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This city sat on an island at the center of a deep, wide lake, with walkways running between the central city and the shore.\n\n![Graph](image://138d4f17-0c26-454c-8b3b-ef4e1afd733d \"A depiction of Tenochtitlán. Image: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons\")\n\nThe city was probably home to as many as 350,000 inhabitants. In the rest of the world, only Paris, Venice and Constantinople would have had as many citizens as that at this time.","ffa2b05c-7a6f-436c-b86f-03237703e5d8",[48],{"id":49,"data":50,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"f0c5ce41-9f87-440c-8ddf-3b18dd613bb8",{"type":51,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":33,"multiChoiceQuestion":52,"multiChoiceCorrect":54,"multiChoiceIncorrect":56,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},11,[53],"What was the name of the magnificent city that the Aztecs established in 1325 CE?",[55],"Tenochtitlán",[57,58,59],"Mexico City","Texcoco","Tlaxcala",{"id":61,"data":62,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24,"reviews":65},"6885467a-1784-4e7c-83f3-df6a6cf4372f",{"type":33,"markdownContent":63,"audioMediaId":64},"From their capital at Tenochtitlán, the Aztecs also ruled an empire of 500 neighboring tribes and states, which were home to roughly 6 million people. Some of these states were claimed through warfare, while others joined willingly.\n\nThe Aztecs practiced human sacrifice, which has given them a bloody reputation. However, their military conflicts were relatively bloodless.\n\nIn what the Aztecs referred to as ‘The Song of Shields’, a warrior would try to capture the enemy instead of killing them. These prisoners were taken back to Tenochtitlán, where some were sacrificed, while others were absorbed into Aztec society.","097ad313-4b78-49a0-9d97-d49f3a206e20",[66,74],{"id":67,"data":68,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"658580c8-53ef-485a-8557-69dc3fdb8513",{"type":51,"reviewType":69,"spacingBehaviour":33,"clozeQuestion":70,"clozeWords":72},4,[71],"From their capital at Tenochtitlán, the Aztecs ruled an empire of approximately 500 tribes and states.",[73],"500",{"id":75,"data":76,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"5b399e5b-e56d-4329-b30d-94bb0582ca88",{"type":51,"reviewType":33,"spacingBehaviour":33,"activeRecallQuestion":77,"activeRecallAnswers":79},[78],"Aztecs would typically try to capture an enemy instead of killing them. What would they call this attempt to capture an enemy?",[80],"The Song of Shields",{"id":82,"data":83,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24,"reviews":86},"99169920-e4a9-47c4-83e3-857761571ab1",{"type":33,"markdownContent":84,"audioMediaId":85},"Everything changed for the powerful Aztecs in 1492, when Christopher Columbus stumbled across the Americas. Over the next few decades, thousands of Europeans traveled to the New World in search of riches, power and adventure.\n\n![Graph](image://566946f4-1458-45d0-bd96-9059675c74e5 \"Christopher Columbus. Image: Public domain\")\n\nOne of these men was Hernan Cortés, an ambitious young Spanish conquistador who, according to his secretary, 'had little wealth, but much honor.' He rode a ship to Cuba at the age of 19, where he took a job as a government administrator.\n\n![Graph](image://56cfc65a-ce64-41ab-8a6f-8566e597f124 \"Hernan Cortés. 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In 1519 CE, he set sail for Mexico with 11 ships and just over 500 men.","0cf31188-f860-4e02-b0ff-75da6cf3404e",[87,98,118],{"id":88,"data":89,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"25e609bc-480d-48f6-801d-de2cef3b91f3",{"type":51,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":33,"multiChoiceQuestion":90,"multiChoiceCorrect":92,"multiChoiceIncorrect":94,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[91],"When did Christopher Columbus stumble across the Americas?",[93],"1492 CE",[95,96,97],"1519 CE","1592 CE","1419 CE",{"id":99,"data":100,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"30ae58b9-0518-4a76-b91c-6eff83fd8802",{"type":51,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":33,"collapsingSiblings":101,"multiChoiceQuestion":105,"multiChoiceCorrect":107,"multiChoiceIncorrect":109,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":113,"matchPairsPairs":115},[102,103,104],"98f491b2-2424-4635-a056-c4467a986ecc","5faf00fd-2213-448e-a450-04f363238d23","e60a1e5d-8c0c-4b6c-b984-10348e790df0",[106],"Which Spanish conquistador went