How a handful of mercenaries, explorers, and pirates destroyed the Aztec Empire and burnt its capital city to the ground. Two cultures collide in the first of a two-part series on the Conquest of Mexico. SOURCES:Levy, Buddy. Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. Sheppard, Si. Tenochtitlan 1519-1521. 2018.Thomas, Hugh. Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes, and the Fall of Old Mexico. 1993.Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Mexico. 1843Cortes, Hernan. Five Letters. 1519-1526.Restall, Matthew. When Montezuma Met Cortez: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History. 2018.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices