Augustin de iturbide was able to declare independence from spain while also proclaiming himself emperor in part because

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"the land of the dead"

new evidence is discovered.

oversights and errors are corrected,

new technology is applied to evidence.

tenochtitlan (also spelled tenochtitlán), located on an island near the western shore of lake texcoco in central mexico, was the capital city and religious centre of the aztec civilization. the traditional founding date of the city was 1345 ce and it remained the most important aztec centre until its destruction at the hands of the conquering spanish led by hernán cortés in 1521 ce, which led to the final collapse of the aztec empire.