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After the discovery of the Americas, Spanish adventurers set out to seek their fortunes. They sent expeditions to South and Central America and to Mexico in search of gold and treasure. In Mexico, a group of Spanish soldiers attacked the capital of the Aztec Empire.

The Aztecs had been expecting the god Quetzalcoatl to return to the Earth and believed that the leader of the raiders, Cortes, was this god.

The Aztecs offered little resistance, so Cortes captured Montezuma, the Aztec empero read more...

Tags: expedition, adventure, conquest

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