{"id":2455,"date":"2018-08-21T07:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T07:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:05:25","slug":"spanish-conquest-of-the-aztec-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/spanish-conquest-of-the-aztec-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire: A Detailed Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Spanish conquest of the\u00a0Aztec Empire<\/a>\u00a0is not only one of the most significant events in the early exploration and conquest of the Americas, but also one of the most significant events in world history.\u00a0 In general, the conquest displayed the impact of European exploration on the New World and the outcomes of the\u00a0Age of Exploration<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0At the time of contact both the Aztec and the Spanish were powerful and wealthy societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH IN THE AZTEC EMPIRE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Both the Aztec and Spanish were building their own empires, yet were unknown to each other.\u00a0 As such, many view the conquest as the clash of two societies and ways of life.\u00a0\u00a0The Aztec Empire was a powerful collection of city-states in what is today modern-day Mexico.\u00a0 It began as an alliance of three\u00a0city-states, known as the\u00a0Aztec Triple Alliance<\/a>, which included:\u00a0Tenochtitlan<\/a>,\u00a0Texcoco, and\u00a0Tlacopan. These city-states ruled the area in and around the\u00a0Mexico Valley\u00a0from 1428 until they were defeated by the Spanish in 1521 as part of the Spanish conquest.\u00a0 During the period of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, it was ruled by\u00a0Moctezuma II<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of the Aztec Empire and Aztec Triple Alliance by History Crunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moctezuma II became the ninth tlatoani<\/a> and ruler of Tenochtitlan in 1502.\u00a0 When he came to power he continued the campaigns of conquest and expanded the Aztec Empire even further than it had already in the previous decades.\u00a0 While he oversaw the Aztec conquest of several different Mesoamerican city-states, he still had bitter rivals in the Tlaxcala and Huexotzinco.\u00a0 During this time the Aztec continued to carry out the\u00a0Flower Wars<\/a>\u00a0against these two powerful city-states.\u00a0 As well, he built temples and public buildings in Tenochtitlan and expanded his authority over the people.\u00a0 However, Moctezuma II is most famous for being the Aztec ruler during the Spanish conquests of Mexico.\u00a0 Historians have reported that Moctezuma II was first made aware of the Spanish\u2019s arrival in 1517 when Spanish conquistadors landed at the edge of Aztec territory along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0 In fact, this was the expedition of\u00a0Juan de Grijalva\u00a0who was a Spanish conquistador and one of the first European explorers to arrive in Mexico.\u00a0 Unsure of who these people were or what they wanted, Moctezuma II ordered his people to keep him informed of their movements and actions.\u00a0 In 1519, more Spanish conquistadors arrived, but this time they were led by\u00a0Hernan Cort\u00e9s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the years before the arrival of the Spanish into the territory of the Aztec Empire, the Spanish had been exploring the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean during the European \u2018Age of Exploration\u2019.\u00a0 Spain\u2019s monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand, were expanding Spain\u2019s influence and prestige by funding expeditions by Spanish explorers.\u00a0 Many of these explorers were driven by a desire to capture as much gold and other precious metals as possible.\u00a0 For example, Spain had already played an important role in the early part of the Age of Exploration<\/a> with the voyages of\u00a0Christopher Columbus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moctezuma II illustration from 1892.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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HERNAN CORTES AND THE CONQUEST OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hernan Cort\u00e9s was the Spanish conquistador that led the expedition to explore and conquer the Aztec Empire.  At the age of 19, he travelled to the Spanish controlled colonies in the Caribbean.  More specifically, he arrived at the island of Hispaniola which is the modern-day Dominican Republic and Haiti.  After several years in the colonies, Cort\u00e9s convinced Diego Velasquez, another conquistador and then governor of Cuba, to let him lead an expedition to Mexico.  Cort\u00e9s set sail soon after with approximately 11 ships and just over 500 men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of the Route of Hernan Cortes to Conquer the Aztec by History Crunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As stated previously, the Spanish returned to Mexico in 1519.