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The Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs, 1519–21: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1519 - 1521
Location Mexico
Participants Aztec • Spain • Tlaxcala
Context Western colonialism

Photos

Mural of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital
Illustration of Hernan Cortes, dressed in red and white, meeting Aztec Emperor Montezuma II, who wears elaborate gold and feathered attire, inside a richly decorated room.
Montezuma in the Codex Tovar
The fall of Tenochtitlán
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Key People

Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Illustration of Hernan Cortes, dressed in red and white, meeting Aztec Emperor Montezuma II, who wears elaborate gold and feathered attire, inside a richly decorated room.
Montezuma II
Aztec emperor
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Cuauhtémoc
Aztec emperor
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Cuitláhuac
Aztec ruler