Open Document The Aztec-Spanish War was more than a war leading to the demise of the Aztec empire; rather it was one of the most remarkable and significant wars of European history, beginning the colonization of Mesoamerica. The Spaniards who came to the New World were known as conquistadors...
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Incas? What disease killed the Aztecs? Who conquered the Mesoamerican civilizations? What factors enabled Alexander the Great to build a large empire? What did the Aztecs think the gods controlled? What did the Spanish do to Aztec art and architecture after...
Francisco Pizarro Conquistador Conquistador Marched a small group into South America Marched a small group into South America Conquered the Incan Empire Conquered the Incan Empire Pizarro Subdues Inca Army of 200 men met Incan ruler Atahualpa and his force of several thousand unarmed men Army of 200...
in 1504, just 12 years after America was discovered by Columbus. Cortés was only 17 years old then and had abandoned studying law to become an explorer. After being involved in the conquest of Cuba, he was theconquistadorresponsible for taking over the Aztec empire, conquering Mexico in 1521...
Explorer who, around 1520, captured the Aztec Empire of Mexico for Spain; a great win for Spain but devastating to native populations. Francisco Pizzaro A Spanish explorer who, in the 1530s, conquered Peru and the Incas people for Spain. ...
A Study of Poetry La Araucanadescribes Spanish conquests that were not comparable in importance to those ofHernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztec empire, andFrancisco Pizarro, who overthrew the Inca empire. Contrary to the epic conventions of the time, however, Ercilla placed the lesser conquests...
and he asked to be sent as a missionary to the New World. Once inMexicohe learned the YucatecMayan languageand tried through charitable works to help theindigenouspeople, who were decimated by disease (mostlysmallpox) and starvation, and, by his account, he protected them as much as possible...