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The Siege of Tenochtitlan: The 93-Day War
Season 5 Episode 201
In 1521, Hernán Cortés and a vast Indigenous army laid siege to Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital. For 93 days, the city endured starvation, smallpox, …
11 hours ago
The First Brothels in New Spain: Prostitution and Power
Season 4 Episode 200
In this episode of The Conquistadors, Lucas and Luna explore the hidden world of prostitution in early colonial Mexico. After the fall of Tenochtitla…
1 day, 11 hours ago
The Lienzo de Tlaxcala: A Conquered People's Visual Chronicle
Season 4 Episode 199
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, a sixteenth-century pictorial manuscript created by the Tlaxcalan allies of Hernán Co…
2 days, 10 hours ago
The First Smallpox in Mexico: A Pandemic's Arrival
Season 4 Episode 198
In 1520, a single infected African slave arrived in Veracruz and unwittingly unleashed a catastrophe that would kill more Aztecs than any Spanish swo…
3 days, 11 hours ago
The Chichimeca War: Mexico's Forgotten Frontier
Season 4 Episode 197
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Chichimeca War, a long and brutal conflict that shaped Mexico's northern frontier. They discuss the speci…
4 days, 11 hours ago
The Trial of Cuauhtemoc: Inquisition and Legacy
Season 4 Episode 196
In this episode, we examine the final chapter of the Aztec Empire through the trial of its last emperor, Cuauhtemoc. After the fall of Tenochtitlan i…
5 days, 11 hours ago
The Chichimeca War: Mexico's Forgotten Frontier
Season 4 Episode 195
While the Aztec and Maya conquests dominate the story, the Spanish fought a violent 40-year conflict against nomadic archers in the north that nearly…
6 days, 11 hours ago
The Forgotten Bridge: Ixtlapalapan and the Siege of Tenochtitlan
Season 4 Episode 194
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the overlooked role of the Ixtlapalapan causeway in the Spanish siege of Tenochtitlan. Whi…
1 week ago
The Tlaxcalan Alliance: Cortés's Indigenous Army
Season 4 Episode 193
Before the Spanish ever reached Tenochtitlan, they nearly died in Tlaxcala. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the alliance that made the conqu…
1 week, 1 day ago
The Cholula Massacre: Myth, Massacre, or Misunderstanding
Season 4 Episode 192
In 1519, months before the fall of Tenochtitlan, Cortés and his allies carried out a massacre at the great religious center of Cholula. Was it a pree…
1 week, 2 days ago