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5 giorni fa · From 1519 to 1521, Hernán Cortés led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, ruled by Moctezuma II. From the territories of the Aztec Empire, conquistadors expanded Spanish rule to northern Central America and parts of what is now the southern and western United States, and from Mexico sailing the Pacific Ocean to the Spanish ...
1 giorno fa · by Joshua J. Mark. published on 10 May 2024. Aztec religion and culture flourished between c. 1345 and 1521 and, at its height, influenced the majority of the people of northern Mesoamerica. Great monarchs such as Montezuma imposed Aztec ideals across the area of modern-day Mexico, influencing the region’s art, architecture, and cultural values.
2 giorni fa · The revolt was successful, and the Aztecs became central Mexico's rulers as the Triple Alliance leaders. The alliance was composed of the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. At their peak, 350,000 Aztecs presided over a wealthy tribute empire comprising 10 million people, almost half of Mexico's estimated population of 24 million.
6 giorni fa · During the final stage of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Spanish forces and their indigenous allies besieged and razed Tenochtitlan. Because it was strategically and politically important, invader Hernán Cortés founded the Spanish colonial capital of Mexico City on its ruins, becoming the center of Spanish colonial power.
5 giorni fa · Pic 1: Extent of the Aztec empire and tributary states c. 1519 (Click on image to enlarge) Aztec migration and empire The ancestors of the Aztecs ( “Aztec” will refer here generically to several cultural groups who inhabited the Valley of Mexico and central Mexico during the 13th through 16th centuries, and spoke variations of Nahuatl.
5 giorni fa · Read about the rise and fall of the Aztec empire; the role of gods and goddesses in Aztec religion; the creation of the Aztec calendar; and many other features of this American Indian culture.
4 giorni fa · This began from in the first confrontation between Motecuhzoma and Cortés, in the spectacular setting of the lake city Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztecs (pic 1). Motecuhzoma, the Aztec tlatoani (literally “speaker”) or king, addressed Cortés in a lordly speech, reflecting the norms of the huehuetlatolli, “the sayings of the ancients”.