\u00a0 Moctezuma II was informed of their arrival, which was in the area of the Yucatan Peninsula, to the east of the main territory of the Aztec Empire.\u00a0 Quickly, Hernan Cort\u00e9s and his men encountered other Mesoamerican peoples living in the area.\u00a0 For example, they came into contact with the Tlaxcala, which was a powerful city-state to the east of Tenochtitlan.\u00a0 Tlaxcala were traditional enemies of the Aztec as the two had fought each in different battles including the Flower Wars<\/a>.\u00a0 As such, the Tlaxcala used the opportunity to their advantage and allied themselves with the Spanish against Tenochtitlan.\u00a0 This is important, because Cort\u00e9s used the Tlaxcala and other enemies of the Aztec in his later conquest of Tenochtitlan.\u00a0 In response, Moctezuma II had gifts sent to Cort\u00e9s in an attempt to show his prestige and the power of the Aztec over their rivals.\u00a0 Moctezuma II was also unsure of how to respond to Cort\u00e9s and the other Spanish conquistadors because their arrival into the Aztec territory coincided with an important\u00a0Aztec prophecy in relation to the Mesoamerican god\u00a0Quetzalcoatl<\/a>.\u00a0 The prophecy spoke of Quetzalcoatl\u2019s arrival at the same time as the Spanish, and Quetzalcoatl was said to have white skin.\u00a0 Unsure of whether or not Cort\u00e9s was the god, Moctezuma II responded by greeting him with honor and giving him many gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AZTEC OMENS AND THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some historians believe that Moctezuma II was unsure about\u00a0Cort\u00e9s due to a series of\u00a0eight\u00a0omens<\/a>\u00a0that occurred in the years before the arrival of the Spanish.\u00a0 Omens are events which are said to have significance on future events or occurrences.\u00a0 For instance, one of the roles of high priests in the Aztec religion was to interpret significant events to predict their impact on the huey tlatoani and the Aztec Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In regards to these omens, Moctezuma II (the heuy tlatoani of the Aztec when the Spanish arrived) was visited in 1510 by Nezahualpilli, the tlatoani of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco.  Nezahualpilli, warned Moctezuma II of the downfall of the Aztec Empire and told Moctezuma II to be on guard for bad omens.  As the account goes, there were said to be eight omens in total that foretold the arrival of the Spanish and the collapse of the Aztec Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aztec Omen from the Codex Duran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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HOW DID THE AZTEC RESPOND TO MEETING THE SPANISH?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, the Aztecs were amazed by the Spanish<\/a>.\u00a0 First, the Aztec had never seen a person with white skin before.\u00a0 Secondly, the armor and weapons that the Spanish used would have been mostly unimaginable to the Aztecs.\u00a0 For example, the Aztec would not have known what firearms were, or understood how they worked.\u00a0 When the Spanish conquistadors first fired their weapons, the blast and smoke shocked and amazed the Aztec people.\u00a0 As well, the metal armor of the Spanish fascinated the Aztec because they did not have any similar form of protection.\u00a0 Third, the Aztec people had never seen a horse before.\u00a0 Horses are not native animals to the Americas, and the Aztec people would not have known what the animal was.\u00a0 The animal itself likely shocked the Aztec people, but the fact that the Spanish Conquistadors rode on them would have astounded them even more.\u00a0 The Aztecs had no similar animals and certainly none that they would ride.\u00a0 These three factors combined, along with others, to show the technological divide that existed between the Spanish and the Aztecs.\u00a0 As such, the Aztec and their leader Moctezuma II were shocked and unprepared for the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Entrance of Hernan Cortes into the Aztec Empire. It shows the meeting between Hernan Cortes and Moctezuma II.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH IN THE AZTEC EMPIRE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cort\u00e9s and the Spanish arrived at the city of Tenochtitlan in November of 1519.  While they were accompanied by their new allies, the Tlaxcala, only Cort\u00e9s and the Spanish were invited into the city.  Still believing that Cort\u00e9s might be Quetzalcoatl, Moctezuma II gave the Spanish many gifts and allowed them to stay as guests in the Aztec capital.  During the next week or so the Spanish toured the city and saw the many Aztec temples, markets and palaces.  However, soon after, Cort\u00e9s learned of the death of several of his men from an Aztec attack on the Gulf Coast.  