Hernan Cortes

The ironies are rich, but if the Carlos Mencia controversy is ultimately based on the conflicts that have arisen from the European conquest of the Americas, particularly of Mexico, then Barnum Hall itself will be the scene Sunday night of a dramatic reenactment of the Ur-event in that history, namely Hernan Cortes 'conquering of the Aztec Empire ruled by Montezuma.

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MEXICO CITY AP — Archaeologists digging in a ruined pyramid in downtown Mexico City said Tuesday they found a mass grave that may hold the skeletal remains of the Aztec holdouts who fought conquistador Hernan Cortes.

Aztec Resistance Fighters (?) Jan 2009

Archaeologists digging in a ruined pyramid in downtown Mexico City said Tuesday they found a mass grave that may hold the skeletal remains of the Aztec holdouts who fought conquistador Hernan Cortes.

Aztecan fighters in mass grave | clusterflock 2009

Francisco Pizzaro conquered Peru in 1531 - 1536, twenty years after Hernan Cortes conquered Mexico in 1519 - 1521.

Earliest Gunshot Victim in the New World 2007

Just one year later Hernan Cortes with the support of the Spanish government would conqueror this entire civilisation, mostly with disease-ridden blankets, perhaps the first use of biological warfare on such a large scale.

Archive 2007-07-01 2007

Just one year later Hernan Cortes with the support of the Spanish government would conqueror this entire civilisation, mostly with disease-ridden blankets, perhaps the first use of biological warfare on such a large scale.

Legends of the Sun 2007

Experts say the discovery proves some Aztecs did resist the conquistadors led by explorer Hernan Cortes, even though history books say most welcomed the white-skinned horsemen in the belief they were returning Aztec gods.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006

Francisco de Ulloa, the navigator for Spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes, came upon Cabo San Lucas in 1537.

Cabo Cool 2006

Experts say the discovery proves some Aztecs did resist the conquistadors led by explorer Hernan Cortes, even though history books say most welcomed the white-skinned horsemen in the belief they were returning Aztec gods.

Aztec Cannibalism 2006

So often as this dressing was removed and replaced by a new one — which was done every day for nearly a month — the sufferings of the wretched patient made him roar aloud with their intensity; which could only have been equalled by the torture inflicted on the unfortunate cacique Atabalipa, when stretched upon his bed of fire by the monster Hernan Cortes.

Ralph Rashleigh 2004