The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also called the Conquest of Mexico, was a pivotal episode of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, in which the Aztec Triple Alliance collided with the Spanish Empire and its indigenous allies. Between 1519 and 1521 the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, commanding a small army of European soldiers alongside a much larger allied army of native auxiliaries, overthrew the most powerful pre-Columbian empire in Mesoamerica. The conquest had a profound impact, beginning Spanish rule in Mesoamerica, the wide expansion of Spanish culture, and the establishment of a new social hierarchy in Latin America dominated by the Spanish conquerors and their descendants.
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LocationAztec Empire and the other tribal states (modern-day Mexico) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Between 1519 and 1521, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his small army of European soldiers and the large allied army of Indian auxiliaries, overthrew the most powerful pre Columbian empire to exist in Mesoamerica
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February 1519 - 13 August 1521
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Aztec Empire and the other tribal states (modern-day Mexico)
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Between 1519 and 1521, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his small army of European soldiers and the large allied army of Indian auxiliaries, overthrew the most powerful pre Columbian empire to exist in Mesoamerica.
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Led by the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, the Aztec Empire had established dominance over modern central Mexico through military conquest and intricate alliances.
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He was killed during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire when Hernan Cortes, the Spanish conquistador, and his men seized the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
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