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OCR GCSE History B
Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest (1519–1535)
OCR GCSE History B · J411
Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest (1519–1535)
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Understand the nature of the Aztec Empire and the events following the Spanish invasion of Mexico.
Moctezuma’s Empire
Aztec empire in 1519
Wealth of empire
Tenochtitlan
Controlling the Empire
Expansion and warfare
Land, tribute and elites
Religion
Encounters
Motives for Spanish expansion
Cortés
Alliances
Conquest, 1519–1521
Spanish in Tenochtitlan
Hostilities
Siege of Tenochtitlan
The birth of New Spain
Nature and impact of Spanish rule
Role of the Church
Transformation of landscape and people
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