Five hundred years have passed since the death of Cuauhtémoc, the last ruler of the Aztec Empire. To commemorate this anniversary, a special issue of Arqueología Mexicana was published ...

Yes, the Aztecs did invade Brunei—in a manner of speaking. However, they did not arrive on their own; the Spanish brought ...

The Mexica — later known as the Aztecs ... wrote Hernan Cortes himself, “in which there had died more Indians than Jews in Jerusalem.” The Spanish Empire “sanctified” the conquest ...

USC Aiken students explore the histories and cultures of Latin America through its diverse literature was the topic of the ...

That led the Spanish conquistador to massacre the people of Cholula and march directly to the capital of the Aztec Empire. But was she really a traitor, or was she just doing what she was taught ...

Soon after Hernán Cortés’s conquest of the Aztecs, the tomato was brought from ... the Incas” — was quickly adopted in the Spanish Empire. If you’re wondering how tomatoes made their ...

The Mexican Empire ran California for almost three decades until 1850 ... Zapata and Villa are both Mexicans whose lives have been featured in film. But what of the villains? Hernan Cortes (1485 – ...

But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the ...