Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

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The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.


Statements (64)
Predicate Object
instanceOf conquest
historical event
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Conquest of Mexico
cause Internal divisions among indigenous polities
Spanish search for wealth and territory
countryInvolved Aztec Empire
Crown of Castile
describedIn Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
endTime 1521
followedBy Consolidation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain
Spanish conquest of Guatemala
hasCommander Cuauhtémoc
Cuitláhuac
Hernán Cortés
La Malinche
Moctezuma II
Pedro de Alvarado
Pánfilo de Narváez
hasEffect Christianization of central Mexico
Demographic collapse of indigenous population
Destruction and looting of Aztec temples and treasures
Foundation of Mexico City on site of Tenochtitlan
Imposition of Spanish colonial rule
Spread of Old World diseases in Mesoamerica
hasKeyFigure Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
La Malinche
Tlaxcalan leaders
hasLanguage Classical Nahuatl
Spanish
hasMainBelligerent Spanish conquistadors
Tenochtitlan
Texcoco
Tlaxcala
Triple Alliance
hasPart Alliance with Tlaxcala
Battle of Otumba
Destruction of Tenochtitlan
La Noche Triste
March from Veracruz to Tenochtitlan
Massacre at the Templo Mayor
Siege of Tenochtitlan
location Aztec Empire
Central Mexico
Mesoamerica
partOf Age of Discovery
Spanish colonization of the Americas
result Collapse of the Aztec Empire
Establishment of New Spain
Expansion of Spanish Empire in the Americas
Fall of Tenochtitlan
Spanish control of central Mexico
significantFor end of major Mesoamerican imperial power
transition from indigenous rule to Spanish colonial rule in central Mexico
startTime 1519
timePeriod early 16th century
used Firearms
Horses
Indigenous allies
Steel weapons
War dogs

Referenced by (46)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo ("Hernán Cortés expedition to Mexico")
Hernán Cortés
Pedro de Alvarado
participantIn
Captain General of New Spain
European colonization of the Americas ("conquest of the Aztec Empire")
Spanish Empire ("Conquest of the Aztec Empire")
Triple Alliance
significantEvent
Catalina Cortés
Luis Cortés
Quiahuiztlán ("Spanish conquest of Mexico")
associatedWith
Battle of Otumba
Cuauhtémoc
Cuitláhuac ("Spanish–Aztec War")
conflict
Cartas de Relación ("Spanish conquest of Mexico")
Cartas de Relación ("expedition of Hernán Cortés")
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
mainSubject
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ("Siege of Tenochtitlan")
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ("Destruction of Tenochtitlan")
hasPart
Hernán Cortés ("Siege of Tenochtitlan (1521)")
Spanish America
notableEvent
Battle of Otumba
La Noche Triste
partOf
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ("Conquest of Mexico")
alsoKnownAs
Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca
associatedWithEvent
Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz ("Cortés expedition to Mexico")
coordinateRoleWith
Diego Rivera murals ("Spanish conquest of Mexico")
depicts
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain ("siege of Tenochtitlan")
describesEvent
Mesoamerica
endedWith
Age of Exploration
hasKeyEvent
Captain from Castile
hasTheme
Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin)
historicalContext
Cuitláhuac
historicalPeriod
Hernán Cortés ("Spanish conquest of Mexico")
knownFor
Moctezuma II
militaryConflict
Catalina Suárez Marcaida ("Hernán Cortés’s conquest of the Aztec Empire")
preceded
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
precededBy
Viceroyalty of New Spain
predecessor
Codex Mendoza
relatedTo
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ("Fall of Tenochtitlan")
result
Tlaxcala
roleIn
La Malinche
roleInEvent
Juana de Zúñiga
spouseNotableFor
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
subjectOf
Monument to Cuauhtémoc
topic
Valley of Mexico
wasSceneOf

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