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Fall of the Aztec Empire mapped

This video retraces the fall of the Aztec Empire using Google Earth to bring the 16th-century conquest to life. We follow ...
Toward the end of 1519, Spanish explorers arrived at the Aztec capital in what is now Mexico City. They were awed by the Aztecs' sophistication and soon demanded the land and resources for themselves.
The story of the fall of the Aztec empire is a compelling human drama that has all to often been oversimplified into a story of perceived technological or cultural advantage. For centuries, Western ...
Learn more about the tragic fall of the Aztec Empire and how found artifacts are helping to restore pieces of the past. The Aztec Empire was one of the largest cities in the world toward the end of ...