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May 20, 2024 · The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Maya states and polities in the Yucatán Peninsula, a vast limestone plain covering south-eastern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and all of Belize.
May 15, 2024 · Battle of Tenochtitlán, (May 22–August 13, 1521), military engagement between the Aztecs and a coalition of Spanish and indigenous combatants. Spanish conquistadores commanded by Hernán Cortés allied with local tribes to conquer the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán.
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2 days ago · Teotihuacan began as a religious center in the Mexican Highlands around the first century CE. It became the largest and most populated center in the pre-Columbian Americas. Teotihuacan was home to multi-floor apartment compounds built to accommodate the large population.
May 20, 2024 · Battle of San Juan Hill, the most significant U.S. land victory, and one of the final battles, of the Spanish-American War. It occurred on July 1, 1898. After the Battle of Las Guasimas in Cuba, Major General William Shafter planned to take Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second largest city.
May 8, 2024 · The great conqueror Juan de Salcedo discovered a flourishing Bikol Village called Naga in 1573. The village was named Naga because of the abundance of Narra trees in the area. When did Juan de Salcedo discover Naga City?
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May 23, 2024 · Its alphabet, the Latin alphabet, emerged from the Old Italic alphabets, which in turn were derived from the Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician scripts. Historical Latin came from the prehistoric language of the Latium region, specifically around the River Tiber, where Roman civilization first developed.
May 12, 2024 · Juan de Fuca was a Greek navigator and explorer who made significant contributions to European knowledge of the North American coastline. He sailed in a Spanish expedition in 1592 to search for the fabled Strait of Anián.