looking for the Aztecs after hearing rumors of a wealthy nation near Cuba?",[108],"Hernan Cortés",[110,111,112],"Moctezuma II","Henry VIII","Philip II",[114],"Match the pairs below:",[116],{"left":108,"right":117,"direction":19},"Spanish conquistador",{"id":119,"data":120,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"56a06049-df4d-4d83-a7ae-1cdd92a5ea17",{"type":51,"reviewType":121,"spacingBehaviour":33,"matchPairsQuestion":122,"matchPairsPairs":123,"matchPairsShowExamples":6},6,[114],[124,127,130,133],{"left":125,"right":126,"direction":19},"Cortés age when he went to Cuba","19",{"left":128,"right":129,"direction":19},"Cortés age when he went to Mexico","33",{"left":131,"right":132,"direction":19},"Number of ships Cortés took to Mexico","11",{"left":134,"right":73,"direction":19},"Number of men Cortés took to Mexico",{"id":136,"data":137,"type":24,"version":19,"maxContentLevel":19,"summaryPage":139,"introPage":147,"pages":153},"26faf50e-f12a-48c6-980c-8797d68581d1",{"type":24,"title":138},"The Battle of Tenochtitlán",{"id":140,"data":141,"type":19,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":33},"4337f95d-0fb1-4d4d-8261-25fc6751fe6b",{"type":19,"summary":142},[143,144,145,146],"When the Spanish reached Tenochtitlán, Moctezuma II welcomed them in, as he saw diplomatic potential","This was a big mistake, as the Spanish took Moctezuma hostage, before (probably) ending his life","The Spanish proceeded to flee the city, but many were killed, in an event known as La Noche Triste","Cortés returned in 1521, leading a large coalition of Spanish soldiers and local warriors, which destroyed Tenochtitlán",{"id":148,"data":149,"type":37,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":33},"339d7e50-b7e1-42b7-85cb-6bcbc906e674",{"type":37,"intro":150},[151,152],"How did the Spanish find common ground with the Totonacas and the Tlaxcalans?","What happened to Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor, when he invited the Spanish into his city?",[154,171,191,215,228],{"id":155,"data":156,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24,"reviews":159},"694ada21-f913-4645-bbe1-709734a31f93",{"type":33,"markdownContent":157,"audioMediaId":158},"When Cortés and his men arrived in Mexico, the first people they encountered were not the Aztecs, but the Totonacas – one of the subject states of the Aztec Empire.\n\nThe Totonacas were amazed by these strange arrivals, with their pale skins, explosive weapons and metal armor.\n\nThe Spanish rode horses, an animal which the Totonacas had never seen before. Some historians believe that the Totonacas thought that these riders were actually a single beast, half-man and half-horse.\n\n![Graph](image://75a6284c-7715-4e4e-992e-5fe10dc9f135 \"The Totonacas. Image: Painting: Diego RiveraPhoto: Drkgk, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons\")","37c9b119-d9b9-4e24-a6f4-cdf6dc7b77f4",[160],{"id":161,"data":162,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"6b34f179-49db-47c9-8908-f88f1194125a",{"type":51,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":33,"multiChoiceQuestion":163,"multiChoiceCorrect":165,"multiChoiceIncorrect":167,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[164],"Who were the first people Cortés and his men encountered in Mexico?",[166],"The Totonacas",[168,169,170],"The Aztecs","The Tlaxcalans","The Spanish",{"id":172,"data":173,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24,"reviews":176},"680a6776-2a9b-421b-989e-64685a93c86e",{"type":33,"markdownContent":174,"audioMediaId":175},"The Totonacas introduced the Spanish to Gerónimo de Aguilar, a Spanish monk who had been shipwrecked in Mexico several years earlier, and managed to learn some of Totonacas' native language.\n\nHe helped Cortés to communicate with them, and the two sides realized that they shared a common goal: to overthrow the Aztec Empire.