Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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- | '''Conquest''' is [[victory]] gained through [[combat]]; the [[subjugation]] of an [[enemy]]. | + | The '''Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire''', also known as the '''Conquest of Mexico''' or the '''Spanish-Aztec War''' (1519–21), was one of the primary events in the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]]. There are multiple 16th-century narratives of the events by [[Spaniards|Spanish]] [[conquistador]]s, their [[Indigenous peoples of Mexico|indigenous]] [[Indian auxiliaries|allies]], and the defeated [[Aztecs]]. It was not solely a contest between a small contingent of Spaniards defeating the [[Aztec Empire]] but rather the creation of a coalition of Spanish invaders with tributaries to the Aztecs, and most especially the Aztecs' indigenous enemies and rivals. They combined forces to defeat the [[Mexica]] of [[Tenochtitlan]] over a two-year period. For the Spanish, the expedition to Mexico was part of a project of Spanish colonization of the New World after twenty-five years of permanent Spanish settlement and further exploration in the Caribbean. |
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Aztec warfare]] | ||
+ | * [[Aztecs]] | ||
+ | * [[Aztec influence in Spain]] | ||
+ | * [[Historiography of Colonial Spanish America]] | ||
+ | * [[History of Mexico City]] | ||
+ | * [[History of smallpox in Mexico]] | ||
+ | * [[New Spain]] | ||
+ | * [[Spanish conquest of Chiapas]] | ||
+ | * [[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]] | ||
+ | * [[Spanish conquest of Honduras]] | ||
+ | * [[Spanish conquest of Yucatán]] | ||
+ | * [[Spanish Empire]] | ||
- | Conquest is the act of [[military]] [[subjugation]] of an enemy by force of [[Weapon|arms]]. | ||
- | [[Military history]] provides many examples of conquest: the [[Roman conquest of Britain]], the [[Mauryan]] conquest of [[Afghanistan]] and of vast areas of the [[Indian subcontinent]], the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]] and various [[Muslim conquests]], to mention just a few. | ||
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- | The [[Norman conquest of England]] provides an example: it built on cultural ties, led to the subjugation of the [[Kingdom of England]] to Norman control and brought [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]] to the [[State crown|English throne]] in 1066. | ||
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- | Conquest may link in some ways with [[colonialism]]. England, for example, experienced phases and areas of [[Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Anglo-Saxon]], [[Viking expansion | Viking]] and [[Normans | Franco-Norman]] colonisation and conquest. | ||
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The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico or the Spanish-Aztec War (1519–21), was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. There are multiple 16th-century narratives of the events by Spanish conquistadors, their indigenous allies, and the defeated Aztecs. It was not solely a contest between a small contingent of Spaniards defeating the Aztec Empire but rather the creation of a coalition of Spanish invaders with tributaries to the Aztecs, and most especially the Aztecs' indigenous enemies and rivals. They combined forces to defeat the Mexica of Tenochtitlan over a two-year period. For the Spanish, the expedition to Mexico was part of a project of Spanish colonization of the New World after twenty-five years of permanent Spanish settlement and further exploration in the Caribbean.
See also
- Aztec warfare
- Aztecs
- Aztec influence in Spain
- Historiography of Colonial Spanish America
- History of Mexico City
- History of smallpox in Mexico
- New Spain
- Spanish conquest of Chiapas
- Spanish conquest of Guatemala
- Spanish conquest of Honduras
- Spanish conquest of Yucatán
- Spanish Empire