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{{Infobox Nahua officeholder
| name = Ahuitzotl
| image = Ahuitzotl.jpg
| caption = Ahuitzotl in the ''[[Codex Mendoza]]''.
| title = 8^th [[Tlatoani of Mexico Tenochtitlan]]
| term = [[Aztec calendar|7 Rabbit]] ([[1486]]) – [[Aztec calendar|10 Rabbit]] ([[1502]])
| cihuacoatl =
| tlacochcalcatl =
| tlacateccatl =
| predecessor = [[Tizoc]]
| successor = [[Moctezuma II]]
| death_date = [[Aztec calendar|10 Rabbit]] ([[1502]])
| father = [[Tezozomoc (son of Itzcoatl)|Tezozomoc]]
| mother = [[Atotoztli (daughter of Moctezuma I)|Atotoztli]]
| wife =
| children =
}}
[[Image:AhuitzotlGlyphHarvard.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Aztec writing|glyph]] of Ahuitzotl, from a temple at [[Tepoztlan]].]]
'''Ahuitzotl''' ({{lang-nah|āhuitzotl}}, {{pronounced|aːˈwitsotɬ]}}) was the eighth [[Aztec]] ruler, the ''[[Hueyi Tlatoani]]'', of the city of [[Tenochtitlan]]. He was responsible for much of the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after a weak performance by his predecessor. He took power as [[Tlatoani]] in the year [[Aztec calendar|7 Rabbit]] ([[1486]]), after the death of his predecessor [[Tízoc]].

Perhaps the greatest known military leader of [[Pre-Columbian]] [[Mesoamerica]], Ahuitzotl began his reign by suppressing a [[Huastec civilization|Huastec]] rebellion, and then swiftly more than doubled the size of lands under Aztec dominance. He conquered the [[Mixtec]], [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotec]], and other peoples from Mexico's [[Pacific coast]] down to the western part of [[Guatemala]]. Ahuitzotl also supervised a major rebuilding of Tenochtitlan on a grander scale including the expansion of the Great Pyramid or [[Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan|Templo Mayor]] in the year [[Aztec calendar|8 Reed]] ([[1487]]). According to some sources, he ordered over 20,000 people to be sacrificed in the dedication of the Great Pyramid.

Ahuitzotl died in the year [[Aztec calendar|10 Rabbit]] ([[1502]]) and was succeeded by his nephew, [[Moctezuma II]].

Ahuitzotl took his name from the animal [[Ahuizotl (creature)|Ahuitzotl]], but it appears the Aztecs thought of it as a creature in its own right, and not merely a mythical beast representing the king.

===Map===
[[Image:Aztecexpansion.png|thumb|none|550px| Map showing the expansion of the Aztec empire showing the areas conquered by the Aztec rulers. The conquests of Ahuitzotl is marked by the colour yellow. <ref> Based on the maps by Ross Hassig in "Aztec Warfare"</ref>]]

==Tomb==
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On [[3 August]], [[2007]], Mexican archaeologists announced discovery of what is believed to be the [[tomb]] of Ahuitzotl beneath a sculpture of [[Tlaltecuhtli]] near the [[Plaza de la Constitución|Zócalo in Mexico City]]. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-mexico-aztec-tomb-summary-box,0,1155875.story] [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/04/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Aztec-Tomb.php]

==Notes==
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==References==
*Townsend, Richard F. (2000) ''The Aztecs''. revised ed. Thames and Hudson, New York.
*Hassig, Ross (1988) ''Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control''. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
*{{cite book | first = Muriel Porter | last = Weaver | year = 1993 | title = The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica | edition = 3rd ed. | publisher = Academic Press | location = San Diego | id = ISBN 0012639990}}

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