\n\nThe Totonacas brought the Spanish to speak with the Tlaxcalans, a more powerful state who had so far resisted being absorbed into the Aztec Empire. A tentative alliance was agreed, and the 500 Spaniards traveled to Tenochtitlán with the support of 6000 Tlaxcalan warriors.","f1374017-219e-40fb-bfdf-a5ce11cfc5d7",[177,184],{"id":178,"data":179,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"903c539d-fbd0-42fc-8516-04d4dba17873",{"type":51,"reviewType":33,"spacingBehaviour":33,"activeRecallQuestion":180,"activeRecallAnswers":182},[181],"How were the Spanish able to communicate with the Totonacas?",[183],"Gerónimo de Aguilar, a Spanish monk who had been shipwrecked in Mexico, knew some Totonaca language",{"id":185,"data":186,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"04ddc53b-e5d9-4ad8-807d-b4f168649119",{"type":51,"reviewType":69,"spacingBehaviour":33,"clozeQuestion":187,"clozeWords":189},[188],"The Totonacas brought the Spanish to speak with the Tlaxcalans, a more powerful state who were rivals to the Aztec Empire.",[190],"Tlaxcalans",{"id":192,"data":193,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":19,"reviews":196},"a2ab243e-d328-45df-9cb0-773d1d4681d1",{"type":33,"markdownContent":194,"audioMediaId":195},"In November 1519, Hernan Cortés and his allied forces of Spaniards and Tlaxcalans arrived at the gates of Tenochtitlán. The reigning emperor, Moctezuma II, did not respond with hostility; instead, he welcomed the Spanish into the city as honored guests.\n\nSpanish historians later explained that Moctezuma saw Cortés as a white-skinned god, but this detail is probably untrue. In reality, he probably saw the diplomatic potential of allying with the Spanish, and did not want to offend them.\n\n![Graph](image://8cb510bf-8bca-4ec2-abe2-ddec620deda6 \"A depiction of Moctezuma. Image: Public domain\")\n\nWhatever his reasons, his decision to invite the Spanish into the city was a mistake. The Spanish betrayed him, taking him hostage in his own palace, then demanding gold from his frightened subjects in return for the emperor’s life.","da266cef-8251-427b-b73a-e26360d41ae7",[197,208],{"id":102,"data":198,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},{"type":51,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":33,"collapsingSiblings":199,"multiChoiceQuestion":200,"multiChoiceCorrect":202,"multiChoiceIncorrect":203,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":204,"matchPairsPairs":205},[99,103,104],[201],"What was the name of the Aztec emperor who met the Spanish at Tenochtitlán?",[110],[108,111,112],[114],[206],{"left":110,"right":207,"direction":19},"Aztec emperor",{"id":209,"data":210,"type":51,"version":24,"maxContentLevel":19},"813ee24f-57bd-4f22-8ae7-c337fce500bd",{"type":51,"reviewType":69,"spacingBehaviour":33,"clozeQuestion":211,"clozeWords":213},[212],"The Aztec emperor, Moctezuma II, welcomed the Spanish as honored guests.",[214],"Spanish",{"id":216,"data":217,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24,"reviews":220},"80a9d708-ee82-4347-b760-4e11ae65fcc9",{"type":33,"markdownContent":218,"audioMediaId":219},"When the Spanish took Moctezuma hostage, Aztec warriors laid siege to the palace. In the confusion, the emperor was killed – historians don't know how it happened, but the Spanish probably panicked and ended his life.\n\nThey then tried to run from the giant city, carrying as much gold as they could carry. Weighed down by this treasure, hundreds of Spaniards were slain by the Aztecs in an event referred to as La Noche Triste, or ‘The Night of Sorrows’.\n\nHernan Cortés, and a handful of others, did manage to escape alive. And now that he'd tasted the riches of Tenochtitlán, he wanted to claim the entire city as his own. He spent the next two years strengthening his alliance with the Tlaxcalans, as well as recruiting other states and local tribes with personal vendettas against the Aztecs.","bb076881-417b-4cab-8c41-c2c2ecd42b1b",[221],{"id":222,"data":223,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"f6ab8ed0-190c-484c-a687-8a1ce518b096",{"type":51,"reviewType":33,"spacingBehaviour":33,"activeRecallQuestion":224,"activeRecallAnswers":226},[225],"After the death of Moctezuma, hundreds of Spaniards were slain while fleeing Tenochtitlán. What did the Spanish name this incident?",[227],"La Noche Triste ('The Night of Sorrows')",{"id":229,"data":230,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":19,"reviews":233},"de251044-d2e6-4854-965b-2e28977d405b",{"type":33,"markdownContent":231,"audioMediaId":232},"In 1521 CE, Cortés led an organized attack on the Aztec city, which later became known as the Battle of Tenochtitlán. His army consisted of almost a thousand Spaniards armed with cannons and explosives, plus tens of thousands of indigenous warriors. He cut off the city’s food and water, then launched attack after attack, wearing the Aztecs down.\n\n![Graph](image://dd04b213-f84c-43a7-8e3c-a08f51958149 \"Battle of Tenochtitlán. Image: Public domain\")\n\nAfter 93 days, the Aztec defense collapsed. The Spaniards surged into the city, destroying temples and burning districts, killing an estimated 100,000–240,000 Aztecs along the way.