By Gwynne Dyer – Friday, 13 August, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the invaders after a long siege ...

As CNN details, the issues stem back to the Spanish conquest of the area in the 16th century, when the colonizers drained the lake upon which the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan had been built ...

The cathedral was built between 1573 and 1813 after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan and is considered one of Mexico City's many must-see attractions. What’s more, the cathedral is one of ...

The inhabitants of Tenochtitlan, to market things ... used the cocoa seed as a method of change before the European conquest. The transition to this type of exchange was forced and complicated ...

At first, having a canoe was a privilege that only well-to-do Tenochtitlan classes could ... Later, with the Conquest, animals such as horses, mules and donkeys arrived, as well as new vehicles ...