illnesses and shortages of food
in 1519
Greed. Pure greed - he wanted the Aztec gold.
The Aztec Empire dominated what is now the country of Mexico. The first Aztec ruler history knows was Itzcoati who ruled in the early 15th century. In the later part of the 15th century a ruler named Ahuitzoti ruled the Aztec Empire. About 15 years before the arrival of Spanish conquistador Cortes, a chief called Montezuma II ruled. He was the ruler in 1519 when Cortes arrived in Mexico. Cortes took this leader prisoner and he died in Cortes's jail.
A Man Named Hernan Cortes .
Cortes
Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish Conquistador that brought about the fall of the Aztec Empire. Cortes arrived in the New World to conduct his exploration in 1506.
Cortes and his men conquered the Aztec empire, which was in present-day Mexico.
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.
Hernan Cortes discovered the Aztec empire in Mexico.
Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztec Empire. He enacted a war of attrition on the people in the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
Cortes destroyed the Aztec Empire in Central America.
Aztec Empire.
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the aztec empire
He destroyed it in 1521.