On the other hand, another of the conquistadors, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, said that Tenochtitlan offered its citizens other things, much better: “... and since we saw so many cities and ...

By Gwynne Dyer – Friday, 13 August, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the invaders after a long siege ...