emperor cuauhtemoc was the ruler of the aztec empire when the spanish conquest began.
emperor cuauhtemoc was the ruler of the aztec empire when the spanish conquest began.
who was the ruler of the aztec empire when the spanish conquest began?
emperor cuauhtemoc
following an earlier expedition led by juan de grijalva to yucatán in 1517, spanish settler, hernán cortés, led an expedition ("entrada") to mexico. two years later, in 1519, cortés and his retinue set sail from cuba for mexico. the spanish campaign against the aztec empire had its final victory on august 13, 1521, when a coalition army of spanish forces and native tlaxcalan warriors led by cortés and xicotencatl the younger captured the emperor cuauhtemoc and tenochtitlan, the capital of the aztec empire. the fall of tenochtitlan marks the beginning of spanish rule in central mexico, and they established their capital of mexico city on the ruins of tenochtitlan.
spanish conquest of the aztec empire
historian daniele bolelli did an in-depth coverage of the spanish conquest over four episodes of his "history on fire" podcast.









































mexican muralist diego rivera (1886-1957) painted history of morelos, conquest and revolution on the walls of the cortes palace in cuernavaca in 1929-1930.









































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bullet::::- aztec warfare









































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bullet::::- historiography of colonial spanish america









































bullet::::- history of mexico city









































bullet::::- history of smallpox in mexico









































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bullet::::- spanish conquest of guatemala









































bullet::::- spanish conquest of honduras









































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section::::further reading.
spanish conquest of the aztec empire