Montezuma
Cortés's royal captive
Montezuma, also spelled Moctezuma, was the Aztec emperor who ruled when Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico in 1519.
His name survives in English primarily through the expression Montezuma's revenge, a humorous term for traveler's diarrhea, especially when contracted in Mexico—a darkly ironic nod to the devastating consequences the Spanish conquest brought to his people.
Aztec empire's central city
- NahuatlUto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- QuetzalcoatlAztec feathered serpent god
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- obsidianGlassy igneous rock
cacao · maize · Mesoamerica · pre-Columbian · Chapultepec · headdress · tribute
Spanish conqueror of Mexico
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
Tenochtitlan · smallpox · gold · hostage · surrender · massacre · expedition · downfall
Tenochtitlan
Aztec empire's central city
- NahuatlUto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- QuetzalcoatlAztec feathered serpent god
- codexAncient bound manuscript
obsidian · cacao · maize · Mesoamerica · pre-Columbian · Chapultepec · headdress · tribute
Cortés
Spanish conqueror of Mexico
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
siege · Tenochtitlan · smallpox · gold · hostage · surrender · massacre · expedition · downfall · encounter
diarrhea
Frequent liquid bowel movements
illness · water · tourism · Mexico · ailment · digestive · intestinal · dysentery · cramps · dehydration
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
sovereign · tribute · rule · authority · court · emissary · gifts · splendor · featherwork · treasury
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