\n\nThe Spanish built a new city on the ruins of Tenochtitlán, which later became known as Mexico City. As for the native tribes who supported the attack, many of them found themselves dominated by the Spanish state. In some ways, all they'd done was swap the control of one powerful empire for another.","a7bc9b92-4668-4644-8571-75299001376e",[234,245,261,282],{"id":235,"data":236,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"bde835a0-59ef-4e3e-a525-88ddc3dee28a",{"type":51,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":33,"multiChoiceQuestion":237,"multiChoiceCorrect":239,"multiChoiceIncorrect":241,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[238],"Two years after the Night of Sorrows, the Spanish returned to capture Tenochtitlán. Who made up the majority of the Spanish army?",[240],"Local warriors who resented the Aztecs",[242,243,244],"Local warriors who were hired by the Spanish","Spanish warriors who arrived from Europe","None of these",{"id":246,"data":247,"type":51,"version":24,"maxContentLevel":19},"e44e1917-6e19-4764-84aa-a6b7c725ad17",{"type":51,"reviewType":248,"spacingBehaviour":33,"orderAxisType":121,"orderQuestion":249,"orderItems":251},8,[250],"Put these stages of the Siege of Tenochtitlán in order:",[252,255,257,259],{"label":253,"reveal":254,"sortOrder":4},"Moctezuma II invited the Spanish into Tenochtitlán","",{"label":256,"reveal":254,"sortOrder":33},"The Spanish fled during La Noche Triste",{"label":258,"reveal":254,"sortOrder":24},"The Spanish gathered a native army",{"label":260,"reveal":254,"sortOrder":19},"The Spanish burned Tenochtitlán to the ground",{"id":262,"data":263,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"52448176-6399-4639-94af-55dc8c6236e0",{"type":51,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":33,"collapsingSiblings":264,"multiChoiceQuestion":269,"multiChoiceCorrect":271,"multiChoiceIncorrect":273,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"orderAxisType":33,"orderQuestion":277,"orderItems":279},[265,266,267,268],"a860e8c1-0719-4cec-9341-0562dc802b89","4efc7158-15c1-4316-843f-94b2cf72e1af","7364de96-1229-449b-b871-065e9d851b35","95da726f-9d45-45c4-b02d-4261234ef445",[270],"When was the Battle of Tenochtitlán?",[272],"1521 CE",[274,275,276],"1588 CE","1815 CE","1896 CE",[278],"Put these events in order:",[280],{"label":281,"reveal":272,"sortOrder":4},"Battle of Tenochtitlán",{"id":283,"data":284,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"b97f22e7-ceb0-4118-9acd-12e432471285",{"type":51,"reviewType":121,"spacingBehaviour":33,"matchPairsQuestion":285,"matchPairsPairs":286,"matchPairsShowExamples":6},[114],[287,290,293,295],{"left":288,"right":289,"direction":19},"England","Battle of Hastings",{"left":291,"right":292,"direction":19},"Turkey","Siege of Constantinople",{"left":294,"right":281,"direction":19},"Mexico",{"left":296,"right":244,"direction":19},"France",{"id":298,"data":299,"type":24,"version":24,"maxContentLevel":19,"summaryPage":301,"introPage":309,"pages":315},"0e6a8f28-92b6-4810-845f-b96dc71e41d3",{"type":24,"title":300},"The impact of Tenochtitlán",{"id":302,"data":303,"type":19,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":33},"0ebda851-dda6-4815-9f6b-056d94dcd028",{"type":19,"summary":304},[305,306,307,308],"Cortés might have exaggerated his role in the Battle of Tenochtitlán in an attempt to glorify himself","Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish priest, condemned the Spanish atrocities against native peoples","Other Europeans, like Pizarro in Peru, used the defeat of the Aztecs as a model for conquering other territory","European diseases like smallpox also decimated native populations, making the Spanish conquest much easier",{"id":310,"data":311,"type":37,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":33},"86b6215a-82af-43c4-846e-99957bd83229",{"type":37,"intro":312},[313,314],"What impact did the Battle of Tenochtitlán have on the wider world?","What might the world have looked like if the Spanish had lost the Battle of Tenochtitlán instead?",[316,338,351,356],{"id":317,"data":318,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24,"reviews":321},"d77460dd-18d2-4a0f-a781-c305c14a223f",{"type":33,"markdownContent":319,"audioMediaId":320},"The first reports of the Battle of Tenochtitlán came from Cortés himself, who sent an account of his victory back to Spain. This report is comprehensive, but it probably digresses from the truth in a number of places, as he exaggerated his own contribution to the battle, while also glorifying some of his cruel behavior against Aztecs foes. Other Spaniards were similarly self-congratulatory.