico.
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Tlatoani (IPA: [tɬaʔtoˈ(w)aːni]; plural tlatoque, IPA: [tɬaʔˈtoʔkeʔ]) is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an
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Mixtec (or Mixteca) are an indigenous Mesoamerican people inhabiting the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The Mixtecan languages form an important branch of the Otomanguean linguistic family.
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Great Pyramid or Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City). The temple rose 60 m (197 ft) above the city's ritual precinct, surmounted by dual shrines to the deities Huitzilopochtli (god of war and sun) and Tlaloc (god of rain
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