The Old World Soldier Who Conquered the New
In 1519 Hernán Cortés set out to invade the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, his boldness earning Spain a foothold in the Americas.
Source: historynet.com
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In 1519 Hernán Cortés set out to invade the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, his boldness earning Spain a foothold in the Americas.
In 431 B.C., the city-state of Plataea came under siege from the same Greek forces that a half century earlier had driven off Persian invaders.