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The Tepanecs or Tepaneca are a Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica or Meso-America is a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, within which a number of pre-Columbian society flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries....
n people who arrived in the Valley of Mexico
Valley of Mexico

The Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Mexican Federal District and the eastern half of the M?xico ....
 in the late 12th or early 13th centuries. The Tepanec were a sister culture of the Aztecs (or Mexica) as well as the Acolhua
Acolhua

The Acolhua are a Mesoamerican people who arrived in the Valley of Mexico in or around the year 1200 Common Era. The Acolhua were a sister culture of the Aztecs as well as the Tepanec, Chalca, Xochimilca and others....
 and others -- these tribes spoke the Nahuatl language
Nahuatl language

Nahuatl is a group of related languages and dialects of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.Collectively they are spoken by an estimated Nahua peoples, most of whom live in Central Mexico....
 and shared the same general pantheon, with local and tribal variations.

Welcomed to the Valley of Mexico
Valley of Mexico

The Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Mexican Federal District and the eastern half of the M?xico ....
 by Xolotl, the Tepanecs settled on the west shores of Lake Texcoco
Lake Texcoco

Lake Texcoco was a natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico, a basin with an average elevation of 2,236m above mean sea level located in the southern highlands of Mexico's Mexican altiplano....
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The Tepanecs or Tepaneca are a Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica or Meso-America is a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, within which a number of pre-Columbian society flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries....
n people who arrived in the Valley of Mexico
Valley of Mexico

The Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Mexican Federal District and the eastern half of the M?xico ....
 in the late 12th or early 13th centuries. The Tepanec were a sister culture of the Aztecs (or Mexica) as well as the Acolhua
Acolhua

The Acolhua are a Mesoamerican people who arrived in the Valley of Mexico in or around the year 1200 Common Era. The Acolhua were a sister culture of the Aztecs as well as the Tepanec, Chalca, Xochimilca and others....
 and others -- these tribes spoke the Nahuatl language
Nahuatl language

Nahuatl is a group of related languages and dialects of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.Collectively they are spoken by an estimated Nahua peoples, most of whom live in Central Mexico....
 and shared the same general pantheon, with local and tribal variations.

Welcomed to the Valley of Mexico
Valley of Mexico

The Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Mexican Federal District and the eastern half of the M?xico ....
 by Xolotl, the Tepanecs settled on the west shores of Lake Texcoco
Lake Texcoco

Lake Texcoco was a natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico, a basin with an average elevation of 2,236m above mean sea level located in the southern highlands of Mexico's Mexican altiplano....
. Under their tlatoani
Tlatoani

Tlatoani is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king"....
, Acolnahuacatl, the Tepanec took over Azcapotzalco
Azcapotzalco (altepetl)

Azcapotzalco was a pre-Columbian Nahua peoples altepetl in the Valley of Mexico, on the western shore of Lake Texcoco.The name Azcapotzalco means "at the anthill" in Nahuatl....
 from the indigenous inhabitants.

In the early 15th century, Tezozomoc
Tezozomoc

Tezozomoc Yacateteltetl born 1320, was a Tepanec leader who ruled the altepetl of Azcapotzalco from the year Aztec calendar or Aztec calendar until his death in the year Aztec calendar ....
 brought the Tepanec to their height of power; at that point they controlled nearly all of the Valley of Mexico as well parts of the Toluca
Toluca

Toluca, formally: Toluca de Lerdo is the States of Mexico capital of Mexico State as well as the seat of the Toluca . It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico....
 and Morelos
Morelos

Morelos is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. Morelos has an area of about , making it the second-smallest of the country's states. Morelos is bordered by Mexico State to the north-east and north-west, the Distrito Federal to the north, Puebla to the east, and Guerrero to the south-west....
 valleys. Native sources say that Tezozomoc lived to the age of over 100 and was legendary for his generalship and statesmanship.

The death of Tezozomoc in 1426 brought his sons Tayauh and Maxtla
Maxtla

Maxtla was a Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco from 1426 to his death in 1428. He succeeded his father Tezozomoc , possibly through assassination of his elder brother Tayauh....
 to the throne, with Maxtla most likely poisoning Tayauh.

In 1428, Maxtla was overthrown by the nascent Aztec Triple Alliance
Aztec Triple Alliance

The Aztec Triple Alliance, also known as the Aztec Empire, was an alliance of three Aztec city-states: Tenochtitlan; Texcoco ; and Tlacopan....
, which included the Mexicas of Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan was a Nahua peoples altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Founded in 1325, it became the seat of Aztec Empire in the 15th century, until being Fall of Tenochtitlan....
 and the Acolhua of Texcoco, as well as Maxtla's fellow Tepanecs of Tlacopan
Tlacopan

Tlacopan , also called Tacuba, was a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city-state situated on the western shore of Lake Texcoco.Founded by Tlacomatzin, Tlacopan was a Tepanec kingdom subordinate to nearby Azcapotzalco ....
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With the rise of the Aztec empire, Tlacopan became the predominant Tepanec city, although both Tenochtitlan and Texcoco eclipsed Tlacopan’s size and prestige.

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