Tenochtitlan: A Retelling of The Conquest : Throughline In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one.

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 ...

The fall of Tenochtitlan did not happen all at once. Angry at the imprisonment of Montezuma, the Aztecs did finally lose their illusions about their visitors and mounted a rebellion in June 1520 ...

TRUTH about the Conquistadors Posted: December 27, 2024 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 In 1519 Spanish explorer and Conquistador Hernan Cortez landed on the shore of eastern Mexico with 11 ships ...

The arrival of Spanish conquistadors in 1519 marked the decline of the Aztec Empire, influenced by both military conflict and religious beliefs. Today, many Mexicans still honor their Aztec heritage.

On June 30, 1520, the Aztecs drove Hernán Cortés and his invading army out of their capital Tenochtitlan—an event that came to be known as "La Noche Triste" or "Sad Night." ...

On Columbus’s third voyage, which set sail from Sanlucár de Barrameda in southern Spain in May 1498, 30 women were listed. Some were wives of the male expeditionaries, such as Catalina de ...

Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan Stefan Rinke, trans. from the German by Christopher Reid. Oxford Univ, $34.95 (328p) ISBN 978-0-19-755246-9 ...

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 ...

The conquistadors, together with an alliance of Indigenous tribes – formerly tribute-paying city states – laid siege to the city in 1521, a siege that lasted for 93 days.