Spanish conquest of Yucatán

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of the Maya	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish conquistadors ⓘ indigenous allies of Spain ⓘ
cause	desire to Christianize indigenous populations ⓘ expansion of Spanish colonial empire ⓘ search for new territories and resources ⓘ
characteristic	protracted and fragmented campaigns rather than a single expedition ⓘ resistance by multiple independent Maya city-states ⓘ use of indigenous allies by Spanish forces ⓘ
commander	Francisco de Montejo the Elder ⓘ Francisco de Montejo the Nephew ⓘ Francisco de Montejo the Elder ⓘ surface form: Francisco de Montejo the Younger
conflict	Spanish Empire ⓘ
conflictType	asymmetric warfare ⓘ colonial war ⓘ
describedBySource	Maya accounts and oral traditions ⓘ Spanish colonial chronicles ⓘ
effect	demographic decline of Maya population due to war and disease ⓘ imposition of Spanish language and institutions ⓘ integration of Yucatán into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
endTime	1546 ⓘ
followedBy	Christianization of Maya population ⓘ colonial administration of Yucatán under New Spain ⓘ encomienda system in Yucatán ⓘ
hasPart	campaigns of Francisco de Montejo the Younger (1537–1546) ⓘ first campaign of Francisco de Montejo (1527–1528) ⓘ second campaign of Francisco de Montejo (1531–1535) ⓘ
location	Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Yucatán Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ present-day Mexico ⓘ
opponent	Cocom Maya ⓘ Itza Maya ⓘ Maya polities ⓘ Xiu Maya ⓘ
partOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Spanish conquest of Yucatán self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spanish conquest of the Maya history of Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
religionInvolved	Maya religion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ collapse of independent Maya polities in Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ incorporation of Yucatán into the Spanish Empire ⓘ
significantEvent	battle for Chichén Itzá region ⓘ foundation of Mérida in 1542 ⓘ foundation of Valladolid in 1543 ⓘ siege and capture of Maya towns across northern Yucatán ⓘ
startTime	1527 ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ

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Spanish colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Spanish conquest of Yucatán ⓘ

Spanish conquest of Yucatán → partOf → Spanish conquest of Yucatán self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the Maya