Division of Empire

<div style="background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, black 20%, #EA900E 80%); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,black), color-stop(100%, #EA900E)); background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, black 0%, #EA900E 100%); background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, black 0%, #EA900E 100%); background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, black 0%, #EA900E 100%); margin:5px 0 10px 0; padding:10px; border:2px solid white; border-radius:25px; font-size:130%; color:#FFF; text-shadow:1px 1px 4px #000; padding:10px">    we all know how the founding fathers of the united sTATES DIVIDED THE COUNTRY: into 13 colonies (and later 50 states). Similarly, the aztecs divided their empire into 3 city-states, named tenochtitlan, texcoco, and tlacopan.

these 3 city-states signed a treaty, known today as the triple alliance,

stating that all 3 would work together in conquering surrounding lands and

defeating warr ing empires. however, do not think that the city-states were

regarded as equals. as per the triple all iance, 40

percent of the land won would go to each the

tenochtitlan and texcoco city-states, while the

remaining 20 percent would go to the tlacopan city-

state. in addition, the ruler, or  tlatoani, of

tenochtitlan, would be the emperor, or  huey 

tlatoani, of the entire aztec empire, overruling the  tlatoanis of texcoco and

tlacopan. due to this fac t,

tenochtitlan  emerged as the most

powerful city-state, fol lowed by

texcoco, and then  tlacopan.

over time, the  city-states

conquered a large portion of what

is currently  southern mexico.