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The Spanish Empire
Mainland Mesoamerica, c. 1519
on the mainland, large densely populated native societies had:
extensive agriculture
written languages
large city-states and empires
mineral wealth
largest power: the triple alliance (Aztecs)
5 million people
400,500 vassal kingdoms and city states
Mexico Tenochtitlan
capital was here
200,000+ people
70,000 buildings on artificial islands
The Spanish (and native) Conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlan
hernan cortes and 500 spanish soldiers land in Yucatan, 1519
several factors enable cortes to defeat Mexico, tenchtitlan
political scheming
thousands of native allies
a smallpox epidemic
spanish military tech
spanish and native allies
gradually take over the Aztecs former empire and beyond
viceroyalty of new spain
a hybrid native and spanish society/culture
native tribute and labor create immense wealth for spain
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