The Spanish conquest of South America

The city that may be the last city of the Lacandon rebels from Chiapas, Sac-Blanc, has been located. Photo: Josue Losada, CINAH Chiapas.

Has the lost city of the Mayans who rebelled against the Spanish been found?

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Researchers in Mexico have located a site in the jungles of Chiapas that may be Sac-Blam, “Land of the White Jaguar,” the last stronghold of the Lacandon-Chol people who resisted Spanish rule.
A stone disc depicting Tlaltecuhtli, the Aztec earth god, in the pre-Hispanic city of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The collapse of the Aztec Empire shows why rule by force and force does not last

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Accumulating hostility, lack of alliances, and Cortes' exploitation of rivals turned a powerful empire into a vulnerable one; the article offers a cautionary lesson for a foreign policy based on coercion and fear
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A Mountain of Money: On Indians, Sheep, and Inflation

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