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Clara Barton and Dorence Atwater, former prisoner who took death records, went down to the prison and uncovered all but about 460 graves.
Germany and Italy took part in the Spanish Civil War, testing their soldiers and weapons.
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The Spanish defeated the Dutch numerous times in battle and took over many former trading roots and colonial holdings from the Dutch (especially in Asia), which is why the Dutch had to join forces with the English to try to neutralize the Spanish dominance.
The Spanish conquered the Philippines, then the Americans fought the Spanish and took the Philippinges. Then the Americans fought the Filipinos in the Philipping Insurection. Then the Japanese conquered the Philippines during World War 2, and the Ameircans reconquered them.
took montezuma prisoner
Aztec Emperor Montezuma II believed Hernan Cortes was the god Queztacoaltl, but he was wrong and Cortes took him prisoner and the Aztec Empire fell to Spain.
The Spanish and Aztecs fought because the Spanish wanted the gold and natural resources. It was actually the Spanish who had started the battle. Plus the Aztecs fought because the Spanish killed Montezuma.
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he fled the city
No, he took Montezuma hostage
The first time he attacked the Aztecs, he took advantage of Montezuma's (Aztec leader) hospitality, taking him prisoner. This led to Hernan Cortes controlling the Aztecs, until they rebelled, finally forcing Hernan Cortes out. Cortes then waited for more Spanish troops to arrive, and when they did, going back to attack the Aztecs, but this time completely demolishing their city of Tenochtitlan.
Cortes took the leader for ransom.
The Aztec chief Moctezuma II thought the Spanish leader, Hernan Cortes, was the Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl, who promised to return in 1519. Hernan took Moctezuma prisoner, and then the war began.
Cortes did not take over the Incas; he took over the Aztecs under Montezuma II.
Columbus was NOT Italian, but Spanish and he sailed for Spain. He was from a Spanish noble family who were rivals of the crown so he took on a persona to get funding. His log and journals were all in Spanish, his wife was from a Spanish noble family, and he spoke Spanish. Nothing points him out as Italian.
Leopold the fifth of Austria.