Colonial Americas

How a Blind Tlaxcalan Lord Sealed the Aztec Empire's Fall

A Tlaxcalan general made a single tactical choice that Hernán Cortés never could have—and it's the reason the Aztec Empire fell.

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Colonial AmericasAztec EmpireMesoamerica16th CenturyIndigenous AlliancesConquest of MexicoTlaxcalaMilitary History

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