Like Tenochtitlan, founded by the Mexica people around 1325 AD.

比如在公元1325年由墨西哥人建立的特诺奇蒂特兰。

Tenochtitlan's various canals easily facilitated this role.

特诺奇蒂特兰的各种运河很容易满足这一作用。

Although Hernando Cortez had been ordered not to attack Tenochtitlan, he did just that in 1519.

尽管赫尔南·科尔斯特接到命令不进攻特诺奇蒂特兰，他还是在1519年这样做了。

" The fall of Tenochtitlan opened the modern history of the West, " said historian Salvador Rueda.

历史学家萨尔瓦多·鲁埃达表示，" 特诺奇蒂特兰的沦陷开启了西方的现代史" 。

It is strategically only 200 miles away from the core of Mexico City and formerly to Tenochtitlan.

从战略上讲，它距离墨西哥城核心区和特诺奇蒂特兰城只有 200 英里。

Some believe the battle for Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital now called Mexico City, was the birth of modern Mexico.

有人认为，阿兹特克帝国首都特诺奇蒂特兰（即现在的墨西哥城）战役是现代墨西哥的诞生。

In 1519, Tenochtitlan was put under a brutal siege and under Cortez's direct orders.

1519 年，特诺奇蒂特兰在科尔特斯的直接命令下遭到了残酷的围攻。

By the time the Spanish arrived in 1519, Tenochtitlan was five times the size of London under Henry VIII.

1519 年西班牙人到达时，特诺奇蒂特兰的面积是亨利八世统治下伦敦的五倍。

The greatest Mexican pyramid is at Tenochtitlan which was the capital city and the religious center of the Aztecs civilization.

墨西哥最大的金字塔位于特诺奇蒂特兰，这里曾是阿兹特克文明的首都和宗教中心。

By the end of the 16th century, the once great city of Tenochtitlan's population had declined by over 90%.

到 16 世纪末，曾经伟大的城市特诺奇蒂特兰的人口减少了 90% 以上。

14th to the 16th Centuries. Their empire was overthrown by the Spanish conquistadores, who captured Tenochtitlan in 1521.

14 至 16 世纪。他们的帝国被西班牙征服者推翻，他们于 1521 年占领了特诺奇蒂特兰。

And he didn't find stone ruins because, unlike Cusco and Tenochtitlan the Amazon's indigenous people built with wood and earth, which decompose over time.

他没有发现石质遗迹，因为与库斯科和特诺奇蒂特兰不同，亚马逊的原住民是用木头和泥土建造的，随着时间的推移，它们会分解。

Under the Aztecs, Tenochtitlan's population was around 400,000 at its peak and was basically just a small but very dense dot within lake Texcoco.

在阿兹特克人统治下，特诺奇蒂特兰的人口在高峰期约为 40 万，基本上只是特斯科科湖中一个很小但非常密集的点。

Mexico City and Tenochtitlan before it exists more than seven thousand feet up above sea level, despite only being around 200 miles away from the ocean.

墨西哥城和之前的特诺奇蒂特兰城海拔超过 7000 英尺，尽管距离海洋只有 200 英里左右。

What they're essentially saying is this—in a time period of three hundred years, the Aztecs ruled a strong large Empire from their capital city named Tenochtitlan.

本质上这里就是在说——三百年间，阿兹台克人在他们的首都特诺奇提特兰统治着一个强大的大帝国。

Around 1258AD the Aztecs, to avoid confusion, arrived in the vicinity of modern Mexico City and by 1375 they had successfully founded there the capital city of Tenochtitlan.

1258年左右，阿兹特克人，为了避免混乱，来到了现在的墨西哥城附近在1375年他们在那儿已经成功建立了都城特诺奇蒂特兰。

After the Spaniards destroyed Tenochtitlan, Mexico City was built in its place over the ruins and so the area remained the center of political and cultural life in Mexico.

西班牙人摧毁特诺奇蒂特兰城后，在废墟上修建了墨西哥城，因此该地区一直是墨西哥政治和文化生活的中心。

Three hundred years later, this group of people have managed to establish a mighty empire ruling over a population in the millions from their architecturally wonderous capital city of Tenochtitlan.

三百年后，这群人已经设法建立了一个强大的帝国，在他们建筑令人称奇的首都特诺奇提特兰统治着数百万人。

Three hundred years later, this group of people had managed to establish a mighty empire ruling over a population in the millions from their architecturally wonderous capital city of Tenochtitlan.

三百年后，这群人已经设法建立了一个强大的帝国，在他们建筑令人称奇的首都特诺奇提特兰统治着数百万人。

It cannot have been by accident that they built their cathedral in what is today Mexico City on the site of the Great Ball Court of the ancient Aztec city, Tenochtitlan.

因此，他们把天主教堂修在了当年阿兹特克的特诺奇蒂特兰城（今墨西哥城）大球场的位置绝非偶然。