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03380aam a2200385 i 4500 001 EEA1BAC4634711EEB1E2F24D35ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231005012454 008 210819t20232023nyuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0197552463 020 $a 9780197552469 035 $a (OCoLC)1314284924 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCF $d TOH $d YDX $d BDX $d JAS $d OCLCA $d YDX $d TFW $d VP@ $d JQM $d GZM $d LVF $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 043 $a n-mx--- 050 4 $a F1230 $b .R56 2023 082 04 $a 972.02 $2 23 100 1 $a Rinke, Stefan, $d 1965- $e author. 240 10 $a Conquistadoren und Azteken. $l English 245 10 $a Conquistadors and Aztecs : $b a history of the fall of Tenochtitlan / $c Stefan Rinke ; translated by Christopher Reid. 246 30 $a History of the fall of Tenochtitlan 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a ix, 315 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Translation of: Conquistadoren und Azteken: CorteÌs und die Eroberung Mexikos. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-308) and index. 520 $a A highly readable narrative of the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish Conquest, incorporating the perspectives of many Native groups, Black slaves, and the conquistadors. Five hundred years ago, a flotilla landed on the coast of YucatÌn under the command of the Spanish conquistador HÌrnan CortÌs. While the official goal of the expedition was to explore and to expand the Christian faith, everyone involved knew that it was primarily about gold and the hunt for slaves. That a few hundred Spaniards destroyed the Aztec empire--a highly developed culture--is an old chestnut, because the conquistadors, who had every means to make a profit, did not succeed alone. They encountered groups such as the Tlaxcaltecs, who suffered from the Aztec rule and were ready to enter into alliances with the foreigners to overthrow their old enemy. In addition, the conquerors benefited from the diseases brought from Europe, which killed hundreds of thousands of locals. Drawing on both Spanish and indigenous sources, this account of the conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521 not only offers a dramatic narrative of these events -- including the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and the flight of the conquerors -- but also represents the individual protagonists on both sides, their backgrounds, their diplomacy, and their struggles. It vividly portrays the tens of thousands of local warriors who faced off against each other during the fighting as they attempted to free. Written by a leading historian of Latin America, Conquistadors and Aztecs offers a timely portrayal of the fall of Tenochtitlan and the founding of an empire that would last for centuries. 505 00 $t The Legacy of the Conquest. $t The Expedition Begins - $t The World of the Mexica - $t Totonacapan - $t Tlaxcala - $t Tenochtitlan - $t War and Destruction - $t Endless Conquest - $t The Legacy of the Conquest. 650 0 $a TenochtitlaÌn, Battle of, Mexico City, Mexico, 1521. 650 0 $a Aztecs $x History. 651 0 $a Mexico $x History $y Conquest, 1519-1540. 700 1 $a Reid, Christopher W. $c (Translator), $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231005013425.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EEA1BAC4634711EEB1E2F24D35ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search