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Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
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Spanish conquistador (1485–1547)
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Former city-state in the Valley of Mexico
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Ethnic group of central Mexico and its civilization
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Moctezuma II
Tlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire until 1520
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