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The
Tepanecs or
Tepaneca are a
Mesoamerican people who arrived in the
Valley of Mexico in the late 12th or early 13th centuries. The Tepanec were a sister culture of the
Aztecs (or Mexica) as well as the
Acolhua and others -- these tribes spoke the
Nahuatl language and shared the same general pantheon, with local and tribal variations.
Welcomed to the
Valley of Mexico by Xolotl, the Tepanecs settled on the west shores of
Lake Texcoco. Under their
tlatoani, Acolnahuacatl, the Tepanec took over
Azcapotzalco from the indigenous inhabitants.
In the early 15th century,
Tezozomoc 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 and
Morelos 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 to the throne, with Maxtla most likely poisoning Tayauh.
In
1428, Maxtla was overthrown by the nascent
Aztec Triple Alliance, which included the Aztecs of
Tenochtitlan and the Acolhua of
Texcoco, as well as Maxtla's fellow Tepanecs of
Tlacopan.
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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