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333390842Hernan Cortesbrought down the Aztec empire in Mexico, seized emperor Motecuzoma II, placed Tenochtitlan under siege and forced them to surrender; Spanish conquistador0
333390843Treaty of Tordesillassigned in 1494 between Spain and Portugal, divided the world along an imaginary north-south line 360 leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands, Spain could claim any land west, Portugal gained the same rights for lands east1
333390844smallpoxmain reason for Spanish conquest of Mexico, caused the Taino society to largely disappear2
333390845mestizosmix of Spanish and Mexican, Dona Marina and her offspring with Cortes and another Spanish captain were early examples, "mixed", due to the lack of European women in the Americas3
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