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Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that brought down the Aztec Empire between 1519 and 1521. Allied with indigenous peoples such as the Tlaxcalans, he captured the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. His conquest was a founding event of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hernán Cortés. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hernan-cortes
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