\n\nBut not all of them took this approach. Bartolomé de las Casas, a Christian priest, gave a very different account of this battle, as he sought to raise awareness of the atrocities committed by Spaniards like Cortés at the expense of native peoples: 'What we committed in the Indies stands out among the most unpardonable offenses ever committed against God and mankind.'\n\nThe natives also wrote their own accounts. Many of these were destroyed or amended by Spanish colonists, but a few survived. The *Anales de Tlatelolco* is a heartfelt recollection of the empire’s collapse compiled by anonymous Aztec authors. A poem about the battle describes how 'Broken spears lie in the roads; we have torn our hair in grief. The houses are roofless now, and their walls are red with blood.'","efdf30bf-f5b2-4cbd-afa5-215a76250db9",[322],{"id":323,"data":324,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"a1e642ba-7886-4e2b-84b3-493bc3df9455",{"type":51,"reviewType":121,"spacingBehaviour":33,"matchPairsQuestion":325,"matchPairsPairs":327,"matchPairsShowExamples":6},[326],"How did each of these sources approach the Siege of Tenochtitlán?",[328,330,333,336],{"left":108,"right":329,"direction":19},"Glamorized the Spanish victory",{"left":331,"right":332,"direction":19},"Bartolomé de las Casas","Raised awareness of Spanish atrocities",{"left":334,"right":335,"direction":19},"Anonymous Aztec writers","Mourned the collapsed of the Aztecs",{"left":337,"right":244,"direction":19},"Anonymous Tlaxcala writers",{"id":339,"data":340,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24,"reviews":343},"4a199684-9c19-4de7-a192-fb339342549b",{"type":33,"markdownContent":341,"audioMediaId":342},"After the victory of the Spanish over the Aztec Empire, Europeans turned their attention to other parts of the Americas. In 1533 CE, a Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro arrived in South America. Inspired by the tactics of Cortés, he destroyed the powerful Inca Empire, centered in modern day Peru, after assassinating the emperor and recruiting the support of local tribes.\n\nThese newly acquired American territories were rich in natural resources, and became a source of great wealth for the Spanish Empire. Many of the native peoples were enslaved, while Christian missionaries engaged in a process of mass conversion, wiping away any native religions and instituting Catholicism in their place.\n\nOther European countries took the same approach in North America, with the English and the French taking vast swathes of land from the indigenous peoples, killing and indoctrinating millions of natives along the way. The modern Americas are the product of these changes, with countries all the way from Canada to Chile irrevocably changed by the touch of European hands.","f3557e97-e3c3-4f86-a5a4-b38222f5f71e",[344],{"id":345,"data":346,"type":51,"version":33,"maxContentLevel":19},"ee8eba16-410c-47ed-ad6a-5c80a40d69f8",{"type":51,"reviewType":33,"spacingBehaviour":33,"activeRecallQuestion":347,"activeRecallAnswers":349},[348],"Which Spanish conquistador, inspired by Cortés, later overthrew the Inca Empire in Peru?",[350],"Francisco Pizarro",{"id":352,"data":353,"type":33,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":24},"bba08d5e-08d5-48cb-a480-068cc90a35ac",{"type":33,"markdownContent":354,"audioMediaId":355},"If the Aztecs had defeated the allied forces of Hernan Cortés, so soon after the humiliation of ‘The Night of Sorrows’, the Europeans might have reevaluated their relationship with American civilizations. Rather than trying to conquer them by force, they might have taken a more cautious approach, trying to establish trade deals and build alliances.\n\nAs valuable trade partners to European nations, the American empires might have survived for hundreds of years, well into the modern age. Native cultures may have been allowed to endure, instead of being forcibly replaced by European alternatives. The most common language in Central America might have been Nahuatl, not Spanish, while the most common religion might have been Nahua, not Catholicism.\n\nThese native empires could have also played a role in major world events. For example, the Aztec Empire might have thrown their weight into World War One or World War Two, completely changing the course of these conflicts. 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