Tenochtitlan And Popocateptl Summary

Tenochtitlan and Popocateptl and Ixtlaccihuatl began in Mexico. Tenochtitlan means “The Place of the Fruit of the Prickly Pear Cactus.” They rebuild their temples on the same site every 52 years. It started a collection of huts. Rivers flowed from the mountains.

Tenochtitlan began on an island in Mexico. They grew a lot of food for the families. Mainly slaves grew all the food and built temples. Poor families had small homes. Rich families had big homes.

Ixtla and Popo started before the Spaniards came to Tenochtitlan. There is an emperor and empress. The daughter of the emperor loved her father. The daughter is in love but she can not get married because of her dying father. When he dies she becomes empress.

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