USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521-but was defeated less than two years after the arrival of Spanish invaders led by Cortés.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, who is best remembered for conquering the Aztec Empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1519, inspired by rumors of gold and the existence of large, sophisticated cities in the Mexican interior, Hernán Cortés (1485–1547) was appointed to head an expedition of eleven ships and five hundred men to Mexico. At that time the great empire of the Mexica-now known as the Aztecs-dominated much of Mesoamerica.

Detailed explanation-4: -An unnerving series of coincidences led Montezuma to believe that perhaps Cortés was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, who had promised to return one day to reclaim his kingdom. Quetzalcoatl, “the feathered serpent, ” stood for the solar light, the morning star. He symbolized knowledge, arts, and religion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico from 1519. Taking the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521, Cortés plundered Mesoamerica as he became the first ruler of the new colony of New Spain.