The Fall of Tenochtitlan: How an Empire Actually Falls
Five hundred and five years ago today, one of the greatest cities in the world fell. On August 13, 1521, the Mexica ruler Cuauhtémoc was captured while attempting to escape the besieged city of Tenochtitlan. Organized resistance collapsed soon afterward. The capital was devastated. The Spanish conquest of the Mexica Empire had reached its decisive […]