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As described by [[Spain|Spanish]] accounts <ref>Díaz, Bernal (2005, published posthumously in 1632). Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva España (Introducción y notas de Joaquín Ramírez Cabañas). Editorial Porrúa, 24.</ref>, the Aztecs tore the heart from the sacrificed, while the victims were still alive.
As described by [[Spain|Spanish]] accounts <ref>Díaz, Bernal (2005, published posthumously in 1632). Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva España (Introducción y notas de Joaquín Ramírez Cabañas). Editorial Porrúa, 24.</ref>, the Aztecs tore the heart from the sacrificed, while the victims were still alive.
==Spanish Conquest==
[[Hernán Cortés]] of Spain arrived at [[Veracruz]], Mexico in 1519, in search of rumors of [[gold]]. Cortés led an army of [[conquistadores]] ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for 'conquerors') on a march towards Tenochtitlán. After being recieved into the city by the Aztec Emperor [[Moctezuma II]] (who may have believed Cortés to be a manifestation of the god [[Quetzalcoatl]] fufilling an ancient prophecy of return), Cortés and his men witnessed a bloody sacrifice ritual. Horrified at this, the Spaniards attacked the Aztec priests. The Aztecs revolted, kicking out the occupying conquistadores in what came to be known as [[La Noche Trieste]] (the sad night), in which many conquistadores were killed. Cortés regrouped, and by 1521 had conquered the entire empire.
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[[Category:Mexican History]]
[[Category:Mexican History]]