The Aztec had attacked one of their rivals, and since the Spanish had allied with many of the Aztecs enemies, they were caught up in the battle.  At this point Cort\u00e9s became fearful that Moctezuma II may order his death and in response he took the Aztec leader captive in the palace that Moctezuma II had prepared for the Spanish in Tenochtitlan.  Capturing the leader of an indigenous tribe or group was a very common practice by the Spanish throughout their conquests of the Caribbean and Central America.  As such, Cort\u00e9s was simply following a commonly held practice by the Spanish during the time period.  The Spanish remained in Tenochtitlan for the next several months, during which time they controlled the city through Moctezuma II.  This is because Moctezuma II continued to rule over the Aztec Empire and city of Tenochtitlan from his imprisonment in the Aztec palace.  The Aztec nobility and religious leaders became very angry during this time with the Spanish.  They believed that Moctezuma II was weak and had let the Spanish take over the city.  For example, during this time, Cort\u00e9s replaced Aztec religious symbols in the palace with Christian symbols and demanded that the Aztec deliver as much gold as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Conquest of Mexico by Cort\u00e9s’ by an Unknown Artist. (17th Century)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MASSACRE OF THE AZTEC IN THE GREAT TEMPLE OF TENOCHTITLAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the months after Moctezuma II was imprisoned in Tenochtitlan, Cort\u00e9s was forced to leave to handle a different situation.\u00a0 Cort\u00e9s had been made aware that Diego Velasquez, the Spanish governor of Cuba, had ordered his arrest for disobeying orders in regards to his expedition to Mexico.\u00a0 As such, Cort\u00e9s left that spring to stop P\u00e1nfilo de Narv\u00e1ez and other Spanish men that were sent to arrest him.\u00a0 While he was gone, Pedro de Alvarado was left in charge of the Spanish\u2019s mission in Tenochtitlan.\u00a0 Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador and is famous for participating in expeditions throughout the Caribbean and Central America, including places such as: Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.\u00a0 Several historians have noted the brutality he displayed in these conquests, particularly against the indigenous people of the different regions.\u00a0 Anyways, soon after Cort\u00e9s left, Moctezuma II requested that his people be allowed to celebrate the festival of Toxcatl.\u00a0 The festival occurred every May and was carried out to honor the\u00a0Aztec god\u00a0of\u00a0Tezcatlipoca<\/a>.\u00a0 This god was important in Aztec culture and religion and was related to many different concepts, including: the\u00a0night sky,\u00a0hurricanes, the earth,\u00a0obsidian,\u00a0jaguars, and\u00a0war.\u00a0 Alvarado agreed, but soon after the Aztec began the celebration he ordered and carried out an attack against the Aztec men, women and children that were participating.\u00a0 This event is referred to as the \u2018Massacre of Aztec in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essentially, the Spanish conquistadors attacked the Aztec and killed most of the people, who were unarmed and did not actively fight back.\u00a0 There are differing accounts of why Alvarado carried out the attack, such as: he attacked the Aztec after seeing the gold religious items they brought to the festival or he attacked in an attempt to stop a\u00a0human sacrifice\u00a0that was part of the ceremony.\u00a0 Regardless, in both accounts, Alvarado massacred unarmed Aztecs.\u00a0 The massacre led to an increase in hostilities between the Spanish and the Aztec and caused the Spanish to hide in the palace that Moctezuma II provided them with following retaliation by the Aztec warriors. Cort\u00e9s returned from his victory over P\u00e1nfilo de Narv\u00e1ez to find Tenochtitlan in full upheaval and revolt.\u00a0 The Spanish were essentially held captive by the Aztec nobility and warriors in Tenochtitlan following the massacre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Massacre of the Aztec in the Great Temple from the Duran Codex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DEATH OF MOCTEZUMA II<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The next major event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec was the death of Moctezuma II.  Sometime during the conflict between the Spanish and the Aztecs, Moctezuma II was killed, however there are different accounts of the event and historians are unsure of the truth.  First, Spanish accounts of the death of Moctezuma II argue that he was killed by his own people while trying to get them to retreat from fighting the Spanish.  This version is based on the idea that the Aztec people became so disgusted with Moctezuma\u2019s actions and support for the Spanish that they killed him.  