Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
16th-century Spanish invasion of Mesoamerica
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a pivotal event that took place during the Spanish colonization of the Americas (the broader European colonization of the Americas), marked by the collision of the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Spanish Empire with a coalition of Native Indigenous allies. Between 1519 and 1521, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, his small army of European soldiers and the large allied army of Indian auxiliaries, overthrew the most powerful pre-Columbian empire to exist in Mesoamerica. Led by the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, the Aztec Empire had established dominance over modern central Mexico through military conquest and intricate alliances. The Aztecs ruled hegemonically through local rulers, their power resting on the perception of unchallengeable Aztec military supremacy. This was an inherently unstable system vulnerable to a loss of prestige under even moderate challenges. The sudden downfall of the Aztec...
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