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Did Aztec civilisation really ‘collapse’? The reality isn’t as simple as you might think

The Spanish conquest might have toppled the Aztec imperial state with startling speed, but unpicking precisely what ‘collapse ...
EurekAlert!

Research shows that income inequalities within the Aztec Empire eased the way of the conquistadores

Spanish conquerors did not themselves bring inequality to the Aztec lands they invaded, they merely built on the socio-economic structure that was already in place, adapting it as it suited their ...
Yahoo

500 years later, Mexico still struggles with 'uneasy truths' about the Spanish conquest

As Mexico looks back on the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, an award-winning filmmaker wants his fellow Mexicans and others to confront their national identity — and ...
Yahoo

500 years later, Mexico recalls but doesn't celebrate Spanish conquest

An ancient Aztec temple, foreground, and a Spanish colonial church, top center, stand amid modern buildings in the Plaza of Three Cultures in Mexico City. The plaza honors Indigenous Mexico, Spanish ...
PBS

The Spanish Conquest

Spanish colonial rule divided Mexico with a class system that still affects society today. The Spanish Conquest laid the ground for 300 years of colonial rule which made Spain the richest country in ...
Barron's

Mexico President Brands Spanish Conquest 'Failure'

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday declared the Spanish conquest an unmitigated failure as his country marked the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec empire. The Barron's ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Infant burials in Mexico: Aztec customs lasted post-Conquest

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — Four children in Mexico were buried in the years after the Spanish Conquest with rituals and grave offerings that suggest that pre-Hispanic customs lived on for some time ...
Fox News

Aztec palace and conquistador’s house discovered beneath historic Mexico City building

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an Aztec palace and a conquistador’s house in the heart of Mexico City. Numerous basalt slabs from the palace were found beneath Nacional Monte de Piedad, ...
Newsweek

Four-Hundred-Year-Old Boat That Sailed After the Aztec Empire’s Fall Found

Archaeologists have discovered in Mexico the remains of a boat more than 400 years old that may have sailed on a now-vanished lake following the fall of the Aztec Empire. Researchers uncovered seven ...

From the Aztecs to Aurangzeb: Lessons from Latin America for India’s history debates

New and Post-New Left movements in the region show how historical critique can coexist with political imagination.
San Diego Union-Tribune

500 years later, Mexico recalls but doesn’t celebrate Spanish conquest

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — In a country that takes great pride in its museums and monuments, the final resting place of one of Mexico’s signature historical figures is easy to miss. A simple red plaque ...