In addition to Cuitláhuac, thousands of Mexicas died due to the disease, which was one of the factors that helped the fall of Tenochtitlan. When Cortes arrived in Veracruz in 1519, he was lord of ...

their conquests and their fall to the Spanish, according to Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).

From its foundation, until its fall, there were tlatoanis who led society. The first tlatoani of the great Tenochtitlan was Acamapichtli, and the last was Cuauhtémoc. Other names also stand out ...