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Relive Battle between Aztec King and the Spanish Conquistadors

The Mexican National Museum of Anthropology is presenting a large exhibition of 44 codices for its show, “Codices of Mexico: Memories and Wisdom”, presenting artifacts from a fascinating time in ...
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500 Years Later, The Spanish Conquest Of Mexico Is Still Being Debated

The meeting of Aztec Emperor Montezuma II and Hernán Cortés and the events that followed weigh heavily in Mexico half a millennium later. 500 Years Later, The Spanish Conquest Of Mexico Is Still Being ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After Aztecs Cannibalized Spanish Convoy, Conquistadors Retaliated by Killing Innocents

Prior to the Spanish forces' arrival, Aztec people tried to hide the bones of their victims by throwing them into wells. Melitón Tapia / INAH During the Spanish Conquest of Mexico, interactions ...
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500 years later, Mexico still struggles with 'uneasy truths' about the Spanish conquest

As Mexico looks back on the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, an award-winning filmmaker wants his fellow Mexicans and others to confront their national identity — and ...
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The Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Yale professor emeritus John Demos explained the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs by Conquistador Hernán Cortés. He spoke about the advantages that the ...