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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: An Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest

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Fordham University provides an excerpt of an Aztec account of the initial encounter of Montezuma and the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes, as published by noted anthropologist Miguel Leon-Portilla. The meeting-turned-massacre, achingly described, marks the start of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and the destruction of the Aztec empire.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)