Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Totonec_peoples gptkb:Tlaxcalans
gptkbp:cause	search for gold Spanish expansion
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Spanish_Empire gptkb:Aztec_Empire gptkb:Tlaxcalans
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Moctezuma_II gptkb:Cuauhtémoc gptkb:Hernán_Cortés gptkb:Cuitláhuac
gptkbp:diseaseImpact	smallpox epidemic
gptkbp:effect	fall of Tenochtitlan establishment of New Spain collapse of the Aztec Empire
gptkbp:endDate	1521
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas Spanish conquest of Guatemala
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	led to the spread of Christianity in Mesoamerica major event in the Age of Exploration marked the beginning of Spanish rule in Mexico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Spanish gptkb:Nahuatl
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Aztec_Empire gptkb:Mesoamerica
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Bernal_Díaz_del_Castillo gptkb:Malinche gptkb:Pedro_de_Alvarado gptkb:Diego_Velázquez_de_Cuéllar
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Aztecs
gptkbp:precededBy	Spanish arrival in the Caribbean
gptkbp:relatedWork	gptkb:Historia_verdadera_de_la_conquista_de_la_Nueva_España gptkb:Florentine_Codex gptkb:Letters_of_Cortés
gptkbp:result	Spanish victory
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:La_Noche_Triste gptkb:Massacre_in_the_Great_Temple gptkb:Siege_of_Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:startDate	1519
gptkbp:weapon	horses artillery arquebus steel swords
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Age_of_Discovery
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6