An account by Cort\u00e9s suggests that Moctezuma II was stabbed to death by his own people, while another account suggests that he was stoned to death.  Supposedly, the Spanish had forced to him to speak to his people in an attempt to allow the Spanish to go free.  The second version of his death, which comes from Aztec accounts of the event, is that Moctezuma II was killed by the Spanish as they fled the city following the Aztec retaliation for the Spanish massacre of Aztec people in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan as part of a festival.  In this version, Moctezuma\u2019s body was said to have been thrown from the palace as the Spanish fled.  The Aztec people cremated his body soon after.  Historians are unsure of which version is true based on the truthfulness of the sources of information and the difficulty of assessing an event so far in the past.  Regardless, Moctezuma II died during this time and his death was one of several factors that led to the eventual collapse of the Aztec Empire during the Spanish conquest.  Cuitl\u00e1huac, the younger brother of Moctezuma II, was chosen as the next tlatoani to rule over Tenochtitlan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moctezuma II imprisoned by Hernan Cort\u00e9s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NOCHE TRISTE AND THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following the death of Moctezuma II is the event that the Spanish referred to as \u2018Noche Triste<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0 Trapped inside of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish and their Tlaxcala allies devised a plan to escape in the night.\u00a0 The Aztec had destroyed sections of several of the causeways that led out of Tenochtitlan, so Cort\u00e9s ordered his men to construct a sort-of portable bridge that could be used to aid the Spanish in crossing.\u00a0 Next he ordered his men to bring with them as much of the Aztec treasure and gold as possible.\u00a0 On the night of July 1st, 1520, Cort\u00e9s and his men fled Tenochtitlan under the cover of dark and a storm.\u00a0 They attempted to flee the city by using the causeway to the west of the city, which led to Tlacopan.\u00a0 While trying to setup their portable bridge, they were noticed by the Aztec who notified others.\u00a0 Soon, hundreds of Aztec warriors attacked the Spanish and their Tlaxcala allies on the causeway.\u00a0 Some of those that survived spoke about how hundreds of Aztec canoes appeared alongside the bridge while other Aztec warriors attacked along the causeway.\u00a0 The Spanish and Tlaxcala fought as they struggled across the shallow lake.\u00a0 In fact, many of the Spanish soldiers apparently were so weighed down with Aztec treasure that they died from drowning and the inability to properly fight back.\u00a0 For his part, Cort\u00e9s was able to flee the lake and made it to the western shore.\u00a0 He waited there as only a few of his fellow conquistadors and Tlaxcala allies made it out alive.\u00a0 Apparently, he is said to have cried realizing that the mission to escape was largely a failure.\u00a0 Historical accounts of the number of dead during Noche Triste differ, but in general the Spanish are said to have lost between 150 and 450 men while the Tlaxcala are estimated to have lost between 2,000 and 4,000.\u00a0 The Spanish referred to the escape and battle as \u2018Noche Triste\u2019 or \u2018the night of sorrows\u2019 in recognition of the large number of Spanish that died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Noche Triste’ depicted by an unknown artist. (17th Century)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Following the events of Noche Triste, the Spanish fled to Tlaxcala, chased away by Aztec warriors<\/a>.\u00a0 In Tlaxcala the Spanish recovered from their wounds, including Cort\u00e9s and Alvarado who were both injured in the escape from Tenochtitlan.\u00a0 This time in Tlaxcala had impacts for both the Spanish and the Aztec, because the Spanish were able to resupply and received new Spanish troops while the Aztec suffered from the consequences of the spread of\u00a0European diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aztec warriors in the Codex Mendoza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN DISEASES ON THE AZTEC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When European explorers arrived in the New World during the Age of Exploration<\/a> they brought with them many different types of diseases that were not already present in the New World, including: smallpox, influenza, measles, malaria, chicken pox and yellow fever.\u00a0 These diseases were spread as part of the\u00a0Columbian Exchange and led to the deaths of millions of people.\u00a0 In fact, some historians have suggested that as many as 90% of people in the New World died from the spread of European diseases<\/a>.\u00a0 Since the indigenous people of the New World had never been exposed to these diseases before, they lacked the immunity and were susceptible to the deadly effects of the disease.