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Tezozomoc

Type Figure Region Mexico Time 1320–1426 Also known as Tezozomoc、Tezozómoc、特索索莫克

Tezozomoc was the most powerful Tepanec ruler of the Valley of Mexico in the 14th–15th centuries, long controlling the hegemony of Azcapotzalco.…

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  1. 1367–1390Azcapotzalco · Valley of MexicoThrough military conquest and political alliances he gradually brought the city-states of the Valley of Mexico under control, establishing Azcapotzalco as the center of Tepanec hegemony.
  2. 1391–1420Azcapotzalco · Valley of MexicoIn the 1390s he fully dominated Tenochtitlan and other vassals, controlled Huitzilíhuitl and his successors through marriage alliances, collected tribute from vassals, and intervened in their internal affairs, making his the strongest political force in the valley before the rise of the Mexica.
  3. 1420–1426Azcapotzalco · Valley of MexicoIn his later years relations with Tenochtitlan deteriorated; after Chimalpopoca was assassinated the vassals rebelled. After his death in 1426 his sons fought among themselves and the hegemony quickly collapsed.

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