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The 57 pages that link to Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Mexico CityRelated: The conquest transformed Tenochtitlan into the colonial capital that became Mexico City.

• NahuatlRelated: Conquest reshaped Nahuatl’s political status while leaving it widely spoken.

• MexicoRelated: The conquest began colonial rule over much of the territory now called Mexico.

• MexicaRelated: The conquest ended Mexica imperial rule and transformed life across central Mexico.

• Florentine CodexRelated: The conquest created the colonial setting in which Sahagún's project took shape.

• Indigenous peoples of MexicoRelated: The conquest transformed central Mexico and began colonial rule, while Indigenous communities continued and adapted.

• Triple AllianceRelated: The conquest broke the political system whose central alliance had united Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan.

• Aztec religionRelated: Conquest dismantled major temples and institutions while Indigenous religious life continued under colonial rule.

• Codex MendozaRelated: The manuscript was produced in the aftermath of this conquest, amid Spanish rule.

• Aztec agricultureRelated: Conquest reshaped landholding, labor, and crop production without immediately ending Indigenous farming.

• Lake TexcocoRelated: Colonial authorities inherited a city built within the lake system.

• Aztec human sacrificeRelated: Conquest accounts became major sources about sacrifice and also served colonial political arguments.

• New Laws of 1542Related: Conquest created the colonial grants and labor demands that the New Laws later sought to restrain.

• Aztec warfareRelated: The empire's military system faced a radically different coalition and political crisis.

• Mexican literatureRelated: Conquest brought Spanish-language writing and transformed the transmission of Indigenous literary traditions.

• Templo MayorRelated: After Tenochtitlan fell, the temple was dismantled and its precinct incorporated into colonial construction.

• Spanish conquest of the MayaRelated: Its rapid central victory contrasts with the Maya region’s decentralized, centuries-long resistance.

• Spanish dollarRelated: Conquest established Spanish control over regions that later produced silver for coinage.

• Flower WarRelated: The conquest ended the political world in which flower wars had taken place.

• GuerreroRelated: Spanish rule reorganized the region that later became Guerrero.

• Mexico City Metropolitan CathedralRelated: Spanish authorities established their cathedral in the conquered capital.

• NahuasRelated: The conquest transformed political power across Nahua regions.

• NayaritRelated: Spanish expansion into western Mexico followed the empire’s fall and transformed the region.

• Global silver tradeRelated: Conquest gave Spain control of territories that later became major silver-producing regions.

• Human sacrificeRelated: Reports of sacrifice became part of Spanish arguments for conquest and Christian conversion.

• History of Mexico CityRelated: The siege and fall of Tenochtitlan began the city’s transformation under Spanish authority.

• Aztec architectureRelated: Spanish rule dismantled sacred structures and built colonial institutions over parts of Tenochtitlan.

• Diego ColumbusRelated: The conquest expanded Spanish dominion beyond the Caribbean territories Diego governed.

• Mixtec cultureRelated: Spanish expansion reshaped Mixtec political life and introduced colonial institutions and Christianity.

• Museum of Mexico CityRelated: The conquest transformed the city’s political order and built environment.