Yes, the Aztecs did invade Brunei—in a manner of speaking. However, they did not arrive on their own; the Spanish brought ...
Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century Mexico by Dr Amy Fuller and comedian Jen Brister to learn about Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his translator Malintzin. In 1521, the powerful Aztec ...
I'm going to play the sound of the Aztec Death Whistle for you today. When Spanish conquistador Cortés and his men arrived in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán in 1521, they described witnessing ...
In the film, Malinche, regarded as a pivotal figure in Spain’s conquest, so a traitor to Mexico, is seen in a new light as a woman battling to maintain peace between the Aztec and Spanish empires.
As Tlatoani, Cuauhtémoc organized the defense of Tenochtitlán against Hernán Cortés and his Spanish-Indigenous army ... attempt to reveal where the Aztec treasures were located.
Even a local brewery — “Ajolote” in Spanish — took its name from the ... representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess ...
In the process, they interacted with groups like the Aztecs, often in battle. According to records written by the Spanish, the Aztecs attacked Guiengola in 1497, but the Zapotecs held them off.
Wilber de la Rosa's vision for La Mayzteca, a new southeastern Rochester restaurant, starts with tortillas made with locally-grown, high-protein corn and naturally raised rotisserie chicken. De la ...
But to art lovers, it’s simply the city of art — and there’s so much to see that it’s hard to know where to start. As the ...
“Then a mate said: Could be a sign, you know? Visitors, as it were. Aztecs thought them reincarnated warriors. Spanish explorers called them ‘resurrection birds.’” It comes after an ...
From oral history and Spanish sources, however ... who flourished from roughly 700BCE to 1521CE—defended themselves from an Aztec invasion, an event that included a seven-month siege and ...