\u00a0 One of the more significant European diseases was smallpox which is said to have had the largest impact on the indigenous people of the New World.\u00a0 For example, the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan supposedly underwent a mass spread of smallpox from September to November of 1520.\u00a0 Historians are unsure of how many of the Aztec people suffered and died from the disease at this time, but their newest tlatoani, Cuitl\u00e1huac, died from the disease. \u00a0This is important because the Aztecs lacked stable leadership during the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan, since their leaders (Moctezuma II<\/a> and Cuitl\u00e1huac) died.\u00a0 Regardless, the spread of smallpox throughout Tenochtitlan severely weakened the Aztec people and aided the Spanish in their final battle against the city. A new tlatoani, and the final one to rule over the Aztec Empire, Cuauht\u00e9moc, was chosen in February of 1521.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aztec people suffering the effects of smallpox. Created in the 16th century by an unknown artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FINAL BATTLE OF TENOCHTITLAN AND THE FALL OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Resupplied and with new Spanish soldiers, Cort\u00e9s further prepared for his attack against Tenochtitlan.\u00a0 The Spanish and their Tlaxcalan allies left Tlaxcala on December 26th, 1520 and immediately went to work in creating alliances with other powerful city-states in the region of Lake Texcoco against Tenochtitlan.\u00a0 For example, in a short period of time, Cort\u00e9s was able to get several other Mesoamerican societies on his side, including former members of the Aztec Triple Alliance<\/a> such as Texcoco.\u00a0 As a result, when Cort\u00e9s attacked Tenochtitlan in the spring and summer of 1521, they were aided by thousands of Tlaxcala and Texcoco warriors.\u00a0 As well, at the start of the final battle for Tenochtitlan<\/a>, the Spanish had nearly 1,000 soldiers of their own, over 120 horses, newly constructed ships for use on the lake, and newly arrived firearms and gunpowder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Texcoco, Tenochtitlan and Tlacop\u00e1n of the Triple Alliance. (Osuna Codex)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Spanish began their attack against Tenochtitlan by destroying the aqueducts that brought fresh water to the city.  As well, Cort\u00e9s ordered his troops to surround the city and stop it from receiving food supplies.  This effectively cut off the city from the surrounding areas and further weakened the already suffering Aztec people who were struggling with the effects of smallpox and unstable leadership.  Furthermore, Cort\u00e9s had his men launch several small ships into Lake Texcoco, which prevented the people of Tenochtitlan from escaping or receiving help.  The fighting of the final battle for Tenochtitlan was brutal.  The Aztec people in the city, who were starving and suffering from smallpox, were bombarded by Spanish cannons and firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Aztec carried out several counterattacks they were mostly ineffective due to the Spanish\u2019s organization, alliances and overwhelming military power.  Apparently, Cort\u00e9s had hoped that the Aztecs would surrender so that he could capture Tenochtitlan intact and present it as a prize to the Spanish monarch Charles V.  However, during the battle, the Aztec\u2019s sacrificed many of the Spanish prisoners of war that they had held captive.  This angered Cort\u00e9s and caused him to order the destruction of the city and the Aztec people.  Tenochtitlan was finally captured by the Spanish and Tlaxcala on August 13th, 1521.  Cuauht\u00e9moc was taken prisoner and the Aztec Empire was no more.  The battle had devastated large parts of the city, with huge sections of the temples and buildings destroyed.  However, after capturing the city, the Spanish continued its destruction by taking down any religious symbols and temples.  As well, they burned large areas of the city to root out the remaining people.  With their city destroyed, the Aztec people scattered throughout the Valley of Mexico.  Cort\u00e9s and the Spanish began to build a new city on top of the ruins of Tenochtitlan, which eventually became Mexico City.  In the decades and centuries that followed the Spanish continued their campaigns of conquest in central America against indigenous peoples.  For example, Francisco Pizarro\u2019s conquest of the Inca in Peru was based partially on Cort\u00e9s\u2019 conquest of the Aztec in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘The Last Days of Tenochtitlan, Conquest of Mexico by Cortez’ by William de Leftwich Dodge. (19th Century)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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