The Spanish campaign against the Aztec Empire had its final victory on 13 August 1521, when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtémoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.

2021年9月3日 · Hernan Cortés was the Spanish conquistador that led the expedition to explore and conquer the Aztec Empire. At the age of 19, he travelled to the Spanish controlled colonies in the Caribbean. More specifically, he arrived at the island of Hispaniola which is the modern-day Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Battle of Tenochtitlan (May 22–August 13, 1521), military engagement between the Aztecs and a coalition of Spanish and indigenous combatants commanded by Hernan Cortes. Cortes’s army besieged Tenochtitlan for 93 days. Superior weaponry and a devastating smallpox outbreak enabled the Spanish to conquer the city.

2017年9月29日 · Both the Aztecs and the Spaniards were expansionist and imperialist peoples, but the Aztecs used a tribute system while the Spaniards used colonialism. The Aztecs conquered the city-states surrounding Tenochtitlan and their own city-states and demanded tribute and persons to use as human sacrifices.

2021年8月5日 · The epic myth of the Spanish conquest has become famous in history: the daring adventurer Cortés and a few hundred plucky conquistadors who defied overwhelming odds to vanquish the brutal Aztec empire.

2025年1月2日 · The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-1521) is one of the most defining moments in world history. It marks the beginning of European domination in the Americas and is often portrayed as a dramatic clash between two distinct worlds: the technologically advanced Spanish conquistadors and the highly organized and sophisticated Aztec ...

Explore the dramatic encounters between Spanish conquistadors and the Aztec Empire, revealing key figures, cultural clashes, and their lasting impact on history.

2023年12月15日 · The Spanish and Aztecs came to blows when a handful of Spanish soldiers attempted to interrupt a human sacrifice. The Aztec population rose up in anger and laid siege to the Spanish stronghold in the middle of the city.

At their central temple in Tenochtitlan, Templo Mayor, the Aztecs practiced both bloodletting (offering one’s own blood) and human sacrifice as part of their religious practices. The Spanish reaction to Aztec religious practices is believed to be partially responsible for the violence of the Spanish conquest.

2021年5月20日 · Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521—but was defeated less than two years after the arrival of Spanish invaders led by Cortés. The Aztec...