For centuries, the fall of Tenochtitlan, the majestic, lake-bound capital of the Aztecs or Mexica, has engaged historians and storytellers. To the admiring, conquest was neat, romantic and at once ...
Like a wound that still hasn’t healed, the remains of the great city of Tenochtitlán, which fell to the Spanish conquistadors 500 years ago, are still visible in México City, a metropolis as diverse ...
Five-hundred years ago, two men met and changed much of the world forever. About 500 Spanish conquistadors — ragged from skirmishes, a massacre of an Indigenous village and a hike between massive ...
A note on spelling and translations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Water and the sacred city -- Chapter 3: The Tlatoani in Tenochtitlan -- Chapter 4: The city in the conquest's wake -- ...
Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan, by Stefan Rinke, Oxford University Press, 328 pages. Contemporary historiography aims above all to treat native peoples seriously, in ...
A vast array of skulls buried beneath the streets of modern Mexico City are revealing the grisly details of Aztec human sacrifice. The area was once the epicenter of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan - a ...
In 16th century Mesoamerica, young Aztec Yohualli Coatl seeks vengeance after Spanish conquistadors kill his father. Escaping to Tenochtitlán, he trains under the bat god Tzinacan, crafting weapons to ...
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