927 AH
Cortes and his native allies take the Aztec capital after a long siege, helped by smallpox. One of the world's great cities becomes Mexico City.
How it touches Islam The conquerors came from a Spain fresh from its war on Granada; in their letters they even called the Aztec temples 'mosques'.
Hernan Cortes
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