central mexico was the location of the aztec empire.
central mexico was the location of the aztec empire.
what is the location of the aztec empire?
central mexico
hernán cortés, led an expedition (entrada) to mexico, which included pedro de alvarado, and . 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. the spanish conquest of the aztec empire was one of the most significant and complex events in world history.
conquistador
qualpopoca first appears in the historical record when he was ordered by the aztec emperor moctezuma xocoyotzin to take control of the region surrounding the aztec city of nauhtla. nauhtla was a border city of the aztec empire, the garrison there exerting aztec dominion over the local population, who were largely totonac in ethnic origin. the province had only recently been added to the aztec empire through conquest, and when hernán cortés arrived in the region (now the mexican state of veracruz) in 1519, one of his first acts was to overthrow aztec dominion by seizing aztec tribute collectors in the town of quiahuiztlan and only returning them after a personal request from the aztec emperor. he then routed the aztec garrison at the town of tizapancingo and returned the state to the native totonacs under their leader tlacochcalcatl of cempoala.
qualpopoca