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The Conquest of the Aztecs
- The reign of Montezuma II, 1502 to 1520
- The arrival of the Spanish
- Aztecs and Spaniards make contact
- Cortés enters Tenochtitlán
- The capture and death of Montezuma II
- A new king in Tenochtitlán
- The fall of Tenochtitlán
- The aftermath
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In its two hundred years of existence, the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán (pronounced tay-notch-teet-LAHN) rose out of a rough swampland settlement to become one of the largest and most magnificent cities of its time in the world. In 1325, when the Aztecs settled Tenochtitlán, they had...
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