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The Fall of Tenochtitlan, the main city of the Aztec Empire, was due to the attacks of the Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés and his army in addition to the Smallpox ...

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan launched the first expedition that circumnavigated the globe in 1521, but he was killed in the Philippines before the trip was complete. He remains the first ...

Hernán Cortés was a 16th century Spanish conquistador who started the conquest of the Aztec civilization.

Hilton Head Island is a small island located right off the coast of South Carolina. It is a popular tourist destination and has many resorts and hotels for visitors. Available ...

Big Bend National Park is located in Texas, USA. A large park with over 800,000 acres, it includes mountain, desert and river environments. The park is one of the ...

Quinceanera parties are held to mark a Hispanic girl's 15th birthday. The word itself comes from the Spanish quince, "fifteen," and anos, "years." It is a rite of passage ...

Martin Luther is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century. The branch of Protestantism known as Lutheranism derives its name from him. Luther also held the unconventional ...

The Aztec Civilization, really an alliance between three powerful city-states, flourished in "Mesoamerica," mainly in an area now labeled central Mexico, in the 15th and 16th Centuries, until being conquered ...