Fall of Tenochtitlan

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1. Wikipedia: Fall of Tenochtitlan
2. University of Virginia Library: Expulsion From Mexico | Siege and Surrender of Mexico
3. All Empires: Siege of Tenochtitlan
4. PBS: Seige of Tenochtitlan | The Last Stand: An Aztec Iliad
5. University of Calgary: The Conquest Of The Aztec Empire
6. Common-Place: Imperial city of the Aztecs: Mexico-Tenochtitlan
7. Missouri State University: The Final Conquest and Siege of Tenochtitlan

Fall of Tenochtitlan Background and Causes

• Houston Institute for Culture: The Indigenous People of Central Mexico
• H2G2: Tenochtitlan - Island City of the Aztecs
• Wilson's Almanac: Greed, Gold and God

Massacre In The Main Temple

• Wikipedia: The Massacre In The Main Temple
• Fordham University: A Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
• Anoka-Hennepin School District: The Massacre in the Temple of Tenochtitlán  (399 KB)
• American Historical Association: The Festival of Tóxcatl

La Noche Triste

• Wikipedia: La Noche Triste
• The Dagger: La Noche Triste
• California State University, Los Angeles: La Noche Triste

Infectious Diseases

• University of Illinois at Chicago: European Disease In The New World
• Discover Magazine: Megadeath in Mexico 
• Millersville University: Silent Killers of the New World
• New Scientist: How Columbus sickened the New World...  
• StrategyPage: The War Against Smallpox: The New World 

The Siege of Tenochtitlan

• University of Richmond: The Siege of Tenochtitlan
• American Historical Association: Spaniards and Tlaxcalans Fight Other Natives
• California State University, Los Angeles: Tlatelolco
• Project High School: Siege of Tenochtitlan
• The Dagger: The Heroic Defense of Tenochtitlan

Fall of Tenochtitlan Central Figures

Monctezuma II

• Mahalo's Guide to Monctezuma II
• Wikipedia: Monctezuma II
• MSN Encarta: Montezuma II
• Mexico Connect: Monctezuma II

Hernán Cortés

• Mahalo's Guide to Hernán Cortés
• Wikipedia: Hernán Cortés
• Coloquio: Hernán Cortés
• Elizabethan Era: Hernán Cortés 

Pedro de Alvarado

• Mahalo's Guide to Pedro de Alvarado
• Wikipedia: Pedro de Alvarado
• New Advent: Pedro de Alvarado 
• Rob Ossian's Pirate's Cove: Pedro de Alvarado 

Aztec

• Mahalo's Guide to Aztec Civilization
• Wikipedia: Aztec
• History.com: Ancient Civilization: Aztec
• Minnesota State University Mankato: Aztec
• PBS: Aztecs: Fierce Wanderers

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Fall of Tenochtitlan Books and Research

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Fall of Tenochtitlan Timeline

• 1502: Moctezuma II becomes ruler
• 1519: February, Hernán Cortés defies orders and leaves Cuba to conquer Mexico
• 1519: November 8, Spaniards arrive in Tenochtitlan
• 1519: November 16, Moctezuma II under house arrest
• 1520: May 5, The massacre in the main temple took place led by Pedro de Alvarado
• 1520: June, Death of Moctezuma II
• 1520: June 30, a battle led by the Aztecs called La Noche Triste almost annihilated Spaniards in the area
• 1520: October, Smallpox outbreak in Tenochtitlan
• 1521: February, Cuitláhuac becomes ruler
• 1521: May, Spaniards surround Tenochtitlan and cut off water supply
• 1521: June, Spaniards siege Tenochtitlan
• 1521: August, Spaniards destroy Tenochtitlan
• 1521: August 13, Cuauhtemoc is imprisoned, ending the battle for Tenochtitlan

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