The Aztec
Aztec Empire.
Cortes destroyed the Aztec Empire in Central America.
He destroyed it in 1521.
The Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztec Empire. He enacted a war of attrition on the people in the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
Aztec
Cortes
The Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortes and his conquistadors.
Hernando Cortes and his conquistadors.
Hernando Cortes destroyed the Aztecs.
The Aztec civilization, led by Emperor Moctezuma, was conquered and destroyed by Hernan Cortes and his Spanish forces in the early 16th century. Cortes arrived in Mexico in 1519 and, with the help of indigenous allies who resented Aztec rule, he was able to defeat the Aztec Empire in 1521.