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The end of the Aztec Empire

Moctezuma welcomes Hernan Cortes to Tenochtitlan and gives him gifts of gold and jewels, hoping that the conquistadors will go away. Cortes has Moctezuma arrested and held hostage to protect the Spanish from Aztec attack. The Aztecs attack the palace and Moctezuma is killed. The Spanish retreat and many are drowned or killed. They return a year later, in 1521, and lay siege to Tenochtitlan, spelling the end for the Aztec Empire.

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5 minutes