Fall of the Aztec Empire

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:category wars involving Spain
16th-century conflicts
wars involving indigenous peoples of the Americas
gptkbp:cause alliances with indigenous groups
Spanish military technology
diseases such as smallpox
internal dissent within the Aztec Empire
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkb:Aztec_Empire
gptkb:Tlaxcalans
other indigenous allies of the Spanish
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Moctezuma_II
gptkb:Pedro_de_Alvarado
gptkb:Cuauhtémoc
gptkb:Hernán_Cortés
gptkbp:dateOfLaNocheTriste June 30, 1520
gptkbp:dateOfSiegeOfTenochtitlan May 26 – August 13, 1521
gptkbp:depictedIn codices
Spanish chronicles
Aztec oral tradition
gptkbp:endDate 1521
gptkbp:followedBy Spanish rule in Mexico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fall of the Aztec Empire
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:La_Noche_Triste
gptkb:Siege_of_Tenochtitlan
capture of Cuauhtémoc
capture of Moctezuma II
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Bernal_Díaz_del_Castillo
gptkb:Malinche
gptkb:Pedro_de_Alvarado
gptkb:Andrés_de_Tapia
gptkb:Xicotencatl_the_Younger
gptkb:Cuitláhuac
Tlaxcalan leaders
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Aztec_Empire
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Age_of_Exploration
gptkb:Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas
Mesoamerican history
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire
establishment of New Spain
collapse of the Aztec civilization
gptkbp:significance beginning of Spanish dominance in Central America
major turning point in world history
marked the end of the Aztec Empire
gptkbp:startDate 1519
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siege_of_Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6