https://www.history.com/news/hernan-cortes-conquered-aztec-empire
The Aztec Empire, Mesoamerica's dominant power in the 15th and early 16th centuries controlled a capital city that was one of the largest in the world.Itzcoatl, named leader of the Aztec/Mexica

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/916/cortes--the-fall-of-the-aztec-empire/
The Aztec empire flourished between c. 1345 and 1521 CE and dominated ancient Mesoamerica. This young and warlike nation was highly successful in spreading its reach and gaining fabulous wealth, but then all too quickly came the strange visitors from another world. Led by Hernán Cortés, the Spaniard's formidable firearms and thirst for

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (/ ɛər ˈ n ɑː n k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ s / air-NAHN kor-TESS; Spanish: [eɾˈnaŋ koɾˈtes ðe monˈroj i piˈθaro altamiˈɾano]; December 1485 - December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland

https://www.worldhistory.org/Hernan_Cortes/
Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico from 1519. Taking the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521, Cortés plundered Mesoamerica as he became the first ruler of the new colony of New Spain.. Cortés was a gifted leader of men, and he seized every opportunity presented to him in the New World.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hernan-Cortes
Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519-21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. The key to his conquests lay in the political crisis within the Aztec empire; Cortes was able to leverage the resentment of many of the subject peoples who had to pay tribute to the Aztecs.

https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/hernan-cortes
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) traveled to Mexico in 1519, where he eventually overthrew the Aztec empire and helped build Mexico City.

https://www.biography.com/history-culture/hernan-cortes
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who explored Central America, overthrew Montezuma and his vast Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Tenochtitlan
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.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/cortes-tenochtitlan
During Cortes's absence, Alvarado's execution of many Aztec chiefs enraged the people. After defeating Velázquez's forces, Cortés returned to Tenochtitlan on June 24, 1520, to find the

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml
Discover facts about Hernando Cortes - the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire. This brief biography takes you through his life story from birth to death.

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/exploring-the-early-americas/cortes-and-the-aztecs.html
In 1519, inspired by rumors of gold and the existence of large, sophisticated cities in the Mexican interior, Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) was appointed to head an expedition of eleven ships and five hundred men to Mexico. At that time the great empire of the Mexica—now known as the Aztecs—dominated much of Mesoamerica.

https://www.historynet.com/hernan-cortes-master-of-the-conquest/
On Aug. 13, 1521, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés received the surrender of Cuauhtémoc, ruler of the Aztec people. The astonishing handover occurred amid the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the shattered capital of a mighty empire whose influence had stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific and extended from central Mexico south into parts of what would become Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-hernan-cortes-2136560
Hernán Cortés (1485-December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador responsible for the audacious, brutal conquest of the Aztec Empire in Central Mexico in 1519. With a force of 600 Spanish soldiers, he was able to conquer a vast empire with tens of thousands of warriors. He did it through a combination of ruthlessness, guile, violence, and luck.

https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/hernando-cortes/
Print of Cortes's fleet harbored in Santiago, Chile. The Mariners' Museum G175 .B56 Print showing Cortes sinking his fleet in November 1519, before marching onward to attack Montezuma's Aztec empire. The Mariners' Museum 1944.0062.000001 Print engraving of Spanish explorer and conqueror, Hernan Cortes.

https://www.livescience.com/39238-hernan-cortes-conqueror-of-the-aztecs.html
The Aztecs were accomplished warriors, engineers, artisans and agriculturalists known for creating a thriving society that ruled over a surrounding, often hostile amalgam of various Native

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire
Primarily military support against Tenochtitlan and joined the siege (1521). The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was a pivotal event in the history of the Americas, marked by the collision of the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Spanish Empire, ultimately reshaping the course of human history. Taking place between 1519 and 1521, this event

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2028/the-fall-of-tenochtitlan/
The fall of Tenochtitlan on 13 August 1521 was a decisive moment in the dramatic collapse of the Aztec empire which had dominated Mesoamerica. Led by Hernán Cortés (1485-1547), the Spanish conquistadors enjoyed superior weapons and tactics. In addition, the Old World visitors brought with them terrible new diseases that caused massive loss of life amongst the indigenous Americans.

https://www.thoughtco.com/hernan-cortes-conquest-of-aztecs-timeline-2136533
May: Cortes leaves Tenochtitlan to deal with Narvaez. May 20: Pedro de Alvarado orders the massacre of thousands of Aztec nobles at the Festival of Toxcatl. May 28-29: Cortes defeats Narvaez at the Battle of Cempoala and adds his men and supplies to his own. June 24: Cortes returns to find Tenochtitlan in a state of uproar.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aztec
Aztec, Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico. The ninth emperor, Montezuma II, was taken prisoner by Hernan Cortes and died in custody. His successors were unable to stave off Cortes, and the empire came to an end in 1521.

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-conquest-of-the-aztec-empire-2136528
From 1518-1521, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his army brought down the mighty Aztec Empire, the greatest the New World had ever seen. He did it through a combination of luck, courage, political savvy and advanced tactics and weapons. By bringing the Aztec Empire under the rule of Spain, he set events in motion which would result in

https://theconversation.com/how-smallpox-devastated-the-aztecs-and-helped-spain-conquer-an-american-civilization-500-years-ago-111579
Five hundred years ago, in February of 1519, the Spaniard Hernán Cortés set sail from Cuba to explore and colonize Aztec civilization in the Mexican interior. Within just two years, Aztec ruler

https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/new-spain/
In the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernán Cortés, had arrived on the shores of modern-day Mexico and conquered the mighty Aztec Empire in just a few years. The land then fell under Spanish control and New Spain emerged as a crucial new part of the Spanish Empire. Officially called a 'viceroyalty', Spanish rule brought dramatic changes to the people and the land of

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2024/06/05/the-end-of-everything-by-victor-davis-hanson-splendid-and-compulsively-readable-despite-one-weakness/
Cortés's conquistadors were supposedly motivated to destroy Aztec civilisation despite having a much smaller, though technologically superior, army, out of rage at the Aztec's ritual

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-smallpox-devastated-the-aztecs-and-helped-spain-conquer-an-american-civilization-500-years-ago
Through a system of conquest and tribute, the Aztecs had established the great island city of Tenochtitlan in Lake Texcoco that ruled over an area of about 80,000 square miles. A 17th-century

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/books/review/randall-sullivan-the-devils-best-trick.html
We learn about the human sacrifice and cannibalism of the Aztecs; the complexities and revisionist history of the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortes; the 21st-century collaboration between drug

https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2024/06/dust-from-the-drying-salton
When desert winds stir up dust from the Salton Sea's exposed lakebed, nearby communities suffer from increased air pollution. The deterioration coincides with reduced flows into California's largest lake, according to a new study in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics by San Diego State University, University of California, Davis and Arizona State University researchers.