Aztec Triple Alliance
Three city-states launch an empire over central Mexico
The cities of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan formed an alliance and defeated Azcapotzalco. Thus arose the Aztec Empire, which within a century dominated most of central Mexico.
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Europe
- 1429 Joan of Arc relieves Orléans — 1 year later
- c. 1450 Gutenberg's printing press — 22 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1410 Battle of Grunwald — 18 years earlier
- c. 1411 Andrei Rublev's Trinity — 17 years earlier
Middle East
- 1453 Fall of Constantinople — 25 years later
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- 1405–1433 Voyages of Zheng He — 23 years earlier
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- c. 1445 Extinction of the moa — 17 years later
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