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==Spanish Conquest==

==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 for 'conquerors') on a march towards Tenochtitlán. After being received into the city by the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II (who may have believed Cortés to be a manifestation of the god Quetzalcoatl fulfilling an ancient prophecy of return), Cortés and his men witnessed a bloody sacrifice ritual at which the Spaniards were horrified. It is belived that after gift exchanges by both sides, Cortes believed that the Aztecs had lots of gold. Cortes became greedy and  attacked the Aztecs,they lost the battle and Cortes fled and returned by 1521 with more men. The Aztecs had already been exposed to illnesses and didn't have much fight left in them. Cortes had captured Moctezuma II and tortured him in attempts to get the locations of the gold. Moctezuma was killed but never gave the locations. In 2006, some archiologists found a passageway that was big enough to get in treasure but small enough to cover up, it is believed that this is were the gold was found but unfortunately the Mexican Government was informed and they have closed this sections down and will not talk about what was found. If it was the Gold it could be lost once again since most people who are aware of the finding speculate that the government kept it and will take centuries before we hear about it again. Cortes had most of the Aztec scripts and pyramids destroyed. When the Templo Mayor or the Great  Pyramid was discovered by city workers excavating to fix the sewer system in the area they actually found a huge carved wheel and they contacted Archeologists for help to understand what it was, after that the government paid the building owners in that area and destroyed the buildings in order to  get to excavate the pyramid.

[[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 received into the city by the Aztec Emperor [[Moctezuma II]] (who may have believed Cortés to be a manifestation of the god [[Quetzalcoatl]] fulfilling 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. Cortés and his men burned thousands of manuscripts in the Aztec library in what is now Mexico City in the belief that they were the work of the Devil.

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[XIPE TOTEC]]

*[[XIPE TOTEC]]

== References ==

== References ==