When Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico, the Aztecs held the largest and most powerful empire in the Americas. Because the Spanish had horses, some Aztecs thought Cortes might be a god. The Aztec king, Moctezuma II, invited Cortes to enter his capital city of Tenochtitlan. After a short time, Cortes turned against the emperor and Made him prisoner.
Which powerful empire did Hernán Cortés conquer?
Between 1519 and 1521 Hernán Cortés and a small band of men brought down the Aztec empire in Mexico, and between 1532 and 1533 Francisco Pizarro and his followers toppled the Inca empire in Peru.
What did Hernán Cortés do when he arrived in Mexico?
Cortés and his crew reached Mexico in February of 1519. They dropped anchor at Tabasco, where he gained intelligence from locals about the land he desired to conquer. They also gave him gifts in the form of 20 women. One of them, Marina, became his interpreter and they had a son, Martín, together.
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