Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

Target entity: Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Context triple: [Age of Exploration, hasKeyEvent, Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]

• A. Spanish Empire
  The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.
• B. Spanish–American War
  The Spanish–American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that marked the emergence of the U.S. as a global power and led to American control over former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific.
• C. Eighty Years' War
  The Eighty Years' War was a protracted 16th–17th century conflict in which the Dutch provinces fought for and ultimately secured independence from Spanish rule, laying the foundations of the Dutch Republic.
• D. Black Hawk War
  The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
• E. Age of Exploration
  The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Target entity description: 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.

• A. Spanish Expulsion of 1492
  The Spanish Expulsion of 1492 was the royal decree by Ferdinand and Isabella that forced all practicing Jews to leave Spain, marking a major turning point in Jewish and Iberian history.
• B. Spanish Empire
  The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.
• C. Spanish–American War
  The Spanish–American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that marked the emergence of the U.S. as a global power and led to American control over former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific.
• D. Eighty Years' War
  The Eighty Years' War was a protracted 16th–17th century conflict in which the Dutch provinces fought for and ultimately secured independence from Spanish rule, laying the foundations of the Dutch Republic.
• E. Black Hawk War
  The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
• F. None of above. chosen