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The end of the Aztec empire did not come swiftly or
quietly. It was the result of a violent battle that took place in
Tenochtitlán between April and August 1521. There were two
hundred thousand men, women, and children living in the
beautiful and prosperous island city when the Spanish conquistadores (Spanish word for “conquerors”) mounted their
last attack. By moderate estimates, about one hundred thousand Aztecs, or half the city’s population, died during the
siege. Everything in the city—markets, temples, palaces, and
homes—was completely destroyed. An overview of the fall of
Tenochtitlán is presented in this entry as a background to the
poems that follow.
The Aztec emperor Montezuma II (1466–1520) died in
Tenochtitlán during the first battle between the Aztecs and a
group of Spanish conquistadores led by Hernán Cortés (1485–
1547). In this first battle, the Aztecs soundly defeated the
Spaniards, forcing them to retreat from the city. Afterward,
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